As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2015
Registration Statement No. 333-203592
                

 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
Amendment No. 3
to
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Perseon Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
3845
75-1590407
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
2188 West 2200 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84120
(801) 972-5555
(Address and telephone number of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
Clinton E. Carnell Jr.
President
Perseon Corporation
2188 West 2200 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84120
(801) 972-5555
 
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Copies to:
 
Nolan S. Taylor
David Marx
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
136 South Main Street, Suite 1000
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1685
(801) 933-7363
Robert H. Cohen
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, New York, 10173-1922
(212) 547-5400
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
 
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box:  
 
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer ¨
Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting  company)            
Smaller reporting company x
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
 
Proposed
 Maximum
Aggregate
Offering 
Price (1)(2)
   
Amount of
Registration
 Fee (3)(4)
 
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share
 
$
7,378,448.43
   
$
857.38
 
Warrants to purchase common stock (5)
   
     
 
Shares of common stock underlying warrants
 
$
16,232,586.55
   
$
1,886.23
 
Warrants to be issued to the underwriters(5)
   
     
 
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of underwriters’ warrants(6)
 
$
352,882.32
   
$
41.00
 
Total Registration Fee
 
$
23,963,917.30
   
$
2,784.61
 
 
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Includes offering price of securities that the underwriters have the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the securities registered hereby also include an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock as may from time to time become issuable by reason of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transactions.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) based on an estimate of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the securities registered hereunder to be sold by the registrant.
(4)
Paid previously.
(5)
No registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act.
(6)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act. The warrants to be issued to the underwriters are exercisable at a per share exercise price equal to 110% of the public offering price. As estimated solely for the purpose of recalculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the Representative’s Warrant is $352,882.32, which is equal to 110% of $320,802.11 (5% of $6,416,042.11).
 
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 
 
 

 
 
The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
                                                       DATED JULY 27, 2015
 
 
 
Up to 4,791,667 shares of Common Stock and
Warrants to purchase up to 9,583,334 shares of Common Stock
 

 
We are offering by this prospectus up to 4,791,667 shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share, together with warrants to purchase up to 9,583,334 shares of our common stock. One share of common stock is being sold together with two warrants. Each warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock at an initial exercise price of $          per share commencing upon consummation of this offering and terminating on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance.
 
All costs associated with this registration will be borne by us.
 
Our common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) under the symbol “PRSN.” Prior to February 25, 2015, our ticker symbol was “BSDM.” On July 24, 2015, the last reported sales price of our common stock on NASDAQ was $1.339 per share. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the warrants. We have applied to list the warrants on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the trading symbol “PRSNW.” No assurance can be given that such listing will be approved or that a trading market will develop.
 
Before investing in our common stock and warrants exercisable for common stock, you should carefully read the discussion of “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6. Any investment in our company is highly speculative and could result in the loss of your entire investment.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
 
Per
Share
Per
Warrant (2)
Total
Public offering price
     
Underwriting discounts and commissions (1)
     
Offering proceeds to us, before expenses
     
 
(1)
We have agreed to reimburse the underwriters for certain expenses. See “Underwriting.”
(2)
One share of common stock is being sold together with two warrants, with each warrant being exercisable for the purchase of one share of common stock.
 
The above summary of offering proceeds to us does not give effect to any exercise of the warrants being issued in this offering.
 
The underwriters have an option to purchase from us up to an additional 718,750 shares of common stock and/or warrants to purchase up to an additional 1,437,500 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, within 45 days from the date of this prospectus, to cover over-allotments, if any.
 
This is a firm commitment underwriting.  The underwriters expect to deliver the securities to investors on or about                     , 2015.
 
Sole Book-Running Manager
 
Maxim Group LLC
 
The date of this prospectus is                     , 2015.
 
 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY 1
 
THE OFFERING 4
 
RISK FACTORS 6
 
CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 18
 
USE OF PROCEEDS 19
 
PRICE RANGE OF OUR COMMON STOCK 20
 
DIVIDEND POLICY 21
 
CAPITALIZATION 22
   
DILUTION 23
 
MANAGEMENT 24 
   
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 25
   
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS 26
 
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT 27
 
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES 28
 
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS TO U.S. HOLDERS 33
 
UNDERWRITING 36
 
LEGAL MATTERS 39
   
EXPERTS 39
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 39
 
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE 39
 
We have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give to you. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of our common stock.
 
Perseon Corporation’s logo and some of our trademarks are used in this prospectus. This prospectus also includes trademarks, tradenames, and service marks that are the property of other organizations. Solely for convenience, our trademarks and tradenames referred to in this prospectus appear without the ™ symbol, but those references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights, or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks and tradenames.
 
Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “Perseon,” the “company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation), a Delaware corporation.
 
 
 

 
 
 PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
The following information is a summary of the prospectus and it does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our securities. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the “Risk Factors” section and our financial statements and the notes relating to the financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before making an investment decision.
 
 Our Company
 
We develop, manufacture, market and service systems to treat cancer and benign diseases using heat therapy delivered using focused microwave. Our business objectives are to continue to commercialize our products for the treatment of cancer and to further expand our products to treat other diseases and medical conditions. Our product line for cancer therapy has been created to offer hospitals and clinics a solution for thermal treatment of cancer. We have developed intellectual property for our products and we currently distribute them primarily in the United States and Europe.
 
As part of our recently announced corporate realignment and re-branding which included our new corporate name, Perseon, we plan to focus our efforts on our flagship product, MicroThermX® (“MicroThermX”) ablation system that employs precision-guided microwave energy to ablate soft tissue.
 
Historically, our product offerings have included hyperthermia cancer treatment systems. On April 1, 2015, we sold the assets associated with our hyperthermia cancer treatment systems, including among other assets, certain contracts, inventory, intellectual property, and permits (the “Hyperthermia Assets”) pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Hyperthermia Purchase Agreement”) with Pyrexar Medical Inc. (“Pyrexar”). As consideration for the Hyperthermia Assets, we received (i) 19.9% of the Series A Preferred Stock of Pyrexar and (ii) a percentage of the gross revenues Pyrexar receives from its sale of hyperthermia cancer treatment systems. Pyrexar also assumed certain liabilities associated with the Hyperthermia Assets. With the sale of the Hyperthermia Assets we will focus our resources on expanding and commercializing our ablation product line.
 
Our thermal ablation product line includes systems that have been strategically designed to offer minimally invasive thermal energy therapy for treating cancerous tumors. Studies have shown that ablation therapy effectively addresses and even kills certain cancerous tumors on a minimally invasive basis. Thermal ablation usually refers to heat treatments delivered at temperatures above 55°C for short periods of time. Thermal ablation is used to destroy local tumors using a short intense focus of heat on a specific area.
 
Current and future cancer treatment sites for our systems may include cancers of the prostate, breast, head, neck, bladder, uterus, ovaries, esophagus, liver, kidney, brain, bone, stomach and lung. In addition to these market opportunities, we believe that our technology has application for a number of other medical purposes in addition to cancer.
 
We recognize revenues from the sale of our ablation cancer treatment systems and related parts and accessories (collectively, product sales), the sale of disposable devices used with certain of our systems, training, service support contracts and other miscellaneous revenues. We also recognize revenues from equipment rental, including fee-per-use rental income from our MicroThermX. Information regarding our revenues, assets, and results of our operations is contained in our financial statements and notes thereto and in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” included in our Transition Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
 
Our current corporate strategy includes the possibility of entering into additional collaborative arrangements with third parties to expand and improve the commercialization of all our products. There can be no assurance that the exploration of strategic alternatives will result in any agreements or transactions, or that, if completed, any agreements or transactions will be successful or on attractive terms.
 
Our common stock trades on The NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) under the symbol “PRSN.” We have applied to list the warrants on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the trading symbol “PRSNW.” No assurance can be given that such listing will be approved or that a trading market will develop.
 
 
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Our Contributions to Cancer Therapy
 
Cancer develops when abnormal cells in a part of the body begin to grow out of control and spread to other parts of the body. According the World Health Organization (“WHO”) cancer was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2012 accounting for 8.2 million deaths. The WHO also reported that the number of new cancer cases worldwide in 2012 was expected to increase by 70% from 14 million to 22 million over the next two decades.
 
Our cancer treatment systems have been developed to both kill cancer directly with heat and to increase the effectiveness of the primary cancer treatments, which are used in conjunction with the heat therapy. Therapies currently used to treat cancer include radiation therapy, chemotherapy, biological therapy, surgery, ablation and hyperthermia.
 
Because cancer remains a leading cause of death, the current primary cancer therapies are still inadequate, and there is a need for better treatments. We have engineered systems designed to increase the effectiveness of these cancer treatments through the use of precision-focused energy to selectively heat cancer.
 
Our Products and Services
 
MicroThermX® Ablation System
 
Our MicroThermX Ablation System (“MicroThermX”) is a compact, mobile, state-of-the-art, proprietary system that includes a microwave generator, single-patient-use disposable antennas with cooling circuit, and a thermistor-based temperature monitoring system. The innovative design of the MicroThermX is the first of its kind that allows delivery of higher power levels using a single generator. The MicroThermX utilizes innovative, proprietary, synchronous wave alignment technology that was developed by us to provide scalable and more uniform zones of ablation during a single procedure.
 
The MicroThermX introduced into our product line an innovative SynchroWave disposable antenna that is used in each ablation treatment, which we believe will provide a significant ongoing revenue stream after the sale of the system. We expanded the MicroThermX market opportunity by introducing a new SynchroWave short tip (“ST”) antenna that can be used to deliver smaller, spherical ablation zones that more accurately target smaller tumors. The existing SynchroWave long tip (“LT”) antenna delivers larger ablation zones, reducing the need for multiple serial ablations on larger tumors. The multiple configurations of the SynchroWave antenna provide physicians the ability to precisely target the ablation zone to the numerous sizes and shapes of diseased tissue, significantly increasing the number of cases that can be treated with the MicroThermX. Perseon management estimates the soft tissue ablation world market potential will exceed $2.3 billion by 2020.
 
Our Table Top MicroThermX Ablation System (“T2”) is designed for our fee-per-use rental program, which is more fully described below. Portability and ease of use are keys to successful implementation of the equipment rental program. The T2 is a small, lightweight, tabletop configuration that has the same advanced features as the original MicroThermX configuration.
 
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granted us a 510(k) clearance to market the MicroThermX for ablation of soft tissue. Clearance from the FDA of the 510(k) Premarket Notification submission authorizes the commercial sale of the MicroThermX in the United States. We have also received CE (Conformité Européenne) Marking for the MicroThermX, which allows us to market the MicroThermX in the thirty countries that comprise the European Union (“EU”) and the European Free Trade Association (“EFTA”). CE Marking is also recognized in many countries outside of the EU, providing us the ability to market the MicroThermX to a number of international markets. The company recently received clearances from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to market the MicroThermX for the specific indications of ablation procedures requiring partial or complete ablation of non-resectable liver tumors and for laparoscopic ablation procedures using image guidance. As further discussed below, we have established distribution in a number of countries and have accepted purchase orders for and have shipped both MicroThermX systems and SynchroWave antennas.
 
Clinicians have used ablation systems to treat patients with cancers of the liver, lung, bone, and kidneys.
 
We have placed a select number of MicroThermX systems with pivotal, high-profile, interventional oncology opinion leaders in the United States and through our exclusive European distributor, Terumo Europe NV (“Terumo”). These medical facilities continue to reorder disposable SynchroWave antennas, validating the ongoing revenue stream we anticipate. Existing users of the MicroThermX continue to report positive clinical results in the treatment of cancerous tumors.
 
These evaluations represent an important milestone in the MicroThermX sales cycle. However, with hospital capital budgeting, committee review and other approvals, the sales cycle for the MicroThermX may extend to well over six months. Political and economic uncertainty in the industry due to recent government healthcare reform and increasing regulatory requirements throughout the world are also slowing hospital acquisition of capital equipment at all levels.
 
 
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Since May 2013, a significant part of our MicroThermX product’s revenue has come from sales into Europe, to our distribution partner, Terumo. Because Terumo has expressed an interest in modifying the terms of their exclusive distribution agreement for our MicroThermX products, we are negotiating with Terumo to modify the agreement. Both Terumo and the Company are interested in extending the duration and purchase requirements of the contract. We cannot yet determine the total impact this may have on our future sales.
 
With the initial success of our relationship with Terumo, we will continue our strategy to seek out other master distribution arrangements in other substantial geographic medical device markets.
 
Domestically, we restructured our sales organization and efforts in 2014 by engaging independent, specialized distributors who sell and distribute medical products to healthcare providers. These specialized distributors typically have established relationships with interventional radiologists and other end users of cancer treatment products. Each of these distributors are overseen, trained and serviced by sales managers who are Perseon employees. We believe that we have now expanded our distributor network and direct sales efforts to cover all large metropolitan areas and states, with sales coverage throughout the entire United States.
 
In February 2015, we initiated a new sales model for our domestic market. Customers have three ways in which they can purchase both our MicroThermX generators and antenna tips. The first is to purchase the generator, which is considered to be capital equipment expenditures, at a price of $45,000. Antenna tips, in this option, are sold at $2,700 average selling price (“ASP”) per case. With the second option, the MicroThermX generators are provided to customers at no charge. However, in this option, customers must commit to purchasing at least 36 antenna tips in a 12-month period at an ASP of $2,700 per antenna per case. In the final option, customers pay $2,500 each time they use the MicroThermX generator. Additionally, the customers buy antenna tips at $2,700 per antenna per case. With these three options in our sales model, we anticipate to have gross margins ranging from 75 – 85% for our direct (US-only) business, 65 – 70% for our US distribution revenues, and 50 – 55% for our outside of the United States (“OUS”) distribution sales.
 
We are committed to “personal service” to new users of our ablation technique. We provide all of our customers with extensive hands-on training to ensure success in clinical use of the MicroThermX system. Our representatives are experienced interventional sales representatives with seasoned contacts in the field of interventional oncology. Our senior sales management team includes professionals with a long history in marketing medical devices and equipment worldwide.
 
Marketing and Distribution
 
MicroThermX. Our U.S. network of direct sales representatives and four domestic specialty distribution firms provide nationwide sales coverage for the MicroThermX line of products.
 
In addition, in April 2013 we entered into an exclusive, long-term master distribution agreement with Terumo in 100 countries in Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa. We have a Director of International Sales that manages this relationship, as well as agreements with other international specialty distribution firms. Our marketing and distribution strategy for our MicroThermX business includes seeking out and securing additional master distribution arrangements for our MicroThermX line of products in other parts of the world.
 
Recent Developments
 
Consistent with our current corporate strategy to seek collaborative arrangements with third parties to expand and improve the commercialization of all our products, in the first half of 2015, we engaged an investment banker to assist the Company in finding and evaluating potential strategic opportunities and possible transactions to buy assets to expand the Company, sell assets of the Company, or partner with other parties in an effort to maximize shareholder value. Although the Company is not currently in any active discussions with other parties, we plan to continue investigating potential opportunities as they become available to the Company.
 
Also, during the first half of 2015, the Company executed on divesting its hyperthermia product line, changed 75% of its leadership team, installed new highly accomplished and proven leaders, replaced 50% of its outside directors, moved its fiscal year-end to December 31 and renamed, rebranded, and repositioned itself to move forward.
 
Our Corporate Information
 
Perseon Corporation, formerly BSD Medical Corporation, (the “Company” or “Perseon”) was originally incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah on March 17, 1978. On July 3, 1986 the Company was reincorporated in the State of Delaware. In February 2015, we changed the name of the Company to Perseon Corporation.
 
We changed our fiscal year end for financial reporting from August 31 to December 31, effective for the four months ended December 31, 2014. Our principal executive offices are located at 2188 West 2200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119. Our telephone number is (801) 972-5555. Our website address is www.perseonmedical.com. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus and should not be considered a part of this prospectus. We have included our website address in this prospectus solely as an inactive textual reference.
 
 
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THE OFFERING
   
Common stock offered by us
4,791,667 shares.
   
Common stock to be outstanding immediately after this offering
8,807,990 shares (9,526,741 shares if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full)
   
Warrants offered by us
Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,583,334 shares of common stock. The shares of common stock issuable from time to time upon the exercise of the warrants are also being offered pursuant to this prospectus.
   
Description of warrants
Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $       per share (110% of the public offering price).  See “Description of Securities.”
   
Common stock outstanding before this offering
4,016,323  shares.
   
Underwriters’ over-allotment option
We have granted the underwriters an option, exercisable within 45 days of the closing of this offering, to purchase up to an additional 15% of the total number of shares of common stock and/or warrants to be offered by us pursuant to this offering, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, if any.
   
Use of proceeds
We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $5.5 million, or approximately $6.3 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, at an assumed public offering price of $1.339 per share of common stock and two warrants, after deducting the underwriting commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering as follows:
(i) approximately $0.8 million in research and development expenses.
(ii) approximately $1.9 million to expand our marketing and selling capabilities, and
(iii) approximately $2.8 million for general working capital needs.
   
Directed Share Program At our request, the underwriters have reserved up to 5% of the shares of common stock and warrants offered by us for sale at the public offering price to persons who are officers or directors of the Company through a directed share program. The number of shares of common stock and warrants available for sale to the general public will be reduced by the number of shares of common stock and warrants purchased by participants in the program.
 
 
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Risk factors
Investing in our securities involves substantial risks. You should read the “Risk Factors” section starting on page 6 for a discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in our securities.
   
The NASDAQ Capital Market symbol for our common stock
PRSN
   
Proposed NASDAQ Capital Market symbol for the warrants
We have applied to list the warrants on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the trading symbol “PRSNW.” No assurance can be given that such listing will be approved or that a trading market will develop.
   
The number of shares of our common stock outstanding before and after this offering, as set forth in the table above, is based on  4,016,323 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2015 and excludes as of that date:
   
·
9,583,334 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued in connection with this offering;
   
·
985,736 shares of common stock issuable upon the full exercise of previously issued warrants to purchase shares of common stock;
   
·
559,826 options to purchase shares of our common stock issued under our Fourth Amended and Restated 1998 Directors Stock Plan, our Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan and pursuant to an Inducement Grant made to Clint Carnell, Jr.; and
   
·
102,890 shares of common stock reserved for future grant or issuance under our Fourth Amended and Restated 1998 Directors Stock Plan and our Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
   
Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus:
   
·
Assumes 4,016,323 shares of our common stock outstanding immediately prior to the closing of this offering; and
   
·
Assumes no exercise of any outstanding options or warrants to purchase common stock.
 
 
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RISK FACTORS
 
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before you invest in our securities, you should give careful consideration to the following risk factors, in addition to the other information included in this prospectus, including our financial statements and related notes incorporated by reference herein, before deciding whether to invest in our securities. The occurrence of any of the adverse developments described in the following risk factors could materially and adversely harm our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
 
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
 
We have a history of significant operating losses and such losses may continue in the future.
 
Since our inception in 1978, our expenses have substantially exceeded our revenue, resulting in continuing losses and an accumulated deficit of $62,275,280 at June 30, 2015.  We reported net losses of $2,863,534 for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, $3,768,390 for the four month transition period ended December 31, 2014, and $7,142,832 and $8,251,691 for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
 
We anticipate continuing to incur operating losses in the foreseeable future as we continue to incur costs to develop our products, protect our intellectual property and expand our sales and marketing activities.  To become profitable we will need to increase significantly the revenues we receive from sales of our MicroThermX line of products to improve our profitability on a quarterly or annual basis.  We have been unable to do this in the past and we may be unable to do so in the future, and therefore may never achieve profitability.
 
We have obtained FDA 510(k) clearance to market our MicroThermX Ablation System.  You cannot be assured that our efforts to commercialize the MicroThermX will be successful or that we will attain expected revenue levels.
 
In August 2010, the FDA granted us a 510(k) clearance to market our MicroThermX Ablation System for ablation of soft tissue, authorizing the commercial sale of the MicroThermX in the United States.  We have experienced growth in revenues from our MicroThermX family of products.  Our MicroThermX products represent a major part of our business plan moving forward and introduce into our product line an innovative, high-end disposable that is used in each ablation treatment and which we believe will provide a significant ongoing revenue stream.
 
Political and economic uncertainty in the healthcare industry due to government healthcare reform and the continuing worldwide economic turndown has made hospital acquisitions of capital equipment difficult at all levels.  With hospital capital budgeting, committee review and other approvals, the sales cycle for the MicroThermX may extend to well over six months.  To accelerate revenues from the MicroThermX line of products, we have a program that allows hospitals to purchase disposable SynchroWave antennas and pay a fee-per-use rental for the treatment of patients using the MicroThermX products.  We expanded the equipment rental program throughout the U.S., contracting with specialty medical products distributors and hiring direct sales representatives in key major metropolitan areas who provide “personal service” to new users of our ablation technique. You cannot be assured that we will attain expected revenue levels from the MicroThermX line of products.  If these efforts are not successful, our business will be adversely affected.
 
Our profitability will be driven in large part by international sales of our MicroThermX family of products; therefore, we are dependent on our ability to successfully establish our international sales distribution channels.
 
We are placing significant emphasis on Europe and other international markets.  International sales of our MicroThermX family of products will depend on our ability to successfully establish sales distribution channels in Europe and other international markets. Our Terumo master distribution agreement is in its early stages and the ultimate success of the Terumo relationship is yet to be determined.  We also will be soliciting other distribution agreements.  If these efforts are not successful, our business could be adversely affected.
 
Our current strategy includes the possibility of entering into additional collaborative arrangements with third parties to expand and improve the commercialization of all our products; however, there can be no assurance that such strategic alternatives will result in any successful agreements or transactions.
 
As demonstrated by our April 2013 signing of the master distribution agreement with Terumo for our MicroThermX line of products, our current strategy includes the possibility of entering into additional collaborative arrangements with third parties to expand and improve the commercialization of all our products. There can be no assurance that the exploration of strategic alternatives will result in any agreements or transactions, or that, if completed, any agreements or transactions will be successful or on attractive terms.
 
 
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A significant portion of our revenues is from foreign countries.
 
A significant portion of our revenues are derived from sales to foreign customers.  Export sales were $544,740 for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, $630,857 for the four month transition period ended December 31, 2014, and were $3,381,563 and $1,470,619 for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  During the quarter ended June 30, 2015 and four month transition period ended December 31, 2014, export sales to Germany and Belgium combined were 57% and 53% of total sales, respectively. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2014, export sales to Taiwan and Belgium combined were approximately 46% of total sales.  During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2013, export sales to Belgium and Germany were approximately 30% of total sales.
 
To the extent that we are unable to maintain or increase the level of our revenues derived from foreign customers, the results of our operations could be negatively impacted.
 
Sales of our products could be significantly reduced if government, private health insurers and other third-party payers do not provide sufficient coverage or reimbursement.
 
Our success in selling our products will depend in large part on the extent to which reimbursement for the costs of our products and related treatments are available from government health agencies, private health insurers and other third-party payers.  Despite the existence of general reimbursement policies, local medical review policies may differ for public and private insurance payers, which may cause payment to be refused for some treatments.  Private payers also may refuse to pay for treatments.
 
Medical reimbursement rates are unpredictable and we cannot predict the extent to which our business may be affected by future legislative and regulatory developments.  Future health care legislation or regulation may limit our business or impose additional delays and costs on our business and third-party reimbursement may not be adequate to cover our costs associated with producing and selling our products.
 
Cancer therapy is subject to rapid technological change and therapies that are more effective than ours could render our technology obsolete.
 
The treatment of cancer is currently subject to extensive research and development.  Many cancer therapies are being researched and our products may be rendered obsolete by existing therapies and as a result of therapy innovations by others.  If our products are rendered obsolete, our revenue will decline, we may never achieve profitability, and we may not be able to continue in business.
 
Additionally, other companies, particularly established companies that currently manufacture and sell other cancer therapy systems, could potentially become competitors (in that they are also engaged in the cancer treatment business), and they have significantly greater resources than we do.
 
We may face significant uncertainty in the industry due to government healthcare reform.
 
Political, economic and regulatory influences are subjecting the healthcare industry to fundamental changes.  We anticipate that the current and future administration, Congress and certain state legislatures will continue to review and assess alternative healthcare delivery systems and payment methods with an objective of ultimately reducing healthcare costs and expanding access.  Public debate of these issues will likely continue in the future.  The uncertainties regarding the ultimate features of reform initiatives and their enactment and implementation may have an adverse effect on our customers’ purchasing decisions regarding our products and services.  At this time, we cannot predict whether healthcare reform proposals will be successfully implemented or adopted or what impact they may have on our business.
 
We are subject to government regulations that can delay our ability to sell our products and cause us to incur substantial expenses.
 
Our research and development efforts, pre-clinical tests and clinical trials, and the manufacturing, marketing, distribution and labeling of our products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and comparable international agencies.  The process of obtaining FDA and other required regulatory approvals throughout the world is lengthy and expensive and our financial resources are limited.  The FDA and other comparable agencies outside the U.S. are currently implementing and considering a number of reforms in its regulatory processes, which may make the approval process longer and more cumbersome for medical devices and increase the costs required to maintain those approvals.
 
 
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Obtaining marketing approval from the FDA and other comparable agencies outside the U.S. is necessary for us to commercially market our systems in the United States.  Obtaining and maintaining approvals is a lengthy and expensive process.  We may not be able to obtain these approvals on a timely basis, if at all, and such failure could significantly harm our business prospects.
 
After a product is approved for commercial distribution by the FDA and other comparable agencies outside the U.S., we have ongoing responsibilities under applicable regulations, which may include regulation of our manufacturing facilities and processes, labeling and record-keeping, and reporting of adverse experiences and other information.  Failure to comply with these ongoing requirements could result in problems with our approvals outside the U.S.  In the U.S., failure to comply could result in the FDA imposing operating restrictions on us, enjoining or restraining certain violations, or imposing civil or criminal penalties on us.
 
All of these laws are subject to evolving interpretations.  If the federal government were to conclude that we are not in compliance with any of these health care laws, we could be subject to substantial criminal and civil penalties, and could be excluded from participation as a supplier to beneficiaries in federal health care programs.
 
We are also subject to ongoing compliance and review requirements with our ISO-13485 and CE Mark certifications.  The European Commission (“EC”), the executive body of the EU, drafts regulations that are then accepted or rejected by the European Council.  Once a regulation has been accepted, it becomes a directive.  We must remain current with both new directives and amendments to existing directives.  The EC has recently implemented a number of significant changes in the regulations that govern medical devices, and the European Council has approved these changes.  These changes make obtaining and maintaining required regulatory approvals more expensive and time consuming.  The EC also recommended additional significant changes in the regulations that govern medical devices, which could increase the regulatory costs and risk for marketing products in the EU.  If we fail to comply with these ongoing requirements marketing of our products could be restricted.
 
On January 2, 2013, following a protracted period of public comment, the EU issued RoHS, which restricts the use of certain hazardous substances used in electrical equipment and mandated all medical devices sold in the EU meet RoHS compliance requirements on or before July 22, 2014.  Medical devices subject to RoHS must have technical testing and accompanying documents, a declaration of conformity and CE marking affixed to the product to be deemed compliant.  Noncompliant medical devices are prohibited for sale in the EU community after July 22, 2014.
 
The Company’s MicroThermX products are in compliance with RoHS requirements.
 
If we fail to maintain regulatory approvals and clearances, or are unable to obtain, or experience significant delays in obtaining, FDA clearances or approvals for our future products or product enhancements, our ability to commercially distribute and market these products could suffer.
 
Our products are subject to rigorous regulation by the FDA and numerous other federal, state and foreign governmental authorities. The process of obtaining regulatory clearances or approvals to market a medical device can be costly and time consuming, and we may not be able to obtain these clearances or approvals on a timely basis, if at all. In particular, the FDA permits commercial distribution of a new medical device only after the device has received clearance under Section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or is the subject of an approved PMA unless the device is specifically exempt from those requirements. In addition, certain devices can be distributed under an HDE, rather than a PMA.
 
The FDA will clear marketing of a lower risk medical device through the 510(k) process if the manufacturer demonstrates that the new product is substantially equivalent to other 510(k)-cleared products. High risk devices deemed to pose the greatest risk, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting, or implantable devices, or devices not deemed substantially equivalent to a previously cleared device, require the approval of a PMA. The PMA process is more costly, lengthy and uncertain than the 510(k) clearance process. A PMA application must be supported by extensive data, including, but not limited to, technical, preclinical, clinical trial, manufacturing and labeling data, to demonstrate to the FDA’s satisfaction the safety and efficacy of the device for its intended use.
 
Our currently commercialized MicroThermX Ablation System has been cleared through the 510(k) process.
 
Our failure to comply with U.S. federal, state and foreign governmental regulations could lead to the issuance of warning letters or untitled letters, the imposition of injunctions, suspensions or loss of regulatory clearance or approvals, product recalls, termination of distribution, product seizures or civil penalties. In the most extreme cases, criminal sanctions or closure of our manufacturing facility are possible.
 
 
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Modifications to our products may require new regulatory clearances or approvals or may require us to recall or cease marketing our products until clearances or approvals are obtained.
 
Modifications to our products may require new regulatory approvals or clearances, including 510(k) clearances, premarket approvals, or HDE approvals, or require us to recall or cease marketing the modified devices until these clearances or approvals are obtained. The FDA requires device manufacturers to initially make and document a determination of whether or not a modification requires a new approval, supplement or clearance. A manufacturer may determine that a modification could not significantly affect safety or efficacy and does not represent a major change in its intended use, so that no new 510(k) clearance is necessary. However, the FDA can review a manufacturer's decision and may disagree. The FDA may also on its own initiative determine that a new clearance or approval is required. We have made modifications to our products in the past and may make additional modifications in the future that we believe do not or will not require additional clearances or approvals. If the FDA disagrees and requires new clearances or approvals for the modifications, we may be required to recall and to stop marketing our products as modified, which could require us to redesign our products and harm our operating results. In these circumstances, we may be subject to significant enforcement actions.
 
If a manufacturer determines that a modification to an FDA-cleared device could significantly affect its safety or efficacy, or would constitute a major change in its intended use, then the manufacturer must file for a new 510(k) clearance or possibly a premarket approval application. For PMA approved products, any change that affects the safety or effectiveness of the device requires the approval of PMA Supplement.  Depending on the type of change, there are different PMA Supplements ranging from 30-Day Notices to full 180-Day Supplements.  Where we determine that modifications to our products require a new 510(k) clearance, premarket approval, or HDE application, we may not be able to obtain those additional clearances or approvals for the modifications or additional indications in a timely manner, or at all. Obtaining clearances and approvals can be a time consuming process, and delays in obtaining required future clearances or approvals would adversely affect our ability to introduce new or enhanced products in a timely manner, which in turn would harm our future growth.
 
There is no guarantee that the FDA will grant 510(k) clearance or PMA approval of our future products and failure to obtain necessary clearances or approvals for our future products would adversely affect our ability to grow our business.
 
Some of our new products may require FDA clearance of a 510(k). Other products may require the approval of a PMA. In addition some of our new products may require clinical trials to support regulatory approval and we may not successfully complete these clinical trials. The FDA may not approve or clear these products for the indications that are necessary or desirable for successful commercialization. Indeed, the FDA may refuse our requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products. Failure to receive clearance or approval for our new products would have an adverse effect on our ability to expand our business.
 
Clinical trials necessary to support a PMA application will be expensive and will require the enrollment of large numbers of patients, and suitable patients may be difficult to identify and recruitDelays or failures in our clinical trials will prevent us from commercializing any modified or new products and will adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects.
 
Initiating and completing clinical trials necessary to support a future PMA application or to obtain additional safety and efficacy data beyond that typically required for a 510(k) clearance will be time consuming and expensive and the outcome uncertain. Moreover, the results of early clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results, and any product we advance into clinical trials may not have favorable results in later clinical trials.
 
Clinical trials conducted in the United States, generally require an IDE approved in advance by the FDA for a specified number of patients and study sites, unless the product is deemed a nonsignificant risk device eligible for more abbreviated IDE requirements. Clinical trials are subject to extensive monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Clinical trials must be conducted under the oversight of an IRB for the relevant clinical trial sites and must comply with FDA regulations, including but not limited to those relating to good clinical practices. To conduct a clinical trial, we also are required to obtain the patients’ informed consent that complies with FDA requirements, state and federal privacy regulations and human subject protection regulations. 
 
Conducting successful clinical studies will require the enrollment of large numbers of patients, and suitable patients may be difficult to identify and recruit. Patient enrollment in clinical trials and completion of patient participation and follow-up depends on many factors, including the size of the patient population, the nature of the trial protocol, the attractiveness of, or the discomforts and risks associated with, the treatments received by enrolled subjects, the availability of appropriate clinical trial investigators, support staff, and proximity of patients to clinical sites and able to comply with the eligibility and exclusion criteria for participation in the clinical trial and patient compliance. For example, patients may be discouraged from enrolling in our clinical trials if the trial protocol requires them to undergo extensive post-treatment procedures or follow-up to assess the safety and effectiveness of our products or if they determine that the treatments received under the trial protocols are not attractive or involve unacceptable risks or discomforts. Patients may also not participate in our clinical trials if they choose to participate in contemporaneous clinical trials of competitive products. In addition, patients participating in clinical trials may die before completion of the trial or suffer adverse medical events unrelated to investigational products.
 
 
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Development of sufficient and appropriate clinical protocols to demonstrate safety and efficacy are required and we may not adequately develop such protocols to support clearance and approval. Further, the FDA may require us to submit data on a greater number of patients than we originally anticipated and/or for a longer follow-up period or change the data collection requirements or data analysis applicable to our clinical trials. Delays in patient enrollment or failure of patients to continue to participate in a clinical trial may cause an increase in costs and delays in the approval and attempted commercialization of our products or result in the failure of the clinical trial. In addition, despite considerable time and expense invested in our clinical trials, FDA may not consider our data adequate to demonstrate safety and efficacy. Such increased costs and delays or failures could adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects.
 
Our facility and our clinical investigational sites operate under procedures that govern the conduct and management of FDA-regulated clinical studies under 21 CFR Parts 50 and 812, and Good Clinical Practices. FDA may conduct Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) inspections of us and/or our clinical sites to assess compliance with 21 CFR Parts 50 and 812, our procedures, and the clinical protocol. If the FDA were to find that we or our clinical investigators are not operating in compliance with applicable regulations, we could be subject to the above FDA enforcement action as well as refusal to accept all or part of our data in support our 510(k) or PMA and/or we may need to conduct additional studies.
 
We, the FDA or the IRB could suspend a clinical trial at any time for various reasons, including a belief that the risks to study subjects outweigh the anticipated benefits. Additionally, we may decide at any time, for business or other reasons, to terminate a study. Even if a trial is completed, the results of clinical testing may not adequately demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the device or may otherwise not be sufficient to obtain FDA clearance or approval to market the product in the United States. Following completion of a study, we would need to collect, analyze and present the data in an appropriate submission to the FDA, either a 510(k) premarket notification or a PMA. Even if a study is completed and submitted to the FDA, the results of our clinical testing may not demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the device, or may be equivocal or otherwise not be sufficient to obtain approval of our product.
 
If the third parties on which we rely to conduct our clinical trials and to assist us with pre-clinical development do not perform as contractually required or expected, we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for or commercialize our products.
 
We do not have the ability to independently conduct our pre-clinical and clinical trials for our products and we must rely on third parties, such as contract research organizations, medical institutions, clinical investigators and contract laboratories to conduct such trials. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or regulatory obligations or meet expected deadlines, if these third parties need to be replaced, or if the quality or accuracy of the data they obtain is compromised due to the failure to adhere to our clinical protocols or regulatory requirements or for other reasons, our pre-clinical development activities or clinical trials may be extended, delayed, suspended or terminated, and we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for, or successfully commercialize, our products on a timely basis, if at all, and our business, operating results and prospects may be adversely affected. Furthermore, our third-party clinical trial investigators may be delayed in conducting our clinical trials for reasons outside of their control.
 
The results of our clinical trials may not support our product candidate claims or may result in the discovery of adverse side effects.
 
Even if our clinical trials are completed as planned, we cannot be certain that their results will support our product candidate claims or that the FDA or foreign authorities will agree with our conclusions regarding them. Success in pre-clinical studies and early clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful, and we cannot be sure that the later trials will replicate the results of prior trials and pre-clinical studies. The clinical trial process may fail to demonstrate that our product candidates are safe and effective for the proposed indicated uses, which could cause us to abandon a product candidate and may delay development of others. Any delay or termination of our clinical trials will delay the filing of our product submissions and, ultimately, our ability to commercialize our product candidates and generate revenues. It is also possible that patients enrolled in clinical trials will experience adverse side effects that are not currently part of the product candidate’s profile.
 
With respect to our marketed products, if we or our suppliers fail to comply with ongoing FDA or other foreign regulatory authority requirements, or if we experience unanticipated problems with our products, these products could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market.
 
Any product for which we obtain clearance or approval, and the manufacturing processes, reporting requirements, post-approval clinical data and promotional activities for such product, will be subject to continued regulatory review, oversight and periodic inspections by the FDA. In particular, we and our suppliers are required to comply with FDA’s Quality System Regulations or QSR for the manufacture of our products and other regulations which cover the methods and documentation of the design, testing, production, control, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, storage and shipping of any product for which we obtain clearance or approval. The FDA enforces the QSR and other regulations through periodic inspections. Our facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, is regularly inspected by the FDA. The most recent FDA inspection was conducted in December 2012. There were no deficiencies noted by the FDA as a result of this inspection and no Form 483 was issued.   
 
 
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The failure by us or one of our suppliers to comply with applicable statutes and regulations administered by the FDA or the failure to timely and adequately respond to any adverse inspectional observations or product safety issues could result in, among other things, any of the following enforcement actions:
 
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untitled letters, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties;
   
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unanticipated expenditures to address or defend such actions;
   
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customer notifications for repair, replacement, refunds;
   
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recall, detention or seizure of our products;
   
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operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production;
   
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refusing or delaying our requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products or modified products;
   
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operating restrictions;
   
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withdrawing 510(k) clearances or HDE or PMA approvals that have already been granted;
   
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refusal to grant export approval for our products; or
   
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criminal prosecution.
 
If any of these actions were to occur it would harm our reputation and cause our product sales and profitability to suffer and may prevent us from generating revenue. Furthermore, our key component suppliers may not currently be or may not continue to be in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements which could result in our failure to produce our products on a timely basis and in the required quantities, if at all.
 
Even if regulatory clearance or approval of a product is granted, such clearance or approval may be subject to limitations on the intended uses for which the product may be marketed and reduce our potential to successfully commercialize the product and generate revenue from the product. If the FDA determines that our promotional materials, labeling, training or other marketing or educational activities constitute promotion of an unapproved use, it could request that we cease or modify our training or promotional materials or subject us to regulatory enforcement actions. It is also possible that other federal, state or foreign enforcement authorities might take action if they consider our training or other promotional materials to constitute promotion of an unapproved use, which could result in significant fines or penalties under other statutory authorities, such as laws prohibiting false claims for reimbursement.
 
In addition, we may be required to conduct costly post-market testing and surveillance to monitor the safety or effectiveness of our products, and we must comply with medical device reporting requirements, including the reporting of adverse events and malfunctions related to our products. Later discovery of previously unknown problems with our products, including unanticipated adverse events or adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, manufacturing problems, or failure to comply with regulatory requirements such as QSR, may result in changes to labeling, restrictions on such products or manufacturing processes, withdrawal of the products from the market, voluntary or mandatory recalls, a requirement to repair, replace or refund the cost of any medical device we manufacture or distribute, fines, suspension of regulatory approvals, product seizures, injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties which would adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects.
 
Our products may in the future be subject to product recalls that could harm our reputation, business and financial results.
 
The FDA and similar foreign governmental authorities have the authority to require the recall of commercialized products in the event of material deficiencies or defects in design or manufacture. In the case of the FDA, the authority to require a recall must be based on an FDA finding that there is a reasonable probability that the device would cause serious injury or death.  Manufacturers may, under their own initiative, recall a product if any material deficiency in a device is found. A government-mandated or voluntary recall by us or one of our distributors could occur as a result of component failures, manufacturing errors, design or labeling defects or other deficiencies and issues. Recalls of any of our products would divert managerial and financial resources and have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. The FDA requires that certain classifications of recalls be reported to FDA within 10 working days after the recall is initiated. Companies are required to maintain certain records of recalls, even if they are not reportable to the FDA. We may initiate voluntary recalls involving our products in the future that we determine do not require notification of the FDA. If the FDA disagrees with our determinations, they could require us to report those actions as recalls. A future recall announcement could harm our reputation with customers and negatively affect our sales. In addition, the FDA could take enforcement action for failing to report the recalls when they were conducted.
 
 
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If our products cause or contribute to a death or a serious injury, or malfunction in certain ways, we will be subject to medical device reporting regulations, which require reports to be submitted to the FDA and can result in voluntary corrective actions or FDA enforcement actions.
 
Under the FDA medical device reporting regulations, medical device manufacturers are required to report to the FDA information that a device has or may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or has malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to death or serious injury if the malfunction of the device or one of our similar devices were to recur. If we fail to report these events to the FDA within the required timeframes, or at all, FDA could take enforcement action against us. Any such adverse event involving our products also could result in future voluntary corrective actions, such as recalls or customer notifications, or agency action, such as inspection or enforcement action. Any corrective action, whether voluntary or involuntary, as well as defending ourselves in a lawsuit, will require the dedication of our time and capital, distract management from operating our business, and may harm our reputation and financial results.
 
We may be subject to fines, penalties or injunctions if we are determined to be promoting the use of our products for unapproved or "off-label" uses.
 
Our promotional materials and training methods for physicians must comply with FDA and other applicable laws and regulations. We believe that the specific surgical procedures for which our 510(k)-cleared products are marketed fall within the scope of the surgical applications that have been cleared by the FDA and that our PMA approved products are marketed in accordance with their approved labeling. However, the FDA could disagree and require us to stop promoting our products for those specific procedures until we obtain FDA clearance or approval for them. In addition, if the FDA determines that our promotional materials or training constitutes promotion of an unapproved use, it could request that we modify our training or promotional materials or subject us to regulatory or enforcement actions, including the issuance of an untitled letter, a warning letter, injunction, seizure, civil fine and criminal penalties. It is also possible that other federal, state or foreign enforcement authorities might take action if they consider our promotional or training materials to constitute promotion of an unapproved use, which could result in significant fines or penalties under other statutory authorities, such as laws prohibiting false claims for reimbursement. In that event, our reputation could be damaged and adoption of the products would be impaired.
 
Legislative or Regulatory reforms may adversely affect our ability to sell our products profitably.
 
From time to time, legislation is drafted and introduced in Congress that could significantly change the statutory provisions governing the clearance or approval, manufacture and marketing of a medical device. In addition, FDA regulations and guidance are often revised or reinterpreted by the agency in ways that may significantly affect our business and our products. It is impossible to predict whether legislative changes will be enacted or FDA regulations, guidance or interpretations changed, and what the impact of such changes, if any, may be. For example, the FDA may change its clearance and approval policies, adopt additional regulations or revise existing regulations, or take other actions that may prevent or delay approval or clearance of our products under development or impact our ability to modify our currently approved or cleared products on a timely basis. For example, in 2011, the FDA announced a Plan of Action to modernize and improve the FDA’s premarket review of medical devices, and has implemented, and continues to implement, reforms intended to streamline the premarket review process. In addition, as part of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012, Congress enacted several reforms entitled the Medical Device Regulatory Improvements and additional miscellaneous provisions which will further affect medical device regulation both pre- and post-approval. Any change in the laws or regulations that govern the clearance and approval processes relating to our current and future products could make it more difficult and costly to obtain clearance or approval for new products, or to produce, market and distribute existing products.
 
We depend on adequate protection of our patent and other intellectual property rights to stay competitive.
 
We rely on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, know-how, license agreements and contractual provisions to establish and protect our intellectual property rights. Our success will substantially depend on our ability to protect our intellectual property rights. Our intellectual property rights may only afford us limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or remedies to gain or keep any advantages we may have over our competitors, which could reduce our ability to be competitive and generate sales and profitability.
 
In the past, we have participated in substantial litigation regarding our patent and other intellectual property rights in the medical device industry.  We have previously filed lawsuits for patent infringement against three of our former hyperthermia competitors and subsequently settled all three of those lawsuits.  Additional litigation against other parties may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our patents and trade secrets, and to determine the validity and scope of our proprietary rights.  This litigation may require more financial resources than are available to us.  We cannot guarantee that we will be able to successfully protect our rights in litigation.  Failure to successfully protect our rights in litigation could reduce our ability to be competitive and generate sales and profitability.
 
 
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A product liability settlement could exceed our ability to pay.
 
The manufacturing and marketing of medical devices involves an inherent risk of product liability.  We presently carry product liability insurance with coverage limits of $5 million.  Our product liability insurance does not cover intended injury, injury or damage resulting from the intoxication of any person, payment of workers’ compensation benefits, injury of our own employee, injury or damage due to war, damage to property that we own, damage to our work, loss of use of property, patent infringements, pollution claims, interest payments, depreciation of property, or injury or damage resulting from asbestos inhalation.  We are responsible to pay the first $25,000 resulting from any claim.  We cannot assure that our product liability insurance will provide adequate coverage against potential claims that might be made against us.  If we were to be subject to a claim in excess of our coverage or to a claim not covered by our insurance and the claim succeeded, we would be required to pay the claim from our limited resources, which would reduce our limited capital resources and liquidity and reduce capital we could otherwise use to obtain approvals for and market our products.  In addition, liability or alleged liability could harm our business by diverting the attention and resources of our management and by damaging our reputation.
 
We are dependent upon key personnel, some of whom would be difficult to replace.
 
Our success will be largely dependent upon the efforts of Clinton E. Carnell Jr, our Chief Executive Officer, William S. Barth, our Chief Financial Officer, Benjamin Beckham, our Vice President of Global Sales, Jennifer R. Hoglin, our Vice President of Global Marketing, Todd H. Turnlund, our Vice President of Research and Development, Brian A. Meltzer, our Chief Medical Officer, and other key employees.  We do not maintain key-person insurance on any of these employees.  Our future success also will depend in large part upon our ability to identify, attract and retain other highly qualified managerial, technical and sales and marketing personnel.  Competition for these individuals is intense.  The loss of the services of any of our key personnel, the inability to identify, attract or retain qualified personnel in the future or delays in hiring qualified personnel could make it more difficult for us to manage our business and meet key objectives such as the sale of our products and the introduction of new products.
 
Risks Related to Owning our Common Stock and Other Securities
 
The market for our stock is limited and our stock price may be volatile.
 
The market for our common stock has been limited due to low trading volume and the small number of brokerage firms acting as market makers.  Because of the limitations of our market and volatility of the market price of our stock, investors may face difficulties in selling shares at attractive prices when they want to.  The average daily trading volume for our stock has varied significantly from week to week and from month to month, and the trading volume often varies widely from day to day.  The following factors could impact the market for our stock and cause further volatility in our stock price:
 
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announcements of new technological innovations;
   
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FDA and other regulatory developments and changes;
   
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changes in third-party reimbursements;
   
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developments concerning proprietary rights;
   
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third parties receiving FDA approval for competing products; and
   
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market conditions generally for medical and technology stocks.
  
 
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NASDAQ may delist our common stock from its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our common stock and subject us to additional trading restrictions.  
  
Should we fail to satisfy the continued listing requirements of NASDAQ, such as Listing Rule 5550 (b) (1) (the Stockholders’ Equity Rule), NASDAQ may take steps to delist our common stock. Such a delisting would likely have a negative effect on the price of our common stock and would impair your ability to sell or purchase our common stock when you wish to do so. In the event of a delisting, we would take actions to restore our compliance with NASDAQ’s listing requirements, but we can provide no assurance that any such action taken by us would allow our common stock to become listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our common stock, prevent our common stock from dropping below NASDAQ minimum bid price requirement or prevent future non-compliance with NASDAQ’s listing requirements.
 
On July 13, 2015, we notified Nasdaq that as of June 30, 2015, our stockholders’ equity was below the $2.5 million minimum required by the Stockholders’ Equity Rule.  We were advised by Nasdaq that we would receive a letter advising us that (i) the Company is not in compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Rule and (ii) the Company has 45 days to submit a plan for regaining compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Rule.  We will monitor our stockholders equity and will consider various options to regain compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Rule, including, but not limited to, a public offering of our securities.
 
If NASDAQ does not maintain the listing of our securities for trading on its exchange, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
 
a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
   
reduced liquidity with respect to our securities;
   
a determination that our shares of common stock are “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our shares of common stock to adhere to more stringent rules, possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our shares of common stock;
   
a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company; and
   
decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
 
Therefore, it may be difficult for our stockholders to sell our common stock if they desire or need to sell them.
 
Current and former directors and executive officers own a substantial number of shares of our capital stock, which could discourage or prevent a takeover, even if an acquisition would be beneficial to our stockholders.
 
Current and former directors and executive officers own approximately 22% of our outstanding voting power. Accordingly, these stockholders, individually and as a group, may be able to influence the outcome of stockholder votes involving the election of directors, the adoption or amendment of provisions in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws, as amended (“Bylaws”) and the approval of certain mergers or other similar transactions, such as a sale of substantially all of our assets. Such control by existing stockholders could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company.
 
 
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Future sales of shares of our securities could negatively affect our stock price.
 
Future sales of shares of our securities could negatively affect the market price of our common stock. In July 2014 we completed a $5.2 million registered direct placement of our stock under a universal shelf registration statement. Prior to that offering we completed five offerings utilizing a universal shelf registration statement during calendar years 2010 and 2013.  Sales of substantial amounts of shares of our common stock or other securities could lower the market price of our common stock and impair our ability to raise capital.
 
Anti-takeover provisions in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation may have a possible negative effect on our stock price.
 
Certain provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or discourage a third party from attempting to acquire, control of us.  We have in place several anti-takeover measures that could discourage or prevent a takeover, even if an acquisition would be beneficial to our stockholders.  The increased difficulties faced by a third party who wishes to acquire us could adversely affect our stock price.
 
The price of our common stock may fluctuate substantially.    
 
The market price of our common stock has been and may continue to be subject to wide fluctuation in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. Some factors that may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate, in addition to the other risks mentioned in this “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this prospectus, are:
 
sales of our common stock by our stockholders, executives, and directors;
   
volatility and limitations in trading volumes of our shares of common stock;
   
fluctuations in our results of operations;
   
our ability to enter new markets;
   
actual or un-anticipated fluctuations in our annual and quarterly financial results;
   
our ability to secure resources and the necessary personnel to continue and expand our commercial activities;
   
our announcements or our competitors’ announcements regarding new products, enhancements, significant contracts, acquisitions or strategic investments;
   
failures to meet external expectations or management guidance;
   
changes in our capital structure or dividend policy, including as a result of future issuances of securities and sales of large blocks of common stock by our stockholders;
   
our cash position;
   
announcements and events surrounding financing efforts, including debt and equity securities;
   
reputational issues;
   
competition from existing technologies or new technologies that may emerge;
 
 
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announcements of acquisitions, partnerships, collaborations, joint ventures, capital commitments, or other events by us or our competitors;
   
changes in general economic, political and market conditions in any of the regions in which we conduct our business;
   
changes in industry conditions or perceptions;
   
changes in valuations of similar companies or groups of companies;
   
analyst research reports, recommendations and changes in recommendations, price targets and withdrawals of coverage;
   
departures and additions of key personnel;
   
disputes and litigations related to intellectual properties, proprietary rights and contractual obligations;
   
changes in applicable laws, rules, regulations, or accounting practices and other dynamics;
   
announcements or actions taken by our principal stockholders; and
   
other events or factors, many of which may be out of our control.
 
In addition, if the market for stocks in our industry or industries related to our industry, or the stock market in general, experiences a loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial condition and results of operations. If any of the foregoing occurs, it could cause our stock price to fall and may expose us to lawsuits that, even if unsuccessful, could be costly to defend and a distraction to management.
 
You will experience dilution in the value of your investment as a result of this offering and may experience additional dilution in the future
 
You will incur immediate and substantial dilution as a result of this offering. After giving effect to the sale by us of 4,791,667 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 9,583,334 shares of common stock at an assumed public offering price of $1.339 per share of common stock and two warrants, which was the closing price of our common stock on July 24, 2015, and after deducting underwriter commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, you can expect an immediate dilution of $0.52 per share at the public offering price, assuming no exercise of the warrants. In the event investors exercise some or all of the warrants issued in this offering, stockholders will experience further dilution, however, we cannot predict if or when the warrants will be exercised. See “Dilution.” In addition, upon the exercise of any of our outstanding options or warrants, stockholders will incur further dilution.
 
Future sales and issuances of our common stock or rights to purchase common stock could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders and could cause our share price to fall.    
 
We expect that significant additional capital will be needed in the future to continue our planned operations, including expanding research and development, purchasing of capital equipment, hiring new personnel, and continuing activities as an operating public company. To the extent we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience substantial dilution. We may sell common stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner we determine from time to time. If we sell common stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in more than one transaction, investors may be materially diluted by subsequent sales. Such sales may also result in material dilution to our existing stockholders, and new investors could gain rights superior to our existing stockholders.
 
 
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There is no public market for the warrants to purchase common stock in this offering.
 
There is no established public trading market for the warrants being offered in this offering. We have applied to list the warrants on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “PRSNW.” No assurance can be given that such listing will be approved or that a trading market will develop.
 
The low trading volume of our common stock may adversely affect the price of our shares
 
Although our common stock is listed on NASDAQ, our common stock has experienced low trading volume. As of July 24, 2015, the 50-day average daily trading volume of our common stock, as reported by NASDAQ, was 21,106 shares. Limited trading volume may subject our common stock to greater price volatility and may make it difficult for investors to sell shares of our common stock at a price that is attractive to them.
 
"Penny stock” rules may make buying or selling our securities difficult, which may make our common stock less liquid and make it harder for investors to buy and sell our securities.   
 
If at any time in the future our shares of common stock are not listed for trading by NASDAQ and begin to trade on an over-the-counter market such as the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board or any quotation system maintained by OTC Markets, Inc., trading in our securities would be subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules and it is anticipated that trading in our securities would continue to be subject to the penny stock rules for the foreseeable future. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted regulations that generally define a penny stock to be any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. These rules require that any broker-dealer who recommends our securities to persons other than prior customers and accredited investors must, prior to the sale, make a special written suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to execute the transaction. Unless an exception is available, the regulations require the delivery, prior to any transaction involving a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and the risks associated with trading in the penny stock market. In addition, broker-dealers must disclose commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities they offer. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by these requirements may discourage broker-dealers from recommending transactions in our securities, which could severely limit the
 
We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our shares of common stock so any returns will be limited to the value of our shares.    
 
We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings, if any, for the development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. Any return to stockholders will therefore be limited to the increase, if any, of our share price.
 
 
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CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the reasons described in our “Prospectus Summary,” “Use of Proceeds” and “Risk Factors” sections and our “Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations” and “Business” sections of our Transition Report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference in this prospectus. In some cases, you can identify these forward- looking statements by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “depends,” “estimate,” “expects,” “intend,” “may,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” or the negative of those terms or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain those words.
 
We have based these forward looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. These forward looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including risks described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus, regarding, among other things:
 
·
our belief about the market opportunities for our products;
   
·
our anticipated financial performance and business plan;
   
·
our belief that the distribution agreement with Terumo will help drive market adoption of the MicroThermX;
   
·
our expectations that we will continue and grow the successful results from our MicroThermX fee-per-use equipment rental program throughout the U.S. that we have experienced to date;
   
·
our expectations that the SynchroWave antennas used in conjunction with the MicroThermX will represent a significant ongoing revenue stream;
   
·
our expectations that we will reach agreements with additional international distribution firms;
   
·
our expectations that additional international shipments of the MicroThermX and supplies of SynchroWave antennas will occur in the future;
   
·
our belief that the level of our operating expenses, including selling, general and administrative expenses, will increase and that the increase may be significant;
   
·
our belief that our operating results, revenue and operating expenses may fluctuate in the future from year to year as well as from quarter to quarter; and
   
·
our belief that we will be successful in raising cash through the public markets and that such efforts will provide us with cash and cash equivalents sufficient to finance our operations for the next twelve months.
 
These risks are not exhaustive. Other sections of this prospectus may include additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in, or implied by, any forward looking statements.
 
You should not rely upon forward looking statements as predictions of future events. We cannot assure you that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward looking statements will be achieved or occur. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward looking statements for any reason after the date of this prospectus or to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.
 
You should read this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward looking statements by these cautionary statements.
 
 
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USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that we will receive approximately $5.5 million in net proceeds from the sale of the securities in this offering, based on an assumed public offering price of $1.339 per share of common stock and two warrants, which was the closing price of our common stock on July 24, 2015, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering as follows:  (i) approximately $0.8 million in research and development expenses; (ii) approximately $1.9 million to expand our marketing and selling capabilities; and (iii) approximately $2.8 million for general working capital needs.
 
This expected use of net proceeds from this offering represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from this offering. We may find it necessary or advisable to use the net proceeds from this offering for other purposes, and we will have broad discretion in the application of net proceeds from this offering.
 
Pending our use of the net proceeds from this offering, we intend to invest the net proceeds in a variety of short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments and U.S. government securities.
 
 
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PRICE RANGE OF OUR COMMON STOCK
 
Market Information
 
Our shares of common stock are currently quoted on NASDAQ under the symbol “PRSN.”
 
The following table sets forth the high and low prices of our common stock, as reported by NASDAQ, for the periods indicated:
 
Quarter Ended:
 
High (1)
   
Low (1)
 
November 30, 2012
 
$
24.10
   
$
11.50
 
February 28, 2013
   
20.50
     
13.20
 
May 31, 2013
   
18.70
     
9.70
 
August 31, 2013
   
17.00
     
12.00
 
November 30, 2013
   
17.80
     
11.80
 
February 28, 2014
   
14.50
     
10.30
 
May 31, 2014
   
16.60
     
9.50
 
August 31, 2014
   
11.90
     
5.50
 
November 30, 2014
   
6.70
     
3.50
 
Transition Period Ended:
               
December 31, 2014
   
4.80
     
2.80
 
Quarter Ended:
               
March 31, 2015
   
7.60
     
1.90
 
June 30, 2015
   
5.00
     
1.56
 
Interim Period:
               
July 1, 2015 to July 24, 2015
   
2.30
     
1.339
 
 
(1)  
On June 23, 2015, the Company effected the Reverse Stock Split. High and low stock prices for all periods have been adjusted, as necessary, to reflect the Reverse Stock Split.
 
On July 24, 2015, the closing price of our common stock was $1.339 per share.
 
We have applied to list the warrants on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “PRSNW.” No assurance can be given that such listing will be approved or that a trading market will develop.
 
Holders

As of June 30, 2015, there were 456 holders of record of our common stock.
 
 
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DIVIDEND POLICY
 
 We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock since our inception, and we currently plan to retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the growth of our business. We intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and expansion of our business. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon a number of factors, including our results of operations, financial condition, future prospects, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our board of directors deems relevant. Our future ability to pay cash dividends on our stock may also be limited by the terms of any future debt or preferred securities or future credit facility.
 
 
 
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CAPITALIZATION
 
The following table sets forth our unaudited capitalization as of June 30, 2015:
 
on an actual basis;
   
on a pro forma basis, based upon an assumed public offering price of $1.339 per share of common stock and two warrants, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
 
The pro forma information below is for illustrative purposes and our capitalization following the completion of this offering will be adjusted based on the actual offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing. You should read this table in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds” above as well as our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Transition Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
 
   
As of June 30,
2015
(unaudited) (in
thousands, except share and
per share data)
 
   
Actual
   
Pro Forma
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
866
   
$
6,323
 
Long term debt
   
     
 
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
               
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
   
     
 
Common stock 80,000,000  shares authorized actual and 80,000,000 shares authorized pro forma; 4,016,323 shares issued and outstanding actual and 8,807,990 shares issued and outstanding pro forma
   
4
     
9
 
Additional paid-in-capital
   
64,053
     
69,506
 
Accumulated deficit
   
62,275
     
62,275
 
                 
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)
   
1,782
     
7,239
 
                 
Total capitalization
 
$
4,188
   
$
9,645
 
 
The above discussion and table does not include the following:
 
·
9,583,334 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued in connection with this offering;
   
·
985,736 shares of common stock issuable upon the full exercise of previously issued warrants to purchase shares of common stock;
   
·
559,826 options to purchase shares of our common stock issued under our Fourth Amended and Restated 1998 Directors Stock Plan, our Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan and pursuant to an Inducement Grant made to Clint Carnell, Jr.; and
   
·
102,890 shares of common stock reserved for future grant or issuance under our Fourth Amended and Restated 1998 Directors Stock Plan and our Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
 
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DILUTION
 
Our stockholders will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between an assumed public offering price of $1.339 per share and two warrants, and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately following this offering.
 
Our net tangible book value as of June 30, 2015 was approximately $1,781,917, or approximately $0.44 per share. Net tangible book value per share represents our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2015.
 
Net tangible book value dilution per share of common stock to existing stockholders represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers in this offering and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of common stock immediately after completion of this offering. After giving effect to our sale of 4,791,667 shares of common stock and warrants for the purchase of 9,583,334 shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $1.339 per share of common stock and two warrants, and after deducting the underwriter discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of June 30, 2015 would have been $7,238,970 , or $0.82 per share. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $0.38 per share to existing stockholders of our Company but an immediate decrease in the net tangible book value of $0.52 per share to purchasers, as illustrated in the following table:
 
Assumed public offering price per share (including warrant)
       
$
1.34
 
Actual net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2015
 
$
0.44
         
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors
 
$
0.38
         
Adjusted net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2015, after giving effect to the offering
           
0.82
 
Dilution per share to purchasers in this offering
         
$
0.52
 
 
This information is based on 4,016,323 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2015, and reflects the sale of 4,791,667 shares of common stock in this public offering, and excludes the following:
 
·
9,583,334 shares of common stock issuable upon the full exercise of the warrants offered hereby ;
   
·
985,736 shares of common stock issuable upon the full exercise of previously issued warrants to purchase shares of common stock;
   
·
559,826  Options to purchase shares of our common stock issued under our Fourth Amended and Restated 1998 Directors Stock Plan, our Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan and pursuant to an Inducement Grant made to Clint Carnell, Jr.; and
   
·
102,890 shares of common stock reserved for future grant or issuance under our Fourth Amended and Restated 1998 Directors Stock Plan and our Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
To the extent that any of our outstanding options or warrants are exercised, we grant additional options under our stock option plans or issue additional warrants, or we issue additional shares of common stock in the future, there may be further dilution to investors.
 
 
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MANAGEMENT
 
On April 6, 2015 the Company announced that it had appointed Brian Meltzer, M.D. as its Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Business Development. A description of Dr. Meltzer’s business experience and qualifications is included below. In addition, on April 28, 2015 the Company announced it had appointed Peter J. Vitulli to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective April 23, 2015. A description of the business experience and qualifications of Mr. Vitulli is included below. Further, a description of the business experience and qualifications of the other directors, executive officers, and other significant employees of the Company can be found in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A and Annual Report on Form 10-K, each of which are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
 
Business Experience and Qualifications
 
Brian Meltzer was appointed as Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Business Development on April 6, 2015. Dr. Meltzer is a clinically trained physician with 15 years of expertise in the design and management of strategic growth programs and corporate ventures. Before joining Perseon, Dr. Meltzer was the Executive Medical Director of the R&D Innovation and Licensing & Business Development for Purdue Pharma, L.P. for a period of 3 years, and was a new venture business development leader for Johnson & Johnson from 2005 to 2012. Dr. Meltzer completed his internship and residency with Internal Medicine, and fellowship in gastroenterology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He holds an MBA in Health Care Administration from Baruch College, City University of New York; an M.D. in Medicine from State University of New York Upstate Medical University; and a B.S. in Biomedical Science from City University of New York.
 
Peter J. Vitulli was appointed a director of the Company on April 23, 2015. Mr. Vitulli has over 35 years of experience within the consumer products and healthcare industries in both large corporations and entrepreneurial-stage companies. Mr. Vitulli has served as the President and CEO of DNA Diagnostics Center (“DDC”),  the world's largest provider of private DNA tests, since 2010. Prior to joining DDC, Mr. Vitulli served as President and CEO of Sciona, Inc., a personal genetics company offering customized health and wellness solutions, and as President and CEO for Amerifit Nutrition, Inc., a nutritional supplement company focused on women's health.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Vitulli managed start-up enterprises for various investor groups and was a general manager of the $1 billion North American Gatorade business for the former Quaker Oats Company. He holds an MBA from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a BA from College of the Holy Cross.
 
Affirmative Determinations Regarding Director Independence
 
The Board of Directors has determined each of the following directors to be an “independent director” as such term is defined in the NASDAQ Stock Market Listing Standards: Timothy C. McQuay, Steven G. Stewart, Damian E. Dupuy and Peter J. Vitulli.
 
Committees of the Board of Directors
 
The Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee, which held four meetings during fiscal year 2014, is responsible for reviewing and monitoring our financial statements and internal accounting procedures, recommending the selection of independent auditors by the Board, evaluating the scope of the annual audit, reviewing audit results, consulting with management and our independent auditor prior to presentation of financial statements to stockholders and, as appropriate, initiating inquiries into aspects of our internal accounting controls and financial affairs.  The Board of Directors has adopted a written audit committee charter.
 
The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Stewart, McQuay and Vitulli.  Mr. Stewart is currently serving as the audit committee chairman and financial expert (Audit Committee Financial Expert).  All members of the Audit Committee are Independent Directors.
 
The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.  The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, which held one meeting during fiscal year 2014, is responsible for identifying qualified individuals to become Board members, determining the composition of the Board and its committees, monitoring and assessing Board effectiveness, and developing and implementing our corporate governance guidelines.  Additionally, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee recommends director nominees to our Board of Directors for the Board’s approval.  The Board of Directors has adopted a written corporate governance and nominating committee charter.
 
The members of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee are Messrs. Stewart, McQuay, Dupuy and Vitulli.  All members of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee are Independent Directors.  Mr. McQuay is currently serving as the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee chairman.
 
 
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The Board of Directors does not have an express policy with regard to the consideration of any director candidates since the Board believes that its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee can adequately evaluate nominees on a case-by-case basis.  The Board has not previously received any recommendations for director candidates from stockholders, and has not adopted a formal process for considering director candidates who may be recommended by stockholders.  However, the Company’s policy is to give due consideration to any and all such candidates, and in evaluating director nominees, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considers the appropriate size of the Board, the needs of the Company, the skills and experience of its directors, and a candidate’s familiarity with our industry.  Although the Company does not have a formal diversity policy relating to the identification and evaluation of nominees for director, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considers many criteria in identifying and selecting nominees, and in the future may establish additional minimum criteria for nominees.  A stockholder may submit a recommendation for director candidates to us at our corporate offices, to the attention of Clint Carnell.  We do not pay fees to any third parties to assist us in identifying potential nominees.
 
The Compensation Committee.  The members of the Compensation Committee are Messrs. Stewart, McQuay, and Vitulli.  Mr. Vitulli is currently serving as the Compensation Committee chairman.  All members of the Compensation Committee are Independent Directors.  Our Compensation Committee met one time during fiscal year 2014.  The Board of Directors has adopted a written compensation committee charter.  The Compensation Committee has responsibility for establishing and monitoring our executive compensation programs, and for making decisions regarding the compensation of our Named Executive Officers (as defined below).  The agenda for meetings of the Compensation Committee is determined by the Chairman of the Compensation Committee.  The Compensation Committee sets the compensation package of the Named Executive Officers and their annual bonus.  The Company has adopted an amendment to its Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan which allows the Board of Directors to delegate to the CEO the authority to designate individuals to receive awards under the Plan and to designate the number and type of awards to be granted to the individuals so designated.  The Board did not delegate this authority to the CEO during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2014.  For a further description of the Compensation Committee’s role, see “Executive Compensation” below.
 
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
Legal counsel for the Company received a demand letter dated October 3, 2014 and a draft complaint from a single shareholder.  The draft complaint alleged that the Company (and certain current and former officers and directors) had issued false or misleading press releases, and that the Company had improperly raised capital in ways that diluted existing shareholders.
 
The Company’s Board of Directors engaged special legal counsel experienced in securities matters and litigation to assist the Board of Directors in conducting an independent investigation of these allegations. The independent investigation has been completed.  Based on the investigation, the Board of Directors determined that there has been no misconduct by the Company or the named defendants.
 
On April 27, 2015 this shareholder filed a formal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint alleges that from November 2010 through October 2014, Perseon issued various press releases and public statements which omitted certain material facts related to Perseon’s revenue and sales, thereby misrepresenting the true financial condition of Perseon.  In particular, the complaint alleges that Perseon’s press releases “tout[ed] impressive revenue figures and purported sales” when “in reality Perseon was floundering and unable to cover its operating costs, including significant executive compensation.”  The complaint also alleges that Perseon “chose to issue additional securities at below-market prices in an effort to fund operating expenses,” rather than “raise capital through debt transactions or other methods,” and that three offerings cited in the complaint resulted in “the dilution of existing shareholder positions.”
 
Perseon believes that the claims in this lawsuit are without merit and intends to vigorously defend this action. On June 30, 2015, the Company and the named defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
 
 
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS
 
Since September 1, 2012, there has not been, nor is there any proposed transaction in which we were or will be a party or in which we were or will be a participant, involving an amount that exceeded or will exceed $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any director, executive officer, beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than the transactions which are described below or in our Transition Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
 
Dr. Sennewald Medizintechnik GmbH.  Perseon supplied hyperthermia therapy systems and related component parts to Dr. Sennewald Medizintechnik GmbH and its affiliate BSD BioSystems Design, S.A. (“Medizintechnik”) located in Munich, Germany, which was the distributor of hyperthermia products in Europe.  Medizintechnik purchased equipment, which it installs, and component parts to service the hyperthermia therapy systems that Medizintechnik sold to its customers in Europe.  For the three months ended June 30, 2015, the six months ended June 30, 2015, the four month transition period ended December 31, 2014 and the fiscal years ended August 31, 2014 and 2013, Perseon had revenue of  $0, $11,232, $463,423, $419,549 and $99,896, respectively, from the sale of systems and various component parts sold to Medizintechnik.  As of June 30, 2015, December 31, 2014, August 31, 2014 and 2013, accounts receivable from Medizintechnik were $0, $13,471, $8,322 and $24,201, respectively. Perseon received $320,000 from Medizintechnik in the four month period ending December 31, 2014 for partial payment of a BSD-2000 shipped and installed.
 
 Dr. Gerhard W. Sennewald, one of Perseon’s former directors and significant stockholders, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Medizintechnik and its sole stockholder.  Management believes the terms of the transactions with Medizintechnik were arms-length and fair to us.
 
Sale of Hyperthermia Assets.  On April 1, 2015, we sold the Hyperthermia Assets pursuant to the Hyperthermia Purchase Agreement with Pyrexar. As consideration for the Hyperthermia Assets, we received (i) 19.9% of the Series A Preferred Stock of Pyrexar (the “Preferred Stock”) and (ii) a percentage of the gross revenues Pyrexar receives from its sale of hyperthermia cancer treatment systems. Pyrexar also assumed certain liabilities associated with the Hyperthermia Assets.
 
The Hyperthermia Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of us and Pyrexar. Subject to certain limitations, we have agreed to indemnify Pyrexar for breaches of representations, warranties, covenants and retained liabilities.  The Hyperthermia Purchase Agreement also provides that the parties shall enter into a lease agreement, pursuant to which we will lease to Pyrexar a portion of our facility at 2188 West 2200 South, Salt Lake City.  Base Rent under the lease agreement is set at approximately $96,660 per year.
 
Each share of Preferred Stock we received is convertible into one share of common stock of Pyrexar subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends and other similar events, and we received voting rights equal to those of holders of Pyrexar’s common stock. We are also entitled to cumulative annual dividends of $0.015 per share commencing April 1, 2016. In the event of certain liquidation events, we are entitled to receive, prior to any distribution to holders of other shares of capital stock of Pyrexar, a liquidation preference of approximately $2 million. Pyrexar is prohibited without our consent from authorizing, creating or issuing any other equity security having priority over the Preferred Stock.
 
Two of our former directors, Dr. Gerhard W. Sennewald and Douglas P. Boyd, have a financial interest in Pyrexar, as both are members of Pyrexar’s board of directors and both are shareholders of Pyrexar.
 
We do not have a formal written process for reviewing related person transactions.  We expect that the Audit Committee will review for potential conflict of interest situations, on an ongoing basis, any future proposed transaction, or series of transactions, with related persons, and either approve or disapprove each reviewed transaction or series of related transactions with related persons.
 
Directed Share Program.  The underwriters have reserved for sale, at the public offering price, up to 5% of the shares of common stock and warrants offered hereby for sale to directors and officers of the Company. We will offer these shares of common stock and warrants to the extent permitted under applicable regulations in the United States through a directed share program. The number of shares of common stock and warrants available for sale to the general public will be reduced by the number of shares of common stock and warrants purchased by participants in the program. Any shares of common stock and warrants not purchased will be offered by the underwriters to the general public on the same terms as the other shares of common stock and warrants offered hereby.
 
 
 
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
Except as indicated in footnotes to this table, we believe that the stockholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown to be beneficially owned by them, based on information provided to us by such stockholders.
 
The following table sets forth information known to us with respect to beneficial ownership of our common stock as of June 30, 2015 for (i) each director, (ii) each holder of 5.0% or greater of our common stock, (iii) our Named Executive Officers, and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a group. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Commission, and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities.  Shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days following June 30, 2015 are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the optionee or group of optionees for the purpose of computing share and percentage ownership of that optionee or group of optionees, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.  Except as indicated by footnote, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown beneficially owned by them.  The inclusion of any shares as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership of those shares.  The percentage calculation of beneficial ownership is based on  4,016,323 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2015.  Except as otherwise noted, the address of each person listed on the following table is 2188 West 2200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119.
 
   
Common Stock Beneficially Owned
Name of Beneficial Owner
 
Shares
   
Percent of
 Shares
 Beneficially Owned
 Prior to this
Offering
 
             
5% or Greater Stockholders
           
     Dr. Gerhard W. Sennewald(1)
   
654,828
     
15.7
%
Officers and Directors
           
     Steven G. Stewart(2)
   
33,209
     
*
 
     Timothy C. McQuay(3)
   
26,656
     
*
 
     Damian E. Dupuy, MD
   
15,505
     
*
 
     Harold R. Wolcott(4)
   
89,826
     
2.2
%
     William S. Barth(5)
   
15,333
     
*
 
     Clinton E. Carnell Jr.(6)
   
-
     
-
 
     Peter J. Vitulli(7)
   
188
     
*
 
     Benjamin Beckham(8)
   
475
     
*
 
     Jennifer Hoglin(9)
           
-
 
     Todd Turnlund(10)
   
24,833
     
*
 
     Brian Meltzer, MD(11)
   
-
     
-
 
                 
All Executive Officers and Directors as a Group (11 persons)(12)
   
206,025
     
5.0
%
 
* Less than 1%
 
(1)
Includes 9,000 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after June 30, 2015.  Dr. Sennewald resigned as a director on February 4, 2015.
 
(2)
Includes 10,637 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after June 30, 2015.
 
(3)
Includes 4,746 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after June 30, 2015.
 
(4)
Includes 88,576 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after June 30, 2015.  Mr. Wolcott resigned his positions as President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 10, 2014.
 
(5)
Includes 13,333 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after June 30, 2015.
 
(6)
Mr. Carnell was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President, effective November 10, 2014.
 
(7)
Mr. Vitulli was appointed a director, effective April 23, 2015.
 
(8)
Mr. Beckham was appointed as Vice President of North American Sales, effective February 16, 2015.
 
(9)
Ms. Hoglin was appointed as Vice President of Global Marketing, effective February 17, 2015.
 
(10)
Includes 24,833 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after June 30, 2015.  Mr. Turnlund was appointed as Vice President of Research and Development, effective February 16, 2015.
 
(11)
Dr. Meltzer was appointed Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Business Development, effective April 1, 2015.
 
(12)
Includes 142,125 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after June 30, 2015.
 
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
 
As of the date of this prospectus, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes us to issue 80,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.  As of June 30, 2015, 4,016,323 shares of common stock were outstanding and no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.  In addition, as of June 30, 2015, there were outstanding warrants to purchase an additional 985,736 shares of our common stock and options to purchase 559,826 shares of our common stock.
 
The following description of our capital stock is a summary.  It is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, a copy of each of which has been incorporated as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
 
Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain certain provisions that are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the board of directors, which may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a future takeover or change in control of Perseon unless such takeover or change in control is approved by our board of directors.
 
Common Stock
 
Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted upon by the stockholders.  Holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights, and, therefore, holders of a majority of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect all of the directors.  In such event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any directors.  Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then-outstanding preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors out of funds legally available therefore.  We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock.  We expect to retain future earnings, if any, for use in the operation and expansion of our business, and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
 
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets legally available for distribution after payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of the holders of any preferred stock then outstanding.  Holders of common stock have no preemptive or other subscription or conversion rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock.
 
All outstanding shares of common stock are, and all shares of common stock to be outstanding upon the closing of this offering will be, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
Additional shares of authorized common stock may be issued, as authorized by our board of directors from time to time, without stockholder approval, except as may be required by applicable stock exchange requirements.
 
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is OTC Stock Transfer, Inc.  Our common stock is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “PRSN.”
 
Outstanding Warrants
 
As of June 30, 2015, there were outstanding warrants to purchase 985,736 shares of our common stock. Such outstanding warrants are described below.
 
Grant Date
 
Shares of
Common Stock
 Subject to
 Warrants*
   
Exercise Price
 Per Share*
 
Expiration Date
               
February 17, 2010
   
11,030
   
$
20.40
 
August 18, 2015
May 6, 2010
   
50,448
   
$
19.40
 
November 7, 2015
August 24, 2010
   
91,876
   
$
32.70
 
February 25, 2016
November 18, 2010
   
87,500
   
$
77.30
 
May 19, 2016
April 12, 2013
   
304,880
   
$
16.50
 
October 13, 2018
November 18, 2010
   
440,002
   
$
11.00
 
January 2, 2020
 
* Reflects adjustments made as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. Adjustments to these amounts may occur as a result of stock splits, reverse stock split, stock dividends, reorganizations or similar events as described more fully below.
 
 
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The exercise price and the number of shares for which each outstanding warrant may be exercised is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, reorganizations or similar events affecting our common stock and the exercise price of outstanding warrants held by a purchaser (or such purchaser’s direct or indirect transferee) is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of cash dividends or other distributions to holders of shares of our common stock.
 
There is no established public trading market for the outstanding warrants, and we do not expect a market to develop.  We do not intend to apply to list the outstanding warrants on any securities exchange.  Without an active market, the liquidity of the outstanding warrants will be limited.  In addition, in the event our common stock price does not exceed the per share exercise price of the outstanding warrants during the period when the outstanding warrants are exercisable, the outstanding warrants will not have any value.
 
Holders of the outstanding warrants may exercise their outstanding warrants to purchase shares of our common stock by delivering an exercise notice, appropriately completed and duly signed.  Payment of the exercise price for the number of shares for which the outstanding warrant is being exercised is required to be delivered within one trading day after exercise of the outstanding warrant.  In certain circumstances, a holder of outstanding warrants will have the right to exercise its outstanding warrants for a net number of outstanding warrant shares pursuant to the cashless exercise procedures specified in the outstanding warrants.  Outstanding warrants may be exercised in whole or in part, and any portion of an outstanding warrant not exercised prior to the termination date shall be and become void and of no value.  The absence of an effective registration statement or applicable exemption from registration does not alleviate our obligation to deliver common stock issuable upon exercise of an outstanding warrant.
 
Upon the holder’s exercise of an outstanding warrant, we will issue the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the outstanding warrant within three trading days of our receipt of notice of exercise.
 
The shares of common stock issuable on exercise of the outstanding warrants will be, when issued in accordance with the outstanding warrants, duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and non-assessable.  We will authorize and reserve at least that number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of all outstanding warrants.
 
If we consummate any fundamental transaction, as described in the outstanding warrants and generally including any consolidation or merger into another corporation, the consummation of a transaction whereby another entity acquires more than 50% of our outstanding voting stock, or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, the successor entity must assume in writing all of our obligations to the outstanding warrant holders.
 
Additionally, in the event of a fundamental transaction, each outstanding warrant holder will have the right to require us, or our successor, to repurchase its outstanding warrant for an amount of cash equal to the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of the outstanding warrant on the date of the consummation of such fundamental transaction.
 
The exercisability of the outstanding warrants may be limited in certain circumstances if, upon exercise, the holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own more than 4.9% of our common stock.
 
Preferred Stock
 
As of the date of this prospectus, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding.  Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock.  Our board of directors will have the authority, without any further vote or action by our stockholders, to issue from time to time the preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting a series or the designation of such series.  The issuance of preferred stock, while providing desirable flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of common stock or adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of the holders of common stock, and may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control without further action by the stockholders.  We have no current plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.
 
The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the state of our incorporation, provides that the holders of preferred stock will have the right to vote separately as a class on any proposal involving fundamental changes in the rights of holders of that preferred stock.  This right is in addition to any voting rights that may be provided for in the applicable certificate of designation.
 
 
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Description of Securities We Are Offering
 
We are offering up to 4,791,667 shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share, together with warrants to purchase up to 9,583,334 shares of our common stock. One share of common stock is being sold together with two warrants. Each warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock at an initial exercise price of $          per share (110% of the public offering price) commencing upon consummation of this offering and terminating on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance.
 
Common Stock Offered Hereby
 
The material terms and provisions of our common stock and each other class of securities which qualifies or limits our common stock are described under the heading “—Common Stock” above.
 
Warrants Offered Hereby
 
The material terms and provisions of the warrants being offered pursuant to this prospectus are summarized below. The summary is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the form of common stock purchase warrant, which has been filed as Exhibit  4.1 to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
 
In connection with this offering, we will issue warrants to purchase 9,583,334 shares of our common stock at an initial exercise price of $     per share (110% of the public offering price). The warrants are exercisable commencing upon consummation of this offering and terminating on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance.
 
The warrants may be exercised upon delivery of a duly executed facsimile copy of a notice of exercise form and payment of the aggregate exercise price, provided that no payment is required in a cashless exercise. Under the terms of the warrants, we have agreed to use our reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement and current prospectus relating to the common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants. During any period we fail to have maintained an effective registration statement covering the shares underlying the warrants, the warrant holder may exercise the warrants on a cashless basis. There is no circumstance that would require us to net cash settle these warrants. The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of common stock and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive shares of common stock. After the issuance of shares of common stock upon exercise of the warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders.
 
A maximum beneficial ownership provision applies to those holders of warrants that notify the Company that they have elected to be subject to such provision. If the maximum beneficial ownership provision is elected by a holder, then the warrant agent shall not effect the exercise of the holder’s warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise such warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the warrant agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% of the shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.
 
No fractional shares of common stock will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we, at our sole discretion may, upon exercise, either round up to the nearest whole number of shares of common stock to be issued to the warrant holder or pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the price per share at which shares of common stock may be purchased at the time a warrant is exercised. If multiple warrants are exercised by the holder at the same time, we will aggregate the number of whole shares issuable upon exercise of all the warrants. Subject to applicable laws, the warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without our consent.
 
The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances, including in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification of common stock, or other similar events. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below their respective exercise prices.
 
 
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Underwriters’ Compensation Warrants
 
Please see “Underwriting — Underwriters’ Compensation Warrants” for a description of the warrants we have agreed to issue to the underwriters in this offering, subject to the completion of the offering.
 
Antitakeover Effects of Provisions of Charter Documents and Delaware Law
 
Certain provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws could make the following more difficult:
 
·
acquisition of us by means of a tender offer;
   
·
acquisition of us by means of a proxy contest or otherwise; and
   
·
the removal of our incumbent officers and directors.
 
These provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids.  These provisions are also designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors.  We believe that the benefits of increased protection resulting from our potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals because we believe that the negotiation of such proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
 
Stockholder Meetings.  Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that only the board of directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or our President may call special meetings of stockholders.  The provision may not be amended without the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of our outstanding voting stock.
 
Elimination of Stockholder Action By Written Consent.  Our charter documents eliminate the right of stockholders to act by written consent without a meeting.
 
Elimination of Cumulative Voting.  Our charter documents do not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.
 
Undesignated Preferred Stock.  The ability to authorize undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for the board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to change control of us.  These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring hostile takeovers or delaying changes in control or management of us.
 
Delaware Takeover Statute.  We are subject to Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or DGCL, which regulates acquisitions of some Delaware corporations.  In general, Section 203 prohibits, with some exceptions, a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years following the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:
 
·
the board of directors of the corporation approved the business combination or the other transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder prior to the date of the business combination or other transaction;
   
·
upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the person becoming an interested stockholder, the person owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers of the corporation and shares issued under employee stock plans under which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or
   
·
on or subsequent to the date the person became an interested stockholder, the board of directors of the corporation approved the business combination and the stockholders of the corporation authorized the business combination at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding stock of the corporation not owned by the interested stockholder.
 
 
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Section 203 of the DGCL generally defines a “business combination” to include any of the following:
 
·
any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;
   
·
any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition to the interested stockholder of assets with a value equal to 10% or more of the corporation’s assets or outstanding stock;
   
·
in general, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any of its stock to the interested stockholder;
   
·
any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of its stock owned by the interested stockholder; or
   
·
the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.
 
In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as any person who, together with the person’s affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of a corporation’s voting stock.
 
Section 203 of the DGCL could depress our stock price and delay, discourage or prohibit transactions not approved in advance by our board of directors, such as takeover attempts that might otherwise involve the payment to our stockholders of a premium over the market price of our common stock.
 
The provisions of Delaware law and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws could have the effect of discouraging others from attempting unsolicited takeovers and, as a consequence, they may also inhibit temporary fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that often result from actual or rumored unsolicited takeover attempts.  Such provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in our management.  It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish transactions, which stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests. 
 
Transfer Agent and Registrar
 
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock, and the warrant agent for the warrants offered hereby, is OTC Stock Transfer, Inc.
 
 
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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS TO U.S. HOLDERS
 
This is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders (as defined below) of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our common stock and warrants, which we refer to collectively as our securities, purchased pursuant to this offering. This discussion assumes that holders will hold our securities as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal taxation that may be relevant to a holder in light of such holder’s particular circumstances. In addition, this discussion does not address: (1) U.S. gift or estate tax laws, (2) state, local or non-U.S. tax consequences or the consequences under any tax treaty, (3) the special tax rules that may apply to certain holders, including, without limitation, banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, broker-dealers, taxpayers that have elected mark-to-market accounting, taxpayers subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the Code, tax-exempt entities, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, taxpayers whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, U.S. expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States, persons deemed to sell our common stock or warrants under the constructive sale provisions of the Code, persons who hold or receive our common stock or warrants pursuant to the exercise of any employee stock option or otherwise as compensation, tax-qualified retirement plans, persons that own, or are deemed to own, more than 5% of our outstanding common stock or warrants at any time, or personal holding companies, (4) the special tax rules that may apply to a holder that acquires, holds, or disposes of our securities as part of a straddle, hedge, wash sale, constructive sale or conversion transaction or other integrated investment, or (5) holders who are not U.S. holders (as defined below). Additionally, this discussion does not address the tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our securities to partnerships (including entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal tax purposes) or other pass-through entities or persons who hold our securities through such entities. The tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our securities to a partnership and each partner thereof generally will depend upon the status and activities of the partnership and such partner. Partnerships, other pass-through entities and persons holding our securities through such entities should consult their own tax advisors.
 
This discussion is based on current provisions of the Code, U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, judicial opinions, and published rulings and procedures of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), all as in effect on the date of this prospectus and all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. We have not sought, and will not seek, any ruling from the IRS or any opinion of counsel with respect to the tax consequences discussed below, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a position contrary to the tax consequences discussed below or that any position taken by the IRS would not be sustained by a court.
 
Each prospective investor should consult its own tax advisors with respect to the U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax consequences to such investor of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our securities.
 
General
 
For purposes of this discussion, a U.S. holder is:
 
an individual citizen or resident alien of the United States;
 
a corporation (or any other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
 
an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
 
a trust if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (2) the trust has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as a United States person.
 
Each holder must allocate the purchase price paid by such holder between the share of common stock and the warrant based on their respective relative fair market values. A holder’s initial tax basis in the common stock and warrants should equal the portion of the purchase price allocated thereto.  We intend to allocate         % of the public offering price as consideration for the issue of each share of common stock and        % for the issue of each warrant. Although we believe this allocation is reasonable, this allocation will not be binding on the IRS or any other tax authority and neither we nor our counsel express any opinion as to this allocation.
 
A holder’s purchase price allocation is not binding on the IRS or the courts, and no assurance can be given that the IRS or the courts will agree with the allocation described above or the discussion below. Accordingly, each prospective investor should consult its own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local and any non-U.S. tax consequences of an investment in our common stock and warrants. Unless otherwise stated, the following discussions are based on the assumption that the characterization of the common stock and warrants described above is accepted for U.S. federal tax purposes.
 
 
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Taxation of Distributions
 
If we pay distributions to holders of our common stock, such distributions generally will constitute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent paid from our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will first constitute a return of capital that will be applied against and reduce (but not below zero) the holder’s adjusted tax basis in our common stock. Any remaining excess will be treated as gain realized on the sale or other disposition of the common stock and will be treated as described under “Gain or Loss on Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Common Stock” below. Provided certain holding period requirements are met and the holder refrains from making certain elections, dividends paid to a non-corporate holder generally will constitute “qualified dividends” that will be subject to tax at the maximum federal tax rate of 20% under current law.
 
Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the holding period and other requirements that must be satisfied in order to qualify for the reduced maximum tax rate on dividends.
 
Gain or Loss on Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Common Stock
 
In general, a holder must treat any gain or loss recognized upon a sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of our common stock as capital gain or loss. Any such capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the holder’s holding period for the disposed of common stock exceeds one year. A reduced tax rate on capital gain generally will apply to long-term capital gain of a non-corporate holder. There are limitations on the deductibility of capital losses.
 
In general, a holder will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the sum of the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received in such disposition and (2) the holder’s adjusted tax basis in the disposed of common stock. A holder’s adjusted tax basis in its common stock generally will equal the holder’s acquisition cost (that is, as discussed above, the portion of the purchase price allocated to a share of common stock) less any prior distributions treated as a return of capital, as described above.
 
Exercise of a Warrant
 
Except as discussed below with respect to the cashless exercise of a warrant, a holder will not be required to recognize taxable gain or loss upon exercise of a warrant. The holder’s aggregate tax basis in the share of our common stock received upon the exercise of warrant generally will be an amount equal to the sum of the holder’s initial investment in the warrant (i.e., the portion of the holder’s purchase price that is allocated to warrant, as described above) and the exercise price. The holder’s holding period in our common stock received upon exercise of warrant generally will begin on the date following the date of exercise of the warrant and will not include the period during which the holder held the warrant.
 
The tax consequences of a cashless exercise of a warrant are not clear under current tax law. A cashless exercise may be tax-free, either because the exercise is a non-recognition event or because the exercise is treated as a recapitalization for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It is also possible that a cashless exercise could be treated as a taxable exchange in which a holder would recognize gain or loss. In such event, a holder could be deemed to have surrendered warrants equal to the number of shares of common stock having a value equal to the exercise price for the total number of warrants to be exercised. The holder would recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the common stock represented by the warrants deemed surrendered and the holder’s tax basis in the warrants deemed surrendered.
 
If the cashless exercise were treated as a non-recognition event or as a taxable exchange, the holder’s holding period in our common stock received upon exercise of the warrant would begin on the date following the date of exercise of the warrant and would not include the period during which the holder held the warrant. If the cashless exercise were treated as a recapitalization for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the holding period in our common stock received upon exercise of the warrant would include the holding period of the warrant.
 
Due to the absence of authority on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a cashless exercise of warrants, there can be no assurance which, if any, of the alternative tax consequences described above would be adopted by the IRS or a court of law. Accordingly, holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of a cashless exercise of our warrants.
 
 
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Sale, Exchange, Redemption or Expiration of a Warrant
 
Upon a sale, exchange (other than by exercise), redemption, or expiration of a warrant, a holder will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the amount realized upon such disposition or expiration and (2) the holder’s tax basis in the warrant (that is, as discussed above, the portion of the holder’s purchase price that is allocated to the warrant). Such gain or loss generally will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the warrant was held by the holder for more than one year at the time of such disposition or expiration. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to various limitations.
 
Tax on Net Investment Income
 
A 3.8% net investment tax applies to certain net investment income earned by individuals, estates and trusts. For these purposes, net investment income generally includes dividends received and gain recognized with respect to our common stock or warrants. In the case of an individual, the tax will be imposed on the lesser of (i) the shareholder’s net investment income or (ii) the amount by which the shareholder’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds $250,000 (if the shareholder is married and filing jointly or a surviving spouse), $125,000 (if the shareholder is married and filing separately) or $200,000 (in any other case). In the case of an estate or trust, the tax will be imposed on the lesser of (i) undistributed net investment income, or (ii) the excess adjusted gross income over the dollar amount at which the highest income tax bracket applicable to an estate or trust begins. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the implications of this additional tax to their particular circumstances.
 
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
 
U.S. laws commonly referred to as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) impose a 30% U.S. withholding tax on “withholdable payments” made to a foreign entity, which include payments of U.S.-source dividends and the gross proceeds from a disposition of property (such as our common stock or warrants) that can produce U.S.-source dividends unless (i) if the foreign entity is a “foreign financial institution,” the foreign entity undertakes certain due diligence, reporting, withholding, and certification obligations, (ii) if the foreign entity is not a “foreign financial institution,” the foreign entity identifies certain of its U.S. investors, if any, or (iii) the foreign entity is otherwise exempt from withholding under FATCA. An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country, or future Treasury Regulations, may modify these requirements. Withholding under FATCA currently applies to payments of dividends on our common stock, and will also apply to payments of gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of our common stock or warrants made after December 31, 2016.
 
Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible impact of the FATCA rules on their investment in our securities, and the entities through which they hold our securities, including, without limitation, the process and deadlines for meeting the applicable requirements to prevent the imposition of this 30% withholding tax under FATCA.
 
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
 
We must report annually to the IRS and to each holder the amount of dividends or other distributions we pay to such holder on shares of our common stock and the amount of tax withheld with respect to those distributions, regardless of whether withholding is required. The gross amount of dividends and proceeds from the disposition of our common stock or warrants paid to a holder that fails to provide the appropriate certification in accordance with applicable U.S. Treasury regulations generally will be subject to backup withholding at the applicable rate, currently 28 percent.
 
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts we withhold under the backup withholding rules may be refunded or credited against the holder’s U.S federal income tax liability, if any, by the IRS if the required information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner.
 
THIS SUMMARY IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS OF THE TAX CONSEQUENCES RELATING TO AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES TO YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES AND ANY CONSEQUENCES ARISING UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN OR OTHER TAXING JURISDICTION OR THE CONSEQUENCES UNDER ANY TAX TREATY.

 
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UNDERWRITING
 
We have entered into an underwriting agreement with Maxim Group LLC acting as the sole book-running manager and sole representative for the underwriters named below. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, the underwriters named below have agreed to purchase, and we have agreed to sell to them, the number of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and as indicated below: 
 
Underwriters
Number of
Shares
 
Number of
Warrants
Maxim Group LLC
     
Total
     
 
The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the shares and warrants offered by this prospectus are subject to the approval of certain legal matters by their counsel and to other conditions. The underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all of the shares and warrants offered by this prospectus if any such shares and warrants are taken, other than those shares and warrants covered by the over-allotment option described below.
 
Over-Allotment Option
 
We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable no later than 45 calendar days after the date of the underwriting agreement to purchase up to 718,750 additional shares of common stock, after the underwriting discount, of $           per share, and/or warrants to purchase up to 1,437,500 shares of common stock at a price, after the underwriting discount, of $         per warrant from us to cover over-allotments. The underwriters may exercise this option only to cover over-allotments, if any, made in connection with this offering. To the extent the option is exercised and the conditions of the underwriting agreement are satisfied, we will be obligated to sell to the underwriters, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase, these additional shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock.
Commissions and Expenses

The underwriting discount is 8.0% of the public offering price of each share of common stock and related warrant. The representative has advised us that the underwriters propose to offer the shares and warrants directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. In addition, the representative may offer some of the shares and warrants to other securities dealers at such price less a concession of up to $        per share. After the offering to the public, the offering price and other selling terms may be changed by the representative without changing the Company’s proceeds from the underwriters’ purchase of the shares and warrants.  In addition, we have agreed to reimburse the underwriters for certain expenses incurred in connection with this offering, including, but not limited to, road show expenses, filing fees and expenses in connection with the requirements of FINRA and the underwriters' legal fees and expenses, in an amount not to exceed $140,000 for all expenses.
 
The following table shows the underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters by us in connection with this offering.
 
 
Per
Share
 
Per
Warrant
 
Total
 Without
Over-Allotment
 
Total With
 Over-Allotment
 in Full
 
Public offering price
                 
Underwriting commissions
                 
Proceeds, before expenses, to us
                 
 
We estimate that expenses payable by us in connection with this offering, other than the underwriting commissions referred to above, will be approximately $445,699.61.
 
 
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Indemnification
 
We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Act, and liabilities arising from breaches of representations and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, or to contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.
 
Underwriters’ Compensation Warrants
 
We have also agreed to issue to the underwriters warrants to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to an aggregate of 5.0% of the shares of common stock sold in this offering, including shares of common stock sold in connection with the exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option. The warrants will have an exercise price equal to 110% of the offering price of the common stock sold in this offering, or $     per share, and may be exercised on a cashless basis only in the event that we do not have in place an effective registration statement. In the event the Company fails to deliver the shares underlying the warrants pursuant to an exercise of the warrant, and either the holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of common stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the holder of the warrant shares that the holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise, then the Company shall be required to net cash settle the warrants. The warrants are exercisable commencing six months after the effective date of the registration statement related to this offering, and will be exercisable for five years from the effective date of this offering. The warrants are not redeemable by us. The warrants and the underlying shares of common stock have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110(g)(1) of FINRA. The underwriters (or permitted assignees under Rule 5110(g)(1) of FINRA) may not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate the warrants or the securities underlying the warrants, nor will the underwriters engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from the date on which the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part is declared effective by the SEC, except to any FINRA member participating in the offering and their bona fide officers or partners. The warrants will provide for adjustment in the number and price of such warrants in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, merger or other structural transaction to prevent mechanical dilution.
 
To the extent the Company does not maintain an effective registration statement for the shares of common stock to be received upon the exercise of the warrant, and the Company files a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the sale of its shares of common stock (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8, or on another form, or in another context, in which such “piggyback” registration would be inappropriate), then, for a three-year period beginning on the date of this prospectus, the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders, and such holders shall be entitled to register the holder’s warrant shares (subject to certain notice and timing requirements).
 
The summary of the underwriters’ compensation warrants is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the form of underwriters’ warrant, which has been filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
 
Lock-up Agreements
 
We, our officers, directors and certain of our stockholders have agreed not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock either owned as of the date of the underwriting agreement or thereafter acquired without the prior written consent of the representative of the underwriters, subject to limited exceptions, for a period of 180 days after the date of the underwriting agreement; provided, however, that after the 90th day of such period the Company may undertake an equity offering so long as the offering price of such offering is at least 20% greater than the public offering price in this offering. This 180-day period is referred to as the “Lock-Up Period.” The representative of the underwriters may, in its sole discretion and at any time or from time to time before the termination of the Lock-Up Period, without notice, release all or any portion of the securities subject to lock-up agreements.
 
Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids
 
In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our common stock or warrants. Specifically, the underwriters may over-allot in connection with this offering by selling more shares and warrants than are set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. This creates a short position in our common stock for its own account. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares common stock or warrants over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of shares of common stock or warrants that they may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares of common stock or warrants involved is greater than the number of shares common stock or warrants in the over-allotment option. To close out a short position, the underwriters may elect to exercise all or part of the over-allotment option. The underwriters may also elect to stabilize the price of our common stock or reduce any short position by bidding for, and purchasing, common stock in the open market.
 
The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter or dealer repays selling concessions allowed to it for distributing a security in this offering because the underwriter repurchases that security in stabilizing or short covering transactions.
 
Finally, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, shares of our common stock in market making transactions, including “passive” market making transactions as described below.
 
These activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of our common stock at a price that is higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the absence of these activities. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities, and may discontinue any of these activities at any time without notice. These transactions may be effected on NASDAQ, in the over-the-counter market, or otherwise.
 
 
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In connection with this offering, the underwriters and selling group members, if any, or their affiliates may engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock immediately prior to the commencement of sales in this offering, in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Rule 103 generally provides that:
 
 a passive market maker may not effect transactions or display bids for our common stock in excess of the highest independent bid price by persons who are not passive market makers;
   
 net purchases by a passive market maker on each day are generally limited to 30% of the passive market maker’s average daily trading volume in our common stock during a specified two-month prior period or 200 shares, whichever is greater, and must be discontinued when that limit is reached; and
   
 passive market making bids must be identified as such.
 
Directed Share Program

The underwriters have reserved for sale, at the public offering price, up to 5% of the shares of common stock and warrants offered in this prospectus for our directors and officers. The directed share program will be administered by Maxim Group LLC. We will offer these shares of common stock and warrants to the extent permitted under applicable regulations in the United States through a directed share program. The number of shares of common stock and warrants available for sale to the general public will be reduced by the number of shares of common stock and warrants purchased by participants in the program. Any shares of common stock and warrants not purchased will be offered by the underwriters to the general public on the same terms as the other shares of common stock and warrants offered hereby.
 
Electronic Distribution
 
This prospectus in electronic format may be made available on websites or through other online services maintained by one or more of the underwriters, or by their affiliates. The underwriters may agree to allocate a number of shares to underwriters for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the representative to underwriters that may make Internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations. In connection with this offering, the underwriters or syndicate members may distribute prospectuses electronically. No forms of electronic prospectus other than prospectuses that are printable as Adobe® PDF will be used in connection with this offering.
 
The underwriters have informed us that they do not expect to confirm sales of shares offered by this prospectus to accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority.
 
Other than this prospectus in electronic format, the information on any underwriter’s website and any information contained in any other website maintained by an underwriter is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or any underwriter in its capacity as underwriter, and should not be relied upon by investors.
 
NASDAQ Listing
 
Our common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the trading symbol “PRSN.” We have applied to list the warrants on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “PRSNW.”  No assurance can be given that such listing will be approved or that a trading market will develop.
 
 
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LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the issuance of the securities offered by us in this offering will be passed upon for us by Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Salt Lake City, Utah. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, New York.
 
EXPERTS
 
The audited financial statements of Perseon Corporation as of December 31, 2014 and August 31, 2014 and 2013, and for the four month period ended December 31, 2014 and the fiscal years ended August 31, 2014 and 2013, incorporated by reference into this prospectus were derived from the Company’s financial statements audited by Tanner LLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the common stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which is part of the registration statement, omits certain information, exhibits, schedules and undertakings set forth in the registration statement. For further information pertaining to us and our common stock, reference is made to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents or provisions of any documents referred to in this prospectus are not necessarily complete, and in each instance where a copy of the document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the exhibit for a more complete description of the matters involved.
 
You may read and copy all or any portion of the registration statement without charge at the public reference room of the Securities and Exchange Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of the registration statement may be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission at prescribed rates from the public reference room of the Securities and Exchange Commission at such address. You may obtain information regarding the operation of the public reference room by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, registration statements and certain other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission electronically are publicly available through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The registration statement, including all exhibits and amendments to the registration statement, has been filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may also read all or any portion of the registration statement on our website at www.perseonmedical.com.
 
We are subject to the information and periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and, accordingly, are required to file annual reports containing financial statements audited by an independent public accounting firm, quarterly reports containing unaudited financial data, current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You will be able to inspect and copy such periodic reports, proxy statements and other information at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s public reference room, the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission referred to above, and our website at www.perseonmedical.com.
 
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
 
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information from other documents that we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. Information in this prospectus supersedes information incorporated by reference that we filed with the SEC prior to the date of this prospectus.
 
We incorporate by reference into this prospectus and the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part the information or documents listed below that we have filed with the SEC.
 
·
our Transition Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015;
   
·
our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the SEC on April 16, 2015;
   
·
our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on January 14, 2015, May 14, 2015, and July 16, 2015;
   
·
our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 12, 2015, February 3, 2015, February 9, 2015, February 11, 2015, February 24, 2015, April 1, 2015, April 29, 2015, May 6, 2015, May 11, 2015, May 13, 2015, June 22, 2015, and July 16, 2015 (for Item 3.01 of Form 8-K); and
   
·
the description of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, as contained in Item 1 of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 22, 2008, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
 
 
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Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement.
 
You may request, orally or in writing, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference. These documents will be provided to you at no cost, by contacting: Tina Ouimette by phone at (801) 972-5555 or by mail at 2188 West 2200 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119. In addition, copies of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference may be accessed at our website at www.perseonmedical.com. Other than the documents specifically set forth above, the information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and you should not consider any information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website as part of this prospectus or in deciding whether to purchase our common stock.
 
Neither we nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectuses we have prepared. We and the underwriters take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you.
 
 
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Up to 4,791,667 shares of common stock and
Warrants to purchase up to 9,583,334 shares of common stock

 
 
PROSPECTUS
 
                     , 2015
 
Sole Book-Running Manager
 
Maxim Group LLC
 
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give information that is not contained in this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor is it seeking an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of these securities.
 
 
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PART  II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 13.     Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
 
The following table sets forth all expenses, other than the underwriting commissions, payable by the registrant in connection with the sale of the common stock being registered. All the amounts shown are estimates except the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee.
 
   
Amount
to be paid
 
SEC registration fee
 
$
2,784.61
 
FINRA filing fee
 
$
2,915.00
 
NASDAQ listing fees
 
$
25,000.00
 
Blue sky qualification fees and expenses
 
$
 
Transfer agent and registrar fees
 
$
10,000.00
 
Accounting fees and expenses
 
$
60,000.00
 
Legal fees and expenses
 
$
300,000.00 
 
Printing and engraving expenses
 
$
5,000.00 
 
Miscellaneous
 
$
40,000.00
 
         
Total
 
$
445,699.61 
 
 
Item 14.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers
 
We are organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (“DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or having served at the request of the corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. In the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification is permitted with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances. The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws limit the liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits our directors to not be personally liable for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as directors, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or our stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. Liability under federal securities laws, however, is not and cannot be limited by our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
 
Our Bylaws provide that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify every person who is or was a party or is or was threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, which we refer to herein as an Action, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, plan administrator or plan fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which we refer to herein as an Indemnified Person, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement or other disposition that the Indemnified Person actually and reasonably incurs in connection with the Action and shall reimburse each such person for all legal fees and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in seeking to enforce its rights to indemnification under our Bylaws (by means of legal action or otherwise). Upon written request from an Indemnified Person, the Company shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any Action in advance of the final disposition of such Action. The Company’s obligation to pay expenses shall be contingent upon the Indemnified Person providing the undertaking required by Section 145(e) of the DGCL.
 
Section 145 of the DGCL also permits a Delaware corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers.  Our Bylaws permit us to purchase such insurance on behalf of our directors and executive officers.  We maintain a policy of liability insurance for our officers and directors.
 
 
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Item 15.     Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
 
None.
 
Item  16.   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
 
(a) Exhibits
 
See the Exhibit Index on the page immediately preceding the exhibits for a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement on Form S-1, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
 
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
 
Schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
 
Item  17.    Undertakings
 
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
 
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
   
 
(i)
to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
     
 
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
     
 
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
     
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
   
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
   
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
   
 
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
     
 
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
     
 
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
     
 
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
 
 
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report, to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 14 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
 
(1)
For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
   
(2)
For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on the 27th of July, 2015.
 
  PERSEON CORPORATION
 
   
By:   
 /s/ Clinton E. Carnell Jr.
 
Clinton E. Carnell Jr.
 
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
Title
Date
     
/s/ Clinton E. Carnell Jr.
Clinton E. Carnell Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 27, 2015
     
/s/ William S. Barth
William S. Barth
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 27, 2015
     
*_______________
Timothy C. McQuay
Director and Chairman
*
     
*_______________
Harold R. Wolcott
Director
*
     
*_______________
Director
*
Steven G. Stewart
     
*_______________
Director
*
Damian E. Dupuy
     
*_______________
Director
*
Peter Vitulli
 
 
·  
Executed on July 27, 2015 by William S. Barth as attorney-in-fact pursuant to the power of attorney granted in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed previously on April 23, 2015.
 
/s/ William S. Barth
William S. Barth
Attorney-in-Fact
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Form of Underwriting Agreement.
   
2.1***
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated April 2, 2015. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K filed April 1, 2015.
   
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation).  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Perseon Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, filed December 1, 2003.
   
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation).  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed February 7, 2011.
   
3.3
Second Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation). Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed February 24, 2015.
   
3.4
Third Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Perseon Corporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed June 22, 2015.
   
3.5
By-Laws of Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation).  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Perseon Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed October 16, 1986.
   
3.6
Amendment to Bylaws of Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation).  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Perseon Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 4, 2008.
   
4.1
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
   
4.2
Form of Underwriters’ Warrant
   
4.3
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed June 26, 2014.
   
4.4
Specimen Common Stock Certificate.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 of the Perseon Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed October 16, 1986.
   
4.5
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed February 11, 2010.
   
4.6
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed May 3, 2010.
   
4.7
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed August 19, 2010.
   
4.8
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed November 15, 2010.
   
4.9
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed April 9, 2013.
   
4.10
Form of Warrant Agent Agreement. (included in Exhibit 4.1)
 
 
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5.1
Legal Opinion of Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
   
10.1*
Letter Agreement, dated April 28, 2014, between the Company and Harold R. Wolcott. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed April 29, 2014.
   
10.2
At-the-Market Issuance Sales Agreement between Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) and MLV & Co. LLC, dated May 9, 2014.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed May 9, 2014.
   
10.3
Termination of At-the-Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated June 22, 2014, by and between Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) and MLV & Co. LLC.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed June 23, 2014.
   
10.4
Settlement Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2014, by and between Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) and Cranshire Capital Master Fund, Ltd.   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed June 23, 2014.
   
10.5
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2014, by and among the Company and each of the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed June 26, 2014.
   
10.6*
Employment Agreement, dated September 16, 2014, between the Company and William S. Barth. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed September 19, 2014.
   
10.7*
Consulting Agreement, dated November 7, 2014, by and between Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) and Harold R. Wolcott.
   
10.8*
Stock Option Grant by the Company to Clinton E. Carnell Jr., dated November 10, 2014. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Perseon Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed November 13, 2014.
   
10.9*
Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) Fourth Amended and Restated 1998 Director Stock Plan.  Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Perseon Corporation Schedule 14A, filed December 28, 2009.
   
10.10*
Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.  Incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Perseon Corporation Schedule 14A, filed December 28, 2009.
   
10.11*
Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) Form of Employee Stock Option Grant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Perseon Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed November 14, 2008.
   
10.12*
Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) Form of Director Stock Option Grant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Perseon Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed November 14, 2008.
   
10.13*
Employment Agreement dated November 2, 1988 between Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) and Paul F. Turner.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Person Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed January 27, 2004.
   
10.14*
Employment Agreement dated May 22, 2013 by and between Perseon Corporation (f/k/a BSD Medical Corporation) and Harold R. Wolcott.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation’s Form 8-K filed May 29, 2013.
   
10.15
Exclusive Distribution Agreement by and between Sennewald/Medizintechnik GmbH dated May 13, 2009.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Perseon Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on July 10, 2009.
 
 
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10.16
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2013, by and between the Company and each of the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed April 9, 2013.
   
10.17*
Employment Agreement with effective date of November 10, 2014 between the Company and Clinton E. Carnell Jr.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation’s Form 10-Q filed January 14, 2015.
   
10.18*
Employment Agreement with effective date of February 16, 2015 between the Company and Benjamin Beckham. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Perseon Corporation’s Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
10.19*
Employment Agreement with effective date February 16, 2015 between the Company and Todd H. Turnlund. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Perseon Corporation’s Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
10.20*
Employment Agreement with effective date February 17, 2015 between the Company and Jen Hoglin. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
10.21
Building Loan Agreement and Promissory Note dated February 24, 2015. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
10.22
Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 1, 2015 by and among Perseon Corporation and Pyrexar Medical, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K, filed April 1, 2015.
   
10.23
Short Term Lease for Perseon Corporation and Pyrexar Medical Inc., dated April 1, 2015.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Perseon Corporation Form 8-K filed April 1, 2015.
   
10.24
Employment Agreement with effective date of April 1, 2015 between the Company and Brian Meltzer. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-Q filed May 14, 2015.
   
10.25
Sublease Agreement dated May 14, 2015 between Perseon Corporation and EnergySolutions, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-Q filed July 15, 2015.
   
10.26
Commercial Real Estate Purchase Contract dated May 15, 2015 between the Company and the World Mission Society Church of God. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-Q filed July 15, 2015.
   
21.1
Subsidiaries of the Registrant.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
   
23.2
Consent of Dorsey & Whitney, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   
24.1
Power of attorney (included in signature page).
   
101.INS**
XBRL Instance Document.  Incorporated by reference to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
101.SCH**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema. Incorporated by reference to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
101.CAL**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase. Incorporated by reference to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
101.DEF**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. Incorporated by reference to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
101.LAB**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase. Incorporated by reference to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
   
101.PRE**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase. Incorporated by reference to the Perseon Corporation Form 10-K filed March 31, 2015.
 
* Exhibits marked with an asterisk (*) are management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements.

** The XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability of that section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.

*** Schedules and certain exhibits to the Purchase Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.  The Company hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedules and exhibits to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
 
 
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Exhibit 1.1



 
Perseon Corporation
 
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
 
July [·], 2015
 
MAXIM GROUP LLC
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10174
 
As Representative of the Underwriters
named on Schedule I hereto
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
The undersigned, Perseon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) to issue and sell to the underwriter or underwriters, as the case may be, named in Schedule I hereto (each, an “Underwriter” and, collectively, the “Underwriters”), for whom Maxim Group LLC is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), an aggregate of [·] shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) and warrants for the right to purchase [·] shares of Common Stock (the “Firm Warrants,” and collectively with the Firm Shares, the “Firm Securities”).  In addition, the Company proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase from the Company up to an additional [·] shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares”) and/or warrants to purchase up to an additional [·] shares of Common Stock (the “Option Warrants,” and collectively with the Firm Warrants, the “Warrants”) for the purpose of covering over-allotments in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities (collectively, the “Option Securities”).  The Firm Securities, the Option Securities and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) are collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Securities.” The offering and sale of the Transaction Securities contemplated by this Agreement is referred to herein as the “Offering.”
 
1. Securities; Over-Allotment Option.
 
(a) Purchase of the Firm Securities.  On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell, severally and not jointly, to the several Underwriters, an aggregate of the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants at a purchase price (net of discounts and commissions) per share and warrant of $[·], which represents a 8.0% discount to the public offering price per Firm Share.
 
(b) The Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Shares and Firm Warrants set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule I attached hereto and made a part hereof.
 
(c) Payment and Delivery.  Delivery and payment for the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants shall be made at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the third Business Day following the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) (or the fourth Business Day following the Effective Date, if the Registration Statement is declared effective after 4:30 p.m. New York time) or at such earlier time as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company at the offices of the Representative or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company.  The hour and date of delivery and payment for the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants is called the “Closing Date.” The closing of the payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates representing, the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants is referred to herein as the “Closing.” Payment for the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds upon delivery to you of certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants (or through the full fast transfer facilities of the Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”)) for the account of the Underwriters.  The Firm Shares and Firm Warrants shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date.  The Company will permit the Representative to examine and package the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants for delivery, at least one full Business Day prior to the Closing Date.  The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants except upon tender of payment by the Representative for all the Firm Securities.
 
(d) Over-allotment Option.  For the purposes of covering any over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares and Firm Warrants, the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters is hereby granted an option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) to purchase all or any part of the Option Shares and Option Warrants at $[·] per share.
 
(e) Exercise of Option.  The Over-allotment Option granted pursuant to Section 1(d) hereof may be exercised by the Representative as to all (at any time) or any part (from time to time) of the Option Shares and/or the Option Warrants within 45 days after the Closing Date.  The Underwriters will not be under any obligation to purchase any of such Option Shares and/or Option Warrants prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option.  The Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the giving of written notice to the Company from the Representative, setting forth the number of Option Shares and/or Option Warrants to be purchased and the date and time for delivery of and payment for such Option Shares and/or Option Warrants, which will not be later than five Business Days after the date of the notice or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative, at the offices of the Representative or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative.  If such delivery and payment for all of the Option Shares and/or Option Warrants does not occur on the Closing Date, the date and time of any closing for such Option Shares and/or Option Warrants will be as set forth in the notice (hereinafter the “Option Closing Date”).  Upon exercise of the Over-allotment Option, the Company will become obligated to convey to the Underwriters, and, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Underwriters will become obligated to purchase, the number of Option Shares and/or Option Warrants specified in such notice.  If any Option Shares and/or Option Warrants are to be purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Option Shares and/or Option Warrants (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative may determine) set forth in the written notice to the Company from the Representative.
 
(f) Payment and Delivery of Option Shares and/or Option Warrants.  Payment for the Option Shares and/or Option Warrants shall be made on the Option Closing Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds by deposit of the price for the Option Shares and/or Option Warrants being purchased to the Company upon delivery to the Underwriters of certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing such Option Shares and/or Option Warrants (or through the full fast transfer facilities of DTC) for the account of the Underwriters.  The certificates representing the Option Shares and/or Option Warrants to be delivered will be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representative request not less than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and will be made available to the Representative for inspection, checking and packaging at the aforesaid office of the Company’s transfer agent or correspondent not less than one full Business Day prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
 
 
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(g) Underwriters’ Warrants.  The Company hereby agrees to issue to the Representative (and/or their designees) on the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to up to an aggregate of 5.0% of number of Shares issued at such closing (the “Underwriters’ Warrants”).  The Underwriters’ Warrants shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing 180 days from the Effective Date and expiring on the five-year anniversary of the Effective Date at an initial exercise price of $[·] per share of Common Stock, which is equal to one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the public offering price of one Firm Share.
 
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company represents, warrants and covenants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
 
(a) Compliance with Registration Requirements.  The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-203592), and amendments thereto, and related preliminary prospectuses for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Transaction Securities, which registration statement, as so amended (including post-effective amendments, if any), has been declared effective by the Commission and copies of which have heretofore been delivered to the Underwriters.  The registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the prospectus, financial statements, schedules, exhibits and other information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or is required pursuant to the terms hereof to file a registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act registering additional Transaction Securities (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), then, unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.  Other than a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, which, if filed, becomes effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission.  All of the Transaction Securities have been registered under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration Statement or, if any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is filed, will be duly registered under the Securities Act with the filing of such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.  The Company has responded to all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information.  Based on communications from the Commission, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of either the Registration Statement or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.  The Company, if required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “Rules and Regulations”), proposes to file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (“Rule 424(b)”).  The prospectus, in the form in which it is to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), or, if the prospectus is not to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), the prospectus in the form included as part of the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement became effective, is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” except that if any revised prospectus or prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection with the Offering which differs from the Prospectus (whether or not such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b)), the term “Prospectus” shall also refer to such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first provided to the Underwriters for such use.  Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus subject to completion included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act is hereafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the exhibits or documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the Rules and Regulations on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be.  Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include: (i) the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and together with the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) after the Effective Date, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated therein by reference, and (ii) any such document so filed.  All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall be deemed to include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).  The Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the Offering was or 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 promulgated by the Commission.
 
(b) Registration Statement and Prospectus.  At the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, when the Prospectus is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), when any supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, when any document filed under the Exchange Act was or is filed, at all other subsequent times until the completion of the public offer and sale of the Firm Securities and Option Securities, and at the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements or exhibits thereto complied or will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations, and did not and will not, as of the date of such amendment or supplement, contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not, as of the date of such amendment or supplement, omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein: (i) in the case of the Registration Statement, not misleading, and (ii) in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made as of its date, not misleading.  When any Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the registration statement for the registration of the Transaction Securities or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any 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.  No representation and warranty is made in this subsection (b), however, with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any related Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein.  The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists solely of the statements set forth in the “Underwriting” section of the Prospectus only insofar as such statements relate to (i) the names and corresponding share amounts set forth in the table of Underwriters, (ii) the amount of selling concession and re-allowance, (iii) over-allotment and related activities that may be undertaken by the Underwriters, (iv) the subsection “Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids,” and (v) the subsection “Electronic Distribution” (the “Underwriters’ Information”).
 
(c) Free Writing Prospectuses.  Neither: (i) any Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below) and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, includes or included as of the Applicable Time any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or omitted as of the Applicable Time to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or any Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information.
 
(d) Conflicts with Registration Statement or Prospectus.  Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times until the later of the Closing Date, the last Option Closing Date or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the then-current Registration Statement, Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus.  If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the then-current Registration Statement, Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus relating to the Transaction Securities or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has notified or will notify promptly the Representative so that any use of such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is promptly amended or supplemented by the Company, at its own expense, to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
 
(e) Documents Incorporated by Reference.  The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
 
(f) Distribution of Materials.  The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Transaction Securities other than the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or other materials permitted by the Securities Act to be distributed by the Company.  Unless the Company obtains the prior consent of the Representative, the Company has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Transaction Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, required to be filed with the Commission; provided, however, that the prior written consent of the Representative shall be deemed to have been given in respect of any free writing prospectus referenced on Schedule IV attached hereto.  The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Closing Date, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.  To the extent an electronic road show is used, the Company has satisfied and will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Securities Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
 
 
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(g) Consent for Free Writing Prospectuses.  The Representative agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company, it will not make any offer relating to the Transaction Securities that would constitute an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise (without taking into account any approval, authorization, use or reference thereto by the Company) constitute a “free writing prospectus” required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided, however, the prior written consent of the Company hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of any Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectuses referenced on Schedule IV attached hereto.
 
(h) Certain Definitions.As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth below shall have the following meanings:
 
(i) Applicable Time” means [·], 2015, [·] (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.
 
(ii) Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time.  For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A or 430B shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that the form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
 
(iii) Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Transaction Securities that (A) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, or (B) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) under the Securities Act because it contains a description of the Transaction Securities or of the Offering that does not reflect the final terms or pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(ii) because it is a “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
 
(iv) Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule IV to this Agreement.
 
(v) Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus.  The term Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus also includes any “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, that is made available without restriction pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(ii), even though not required to be filed with the Commission.
 
(i) Auditor.  Tanner LLC (the “Auditor”), whose reports relating to the Company are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”).  To the knowledge of the Company, the Auditor is not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) as such requirements pertain to the Auditor’s relationship with the Company.  The Auditor has not, during the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.
 
(j) Certain Changes.  Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is presented in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus: (i) the Company has not declared, paid or made any dividends or other distributions of any kind on or in respect of its capital stock, and (ii) there has been no material adverse change or, to the knowledge of the Company, any development which could be reasonably expected to result in a material adverse change in the future, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in or affecting: (A) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties or prospects of the Company; (B) the long-term debt or capital stock of the Company; or (C) the Offering or consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Underwriters’ Warrant, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (a “Material Adverse Effect”).  Since the date of the latest balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company  has not incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, whether direct or indirect, liquidated or contingent, matured or unmatured, or entered into any transactions, including any acquisition or disposition of any business or asset, which are material to the Company, except for liabilities, obligations and transactions which are disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
 
(k) Capitalization.  The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization;” all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws and none of those shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to the extent any such rights were not waived; the Firm Shares and Option Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Transaction Securities is not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights and that have not heretofore been waived (with copies of such waivers provided to the Underwriters); and no holder of any Transaction Securities or any shares of Common Stock is or will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.  The Transaction Securities and the Underwriters’ Warrants conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Description of Securities.”  When issued, the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment of the respective exercise prices therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby in accordance with the terms thereof, and the Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.  The Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and when issued in accordance with the terms thereof, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; will not have been issued in violation of or be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company; and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders;
 
(l) Warrants, Options and Registration Rights.  Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there are no outstanding rights (contractual or otherwise), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, or agreements or understandings to which the Company is a party with respect to the sale or issuance of, any shares of capital stock of or other equity interest in the Company and (B) there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act or otherwise register any securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and any such rights so disclosed have been waived by the holders thereof in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offering and the issuance and sale of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants;
 
(m) Authorization of the Common Stock.  The shares of Common Stock underlying the Underwriters’ Warrants have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance, conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Description of Securities” and have been validly reserved for issuance and will, upon exercise of the Underwriters’ Warrants and payment of the exercise price thereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or be subject to preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders.
 
(n) Subsidiaries.  The Company does not have any subsidiaries.
 
 
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(o) Incorporation and Good Standing.  The Company has been duly incorporated and validly exists as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.  The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as it is currently being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and to own, lease and operate its properties.  The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except, in each case, for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which (individually and in the aggregate) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(p) Non-Contravention with Law or Existing Documents.  The Company is not: (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents, (ii) in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject; and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance (a “Lien”) upon any of its property or assets pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, or (iii) in violation in any respect of any applicable law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic, except, in the case of subsections (ii) and (iii) above, for such violations or defaults which (individually or in the aggregate) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(q) Authorization of the Warrants.  The Company has entered into a warrant agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) with OTC Stock Transfer, Inc., as warrant agent, with respect to the Warrants substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants and the Underwriters’ Warrants and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants and the Underwriters’ Warrants.  The Company’s execution, delivery and performance under this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants, the Underwriters’ Warrants and each of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action.  This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants and the Underwriters’ Warrants have been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
 
(r) Valid and Binding Obligations.When issued, the Underwriters’ Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment of the respective exercise prices therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby in accordance with the terms thereof and such Underwriters’ Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under foreign, federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
 
(s) No Conflicts.The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrants, the Warrant Agreement, the Underwriters’ Warrants and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Warrants, the Warrant Agreement and the Underwriters’ Warrants and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with, require consent under or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company  pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties, operations or assets may be bound or (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company, or (iii) violate or conflict with any applicable law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign or (iv) trigger a reset or repricing of any outstanding securities of the Company, except in the case of subsections (i) and (iii) for any default, conflict or violation that (individually or in the aggregate) would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(t) Consents to Conduct Business.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses, filings and permits of, with and from all judicial, regulatory and other legal or governmental agencies and bodies and all third parties, foreign and domestic (collectively, the “Consents”), to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted and as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and each such Consent is valid and in full force and effect, except which (individually or in the aggregate), in each such case, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has not received notice of any investigation or proceedings which results in or, if decided adversely to the Company could reasonably be expected to result in, the revocation of, or imposition of a materially burdensome restriction on, any Consent.  No Consent contains a materially burdensome restriction not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
 
(u) Compliance with Law.  The Company is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, directives, judgments, decrees and orders, foreign and domestic, except for any non-compliance the consequences of which would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(v) Reserved;
 
(w) Exchange Listing. The Common Stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market (the “Exchange”), the Warrants have been approved for listing on the Exchange, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, delisting the Common Stock, nor has the Company received any notification that the Exchange is contemplating terminating such listing, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus with respect to any failure to meet NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(b)(1).
 
(x) No Consents.  No consent of, with or from any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body or any third party, foreign or domestic is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrants, the Warrant Agreement, the Underwriters’ Warrants or consummation of each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Transaction Securities to be issued, sold and delivered hereunder, except (i) such as may have previously been obtained (with copies of such consents provided to the Underwriters), (ii) the registration under the Securities Act of the Transaction Securities, which has become effective, (iii) such consents as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws or the bylaws and rules of the Exchange, and (iii) the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Transaction Securities by the Underwriters, each of which has been obtained and is in full force and effect.
 
(y) Legal Proceedings.  Except as disclosed in all material respects in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no judicial, regulatory, arbitral or other legal or governmental proceeding or other litigation or arbitration, domestic or foreign, pending to which the Company is a party or of which any property, operations or assets of the Company is the subject which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  To the knowledge of the Company, no such proceeding, litigation or arbitration is threatened or contemplated and the defense of any such proceedings, litigation and arbitration against or involving the Company would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(z) Financial Statements.The financial statements, including the notes thereto, and the supporting schedules incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations, and present fairly the financial position as of the dates indicated and the cash flows and results of operations for the periods specified of the Company.  Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except in the case of unaudited financials which are subject to normal year-end adjustments and do not contain certain footnotes.  The supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information required to be stated therein.  No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.  The other financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information included therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that are included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the books and records of the respective entities presented therein.
 
(aa) Pro Forma or Adjusted Financial Statements.  There are no pro forma or as adjusted financial statements which are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in accordance with Regulation S-X which have not been included as so required.  The pro forma and pro forma as adjusted financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been properly compiled and prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and include all adjustments necessary to present fairly in accordance with GAAP the pro forma and as adjusted financial position of the respective entity or entities presented therein at the respective dates indicated and their cash flows and the results of operations for the respective periods specified.  The assumptions used in preparing the pro forma and pro forma as adjusted financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein.  The related pro forma and pro forma as adjusted adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions; and the pro forma and pro forma as adjusted financial information reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
 
(bb) Third Party Data.  The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived, and the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources, to the extent required.
 
(cc) Disclosure Controls and Procedures.  The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and such controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information relating to the Company required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  The Company has utilized such controls and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Registration Statement, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.
 
(dd) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the board of directors nor the audit committee has been informed, nor is the Company aware, of: (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
(ee) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation.  Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates (as defined in the Securities Act) has taken, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Transaction Securities.
 
(ff) Integration with other Offerings.  Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of any securities which are required to be “integrated” pursuant to the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations with the offer and sale of the Transaction Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has sold or issued any securities during the six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including but not limited to any sales pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation D or Regulation S under the Securities Act.
 
(gg) Information regarding Officers and Directors.  To the knowledge of the Company, all information contained in the questionnaires completed by each of the Company’s officers and directors and 5% holders immediately prior to the Offering and provided to the Representative as well as the biographies of such officers and directors in the Registration Statement are true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would cause the information disclosed in the questionnaires completed by the directors and officers to become inaccurate and incorrect.
 
(hh) Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation.  To the knowledge of the Company, no director or officer of the Company is subject to any non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer which could materially affect his ability to be and act in his respective capacity of the Company.
 
(ii) Company Not an Investment Company.  The Company is not and, at all times up to and including consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and after giving effect to application of the net proceeds of the Offering, will not be, subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is not and will not be an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of such act.
 
(jj) Related Party Transactions.  No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, shareholder, customer or supplier of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which is not so described as required.  There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  The Company has not, in violation of Sarbanes-Oxley, directly or indirectly extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of the Company.
 
(kk) Compliance with Exchange Rules.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, with respect to any failure to meet NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), the Company is in compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Nasdaq Stock Market or any other governmental or self-regulatory entity or agency having jurisdiction over the Company.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (i) all members of the Company’s board of directors who are required to be “independent” (as that term is defined under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market), including, without limitation, all members of the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors, meet the qualifications of independence as set forth under applicable laws, rules and regulations and (ii) the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors has at least one member who is an “audit committee financial expert” (as that term is defined under applicable laws, rules and regulations).
 
(ll) No Broker’s Fees.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any Person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee, financial consulting fee or other like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuance with respect to the Company or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees or Affiliates that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation as determined by FINRA.
 
 
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(mm) Ownership of Real and Personal Property.  The Company owns or leases all such properties (other than intellectual property, which is covered by Section 2(nn)) as are necessary to the conduct of its business as presently operated and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it, in each case free and clear of all Liens except such as are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such as would not (individually or in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect.  Any real property and buildings held under lease or sublease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and, to the knowledge of the Company, enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material to, and do not materially interfere with, the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company.  The Company has not received any notice of any claim adverse to its ownership of any real or material personal property or of any claim against the continued possession of any real property, whether owned or held under lease or sublease by the Company.
 
(nn) Intellectual Property Matters.  The Company: (i) owns, possesses, or has the right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae, customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of its businesses as being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and (ii) has no knowledge that the conduct of its business conflicts or will conflict with the rights of others, and it has not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any right of others.  Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company has not granted or assigned to any other Person any right to sell any of the products or services of the Company.  To the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.  Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not received any claim for royalties or other compensation from any Person, including any employee of the Company who made inventive contributions to the Company’s technology or products that are pending or unsettled, and except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus the Company does not and will not have any obligation to pay royalties or other compensation to any Person on account of inventive contributions.
 
(oo) Material Contracts.  The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the applicable provisions of the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed.  Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which its property or business is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or attached as an exhibit thereto, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the foreign, federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and none of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party is in breach or default thereunder and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a breach or default thereunder, in any such case, which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(pp) Government Regulation.  The disclosures in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus concerning the effects of foreign, federal, state and local regulation on the Company’s business as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects and do not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company, (a) which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), (b) which, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (c) which is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
 
(qq) Tax Matters.  The Company has accurately prepared and timely filed all federal, state, foreign and other tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid or made provision for the payment of all material taxes, assessments, governmental or other similar charges, including without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, with respect to the periods covered by such tax returns, whether or not such amounts are shown as due on any tax return (except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company).  No deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of the Company’s federal, state, local or foreign taxes is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.  The accruals and reserves on the books and records of the Company in respect of tax liabilities for any taxable period not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments and related liabilities for any such period and, since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements, the Company has not incurred any liability for taxes other than in the ordinary course of its business.  There is no tax lien, whether imposed by any federal, state, foreign or other taxing authority, outstanding against the assets, properties or business of the Company.
 
(rr) Labor and Employment Matters.  No labor disturbance or dispute by or with the employees of the Company which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, currently exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened.  The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the labor and employment laws and collective bargaining agreements and extension orders applicable to its employees.
 
(ss) Environmental Matters.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and as would not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has at all times operated its business in compliance with all Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), and no expenditures are or will be required in order to comply therewith.  The Company has not received any notice or communication that relates to or alleges any actual or potential violation or failure to comply with any Environmental Laws that would, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As used herein, the term “Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws and regulations, including any licensing, permits or reporting requirements, and any action by a federal state or local government entity, pertaining to the protection of the environment, protection of public health, protection of worker health and safety, or the handling of hazardous materials, including without limitation, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401, et seq., the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq., the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1321, et seq., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1801, et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 690-1, et seq., and the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq.
 
(tt) FDA Regulation.  As to each product or product candidate subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder (“FDCA”) and/or the jurisdiction of the non-U.S. counterparts thereof that is currently being tested, sold and/or marketed by the Company (each such product, a “Product”), such Product is being tested, sold and/or marketed by the Company in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and/or and similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration, investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, product listing, quotas, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company currently has no products that have been approved by the FDA or any non-U.S. counterparts thereof to be manufactured, packaged, labeled, distributed, sold and/or marketed.  There is no pending, completed or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company and the Company has not received any notice, warning letter or other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity or any non-U.S. counterparts thereof, which (i) contests the premarket clearance, licensure, registration or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests the recall, suspension or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating to, any Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical investigation by the Company, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the Company, (v) enters or proposes to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the Company, and which, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.  The properties, business and operations of the Company have been and are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the FDA and non-U.S. counterparts thereof.  The Company has not been informed by the FDA or any non-U.S. counterparts thereof that such agency will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use of any Product nor has the FDA or a non-U.S. counterpart thereof provided any written notice that could reasonably be expected to preclude the approval or the clearing for marketing of any Product.
 
(uu) Clinical, Pre-clinical and Other Studies.  The clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company that are described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus were and, if still pending, are, being conducted in accordance with all applicable statutes, laws, rules and regulations (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA), except where the failure to be so conducted would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The descriptions of the results of such studies and tests that are described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the published data derived from such studies and tests.  The Company has not received any notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA with respect to any ongoing clinical or pre-clinical studies or tests requiring the termination or suspension of such studies or tests.
 
 
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(vv) No Failure to File with a Governmental Authority; Governmental Permits.  Except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has not failed to file with the applicable regulatory authorities (including the FDA or any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA and having jurisdiction over the Company) any filing, declaration, listing, registration, report or submission that is required to be so filed for the Company’s business operation as currently conducted.  All such filings were in compliance with applicable laws when filed and no deficiencies have been asserted in writing by any applicable regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the FDA or any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA) with respect to any such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions.  The Company holds, and is in material compliance with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders (“Permits”) of any governmental or self-regulatory agency, authority or body (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA and having jurisdiction over the Company) required for the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted, and all such Permits are in full force and effect, in each case except where the failure to hold, or comply with, any of them is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(ww) Benefit Arrangements.  The Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus identify each employment, severance or other similar agreement, arrangement or policy and each material arrangement providing for insurance coverage, benefits, bonuses, stock options or other forms of incentive compensation, or post-retirement insurance, compensation or benefits which: (i) is entered into, maintained or contributed to, as the case may be, by the Company and (ii) covers any officer or director or former officer or former director of the Company, in each case to the extent required by Form S-1 promulgated under the Securities Act.  These contracts, plans and arrangements are referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “Benefit Arrangements.” Each Benefit Arrangement has been maintained in substantial compliance with its terms and with requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations that are applicable to that Benefit Arrangement.
 
(xx) Certain Employment Agreements.  Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company is not a party to or subject to any employment contract or arrangement providing for annual future compensation, or the opportunity to earn annual future compensation (whether through fixed salary, bonus, commission, options or otherwise) of more than $120,000 to any officer or director.
 
(yy) Conditions to Use of Form S-1.  The conditions for use of Form S-1 to register the Offering under the Securities Act, as set forth in the General Instructions to such Form, have been satisfied.
 
(zz) No Severance or other Payments.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the execution of this Agreement, the Warrants, the Warrant Agreement or the Underwriters’ Warrants nor the consummation of the Offering constitutes a triggering event under any Benefit Arrangement or any other employment contract, whether or not legally enforceable, which (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent event) will or may result in any payment (of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, increase in vesting, or increase in benefits to any current or former participant, employee or director of the Company other than an event that is not material to the financial condition or business of the Company.
 
(aaa) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments.  Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its employees or agents, has at any time during the last three (3) years: (i) made any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official or other Person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties in the United States, other than payments that are not prohibited by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof.
 
(bbb) No Offering with Intent to Unlawfully Influence.  The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, any Transaction Securities to any Person or entity with the intention of unlawfully influencing: (i) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (ii) a journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company, or its products or services.
 
(ccc) Anti-Money Laundering.  The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements and money laundering statutes of the United States and, to the knowledge of the Company, all other jurisdictions to which the Company is subject, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
 
(ddd) OFAC.  Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
 
(eee) Compliance with Iran Sanctions Laws.  None of the Company, its directors or officers or, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company has engaged in any activities sanctionable under the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 or any Executive Order relating to any of the foregoing (collectively, and as each may be amended from time to time, the “Iran Sanctions”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of engaging in any activities sanctionable under the Iran Sanctions.
 
(fff) FINRA Compliance.  Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee by the Company or any officer, director or stockholder of the Company (each, an “Insider”) with respect to the sale of the Transaction Securities hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its shareholders that may affect the Underwriter’s compensation, as determined by FINRA.  Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or on Schedule V hereto, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) to any FINRA member; or (iii) to any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member, within the 180 days prior to the Effective Date, other than the prior payment of $30,000 to the Representative in connection with the Offering as an advance against the Representative’s out-of pocket expenses actually expected to be incurred, which advance shall be reimbursed to the Company to the extent such expenses are not actually incurred by the Representative.  None of the net proceeds of the Offering will be paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except as specifically authorized herein.  No officer, director or, to the knowledge of the Company, any beneficial owner of 5% or more of the Company’s securities (whether debt or equity, registered or unregistered, regardless of the time acquired or the source from which derived) (any such individual or entity, a “Company Affiliate”) has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA) except Timothy C. McQuay, a director of the Company; no Company Affiliate is an owner of stock or other securities of any member of FINRA (other than securities purchased on the open market); no Company Affiliate has made a subordinated loan to any member of FINRA; and no proceeds from the sale of Securities (excluding underwriting compensation as disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus) will be paid to any FINRA member, or any persons associated with or affiliated with any member of FINRA.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not issued any warrants or other securities or granted any options, directly or indirectly, to anyone who is a potential underwriter in the Offering or a related person (as defined by FINRA rules) of such an underwriter within the 180-day period prior to the initial filing date of the Registration Statement; no person to whom securities of the Company have been privately issued within the 180-day period prior to the initial filing date of the Registration Statement has any relationship or affiliation or association with any member of FINRA; and no FINRA member participating in the offering has a conflict of interest with the Company.  For this purpose, a “conflict of interest” has the meaning ascribed to such term in FINRA Rule 5121(f)(5).
 
(ggg) No Other Offering Materials.  Neither the Company nor any of its directors or officers has distributed nor will it distribute prior to the later of (i) the Closing Date, or the last Option Closing Date, and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Firm Securities and Option Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Transaction Securities other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act.
 
(hhh) Materiality Definition.  As used in this Agreement, references to matters being “material” with respect to the Company shall mean a material event, change, condition, status or effect related to the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, business, prospects, operations or results of operations of the Company either individually or taken as a whole, as the context requires.
 
(iii) Knowledge Definition.  As used in this Agreement, the term “knowledge of the Company” (or similar language) shall mean the knowledge of the executive officers and directors of the Company who are named in the Prospectus, with the assumption that such executive officers and directors shall have made reasonable and diligent inquiry of the matters presented (with reference to what is customary and prudent for the applicable individuals in connection with the discharge by the applicable individuals of their duties as executive officers or directors of the Company).
 
 
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(jjj) Underwriters’ Certificates.  Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters or to McDermott Will & Emery LLP (“Underwriters’ Counsel”) shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter listed on Schedule I hereto as to the matters covered thereby.
 
3. Offering.  Upon authorization of the release of the Firm Securities and the Option Securities by the Representative, the Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Securities and the Option Securities, respectively, for sale to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
 
4. Covenants of the Company.  The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
 
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing.
 
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the last Option Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects within 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representative and its counsel.
 
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes, provided, however, that the Company need not comply with clauses (ii) and (iii) above if the post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement is filed in connection with the Company’s filing of a Form 8-K, Form 10-Q or Form 10-K.  If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment.  Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
 
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Transaction Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.  If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
 
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
 
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof.  The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request.  Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
 
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
 
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
 
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Transaction Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Transaction Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
 
(i) Except with respect to the issuance of securities under any current equity compensation plans described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any successor to the Company shall undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) during the 180-day period following the later of the Closing Date or the last Option Closing Date without the prior written consent of the Representative; provided, however, that following the 90th day of such period the Company may undertake a public offering of equity securities so long as the public offering price of such equity securities is at least 20% greater than the public offering price of the Transaction Securities. This 180-day period is referred to as the “Lock-Up Period.”
 
(j) During the 180-day period following the Closing Date, the Company will not file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities, except a registration statement on Form S-8, or amendment thereafter filed with the Commission in connection with any current equity compensation plans , without the consent of the Representative; provided, however, that following the 90th day of such period the Company may file a registration statement or amendment thereafter filed with the Commission in connection with a bona fide offering reasonably expected to meet the requirements regarding a public offering of equity securities described in Section 4(i) above, without the consent of the Representative.
 
(k) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule III hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), subject to the exceptions set forth in the agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect.  The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the date of this Agreement, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, or (y) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the Representative waives such extension in writing.
 
 
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(l) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 4(k) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex V hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
 
(m) Reserved.
 
(n) Reserved.
 
(o) For a period of at least three (3) years from the Effective Date, the Company shall retain a nationally recognized PCAOB registered independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative.  The Representative acknowledges that the Auditor is acceptable to the Representative.
 
(p) During the period of three (3) years from the Effective Date, the Company will make available to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Representative: as soon as practicable after they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; provided, however, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
 
(q) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first Business Day following the fortieth (40th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
 
(r) Reserved.
 
(s) Reserved.
 
(t) The Company will retain a transfer agent for the Transaction Securities reasonably acceptable to the Representative for a period of at least three (3) years following the Closing Date.
 
(u) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Firm Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.  Without the written consent of the Representative, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or stockholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
 
(v) The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of its Common Stock and the Warrants on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE or the NYSE MKT, for at least three (3) years after the Closing Date.
 
(w) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby, including the time periods provided for in Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act.
 
(x) The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Transaction Securities.
 
(y) The Company will not take, and will use its commercially best efforts to cause its Affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Transaction Securities.
 
(z) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Representative, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the effective date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering.  As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that may be transmitted electronically by the other Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Transaction Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Transaction Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any time during which a Prospectus relating to the Transaction Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the Internet as a whole and for on-line time).
 
(aa) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, and the Representative represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Transaction Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, required to be filed with the Commission; provided, however, that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Schedule IV.  Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” Each of the Company and the Representative represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping.
 
5. Payment of Expenses.
 
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder including the following:
 
(i) all filing fees and communication expenses related to the registration of the Transaction Securities to be sold in the Offering including all expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, formatting for EDGAR and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any and all amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers;
 
(ii) all fees and expenses in connection with filings with FINRA, including fees and expenses of the Underwriters' Counsel of $15,000;
 
(iii) all fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Transaction Securities under the Securities Act and the Offering;
 
 
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(iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing of its Common Stock and the Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market;
 
(v) the costs of all mailing and printing of the underwriting documents (including this Agreement, any blue sky surveys and, if appropriate, any Agreement Among Underwriters, Selected Dealers’ Agreement, Underwriters’ Questionnaire and Power of Attorney);
 
(vi) all travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expense of the Company incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Firm Securities and Option Securities;
 
(vii) any stock transfer taxes or other taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement or the Offering;
 
(viii) the cost of preparing certificates representing the Transaction Securities;
 
(ix) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar for the Transaction Securities;
 
(x) any reasonable cost and expenses in conducting background checks of the Company’s officers and directors by a background search firm acceptable to the Representative;
 
(xi) the fees and expenses of Underwriters’ Counsel up to a maximum amount of $100,000, in addition to those set forth in Section 5(a)(ii);
 
(xii) the cost of preparing, printing and delivering certificates representing each of the Transaction Securities;
 
(xiii) all other costs, fees and expenses incident to the performance of the Company obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 5;
 
provided, however, that the maximum amount of fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Representative that the Company shall be responsible for shall be $140,000.  The Company and the Representative acknowledge that the Company has previously paid to the Representative an advance in an amount of $30,000 (the “Advance”) against the Representative’s out-of pocket expenses actually anticipated to be incurred, which Advance shall be reimbursed to the Company to the extent such expenses are not actually incurred.
 
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, in the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company, pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof, or subsequent to a Material Adverse Effect, the Company will pay the out-of pocket expenses actually incurred as allowed under FINRA Rule 5110 by the Underwriters through the date of such termination (including the fees and disbursements of Underwriters’ Counsel ) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $140,000, less the Advance previously paid.
 
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations.  The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities or the Option Securities, as the case may be, as provided herein shall be subject to: (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, (ii) the absence from any certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Representative or to Underwriters’ Counsel pursuant to this Section 6 of any material misstatement or omission, (iii) the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and (iv) each of the following additional conditions.
 
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and all necessary regulatory or listing approvals shall have been received not later than 5:30 p.m., New York time, on the date of this Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to in writing by the Representative.  If the Company shall have elected to rely upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms hereof and a form of the Prospectus containing information relating to the description of the  Transaction Securities and the method of distribution and similar matters shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period; and, at or prior to the Closing Date or the actual time of the Closing, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof, or any amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened; any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the Representative’s satisfaction; and FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
 
(b) The Representative shall not have reasonably determined, and advised the Company, that the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the Representative’s reasonable opinion, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in the Representative’s reasonable opinion, is material and is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that if in the Representative’s opinion such deficiency is curable the Representative shall have given the Company reasonable notice of such deficiency and a reasonable chance to cure such deficiency.
 
(c) The Representative shall have received the written opinions of (i) Dorsey & Whitney LLP legal counsel for the Company, dated as of the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, as applicable, and addressed to the Representative substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II, and (ii) Nixon Peabody LLP, intellectual property legal counsel to the Company dated as of the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, as applicable, and addressed to the Representative substantially  in the form attached hereto as Annex III.
 
(d) The Representative shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date to the effect that: (i) the condition set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 6 has been satisfied, (ii) as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date or Option Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement are accurate, (iii) as of the applicable Closing Date or Option Closing Date, all agreements, conditions and obligations of the Company to be performed or complied with hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly performed or complied with, (iv) the Company has not sustained any material loss or interference with its business, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal or governmental proceeding, (v) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof has been issued and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, (vi) there are no pro forma or as adjusted financial statements that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations which are not so included or incorporated by reference, and (vii) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus there has not been any Material Adverse Effect or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.
 
(e) On the date of this Agreement, the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, the Representative shall have received a “cold comfort” letter from the Auditor as of the date of delivery and addressed to the Representative and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel, confirming that they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and stating, as of the date of delivery (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five (5) days prior to the date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters relating to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus covered by such letter.
 
(f) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any change or development involving a change, that would cause, or reasonably be expected to cause, a Material Adverse Effect, including but not limited to/from the occurrence of any fire, flood, storm, explosion, accident, act of war or terrorism or other calamity, the effect of which, in any such case described above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement).
 
 
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(g) Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received a lock-up agreement from each Lock-Up Party, duly executed by the applicable Lock-Up Party, in each case substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I.
 
(h) The Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act and, as of the Closing Date, the Firm Shares and Option Shares shall be listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market and satisfactory evidence of such action shall have been provided to the Representative.  The Company shall have taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of terminating the registration of the Firm Shares or Option Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting or suspending from trading its Common Stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market, nor has the Company received any information suggesting that the Commission or the Nasdaq Capital Market is contemplating terminating such registration of listing.  The Firm Securities, Option Securities, Warrant Shares, the Underwriters’ Warrants and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Underwriters’ Warrants shall be DTC eligible.
 
(i) FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
 
(j) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of any Transaction Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of any Transaction Securities or materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.
 
(k) The Company shall have furnished the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel with a Certificate of Good Standing for the Company certified by the Secretary of State of Delaware dated as of the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date.
 
(l) The Company shall have furnished the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel with such other certificates, opinions or other documents as they may have reasonably requested.
 
(m) On each Closing Date, there shall have been issued to the Underwriters, a Underwriters' Warrant in the form attached hereto as Annex IV.
 
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Representative or to Underwriters’ Counsel pursuant to this Section 6 shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and to Underwriters’ Counsel, all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled by the Representative at, or at any time prior to, the consummation of the Closing.  Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone.  Any such telephone notice shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.
 
7. Indemnification.
 
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers, directors and employees, and each Person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) the Registration Statement, including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time pursuant to Rules 430A and 430B of the Rules and Regulations, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus), (B) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any other materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Transaction, including any road show or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically) (collectively “Marketing Materials”) or (C) any filings or reports filed by the Company under the Exchange Act or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; or (ii) in whole or in part upon any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein; or (iii) in whole or in part upon any failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under applicable law; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any other Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information.
 
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the officers of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement, and each other Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in 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 not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount applicable to the Firm Securities or Option Securities to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder.  The parties agree that such information provided by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative consists solely of the material referred to in the last sentence of Section 2(b) hereof.
 
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of any claims or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the claim or the commencement thereof (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have under this Section 7 to the extent that it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability that such indemnifying party may have otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement hereunder).  In case any such claim or action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate, at its own expense in the defense of such action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the written consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, (iii) the indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action after assumption of the defense, or (iv) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, or any of them, in conducting the defense of any such action or there may be legal defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (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 parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties and shall be paid as incurred.  No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened claim, investigation, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought by an indemnified party under this Section 7 or Section 8 hereof (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party thereto), unless (x) such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, investigation, action or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or any failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party, and (y) the indemnifying party confirms in writing its indemnification obligations hereunder with respect to such settlement, compromise or judgment.
 
 
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8. Contribution.  In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 7 is for any reason held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company, any contribution received by the Company from Persons, other than the Underwriters, who may also be liable for contribution, including Persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters from the Offering or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportions as are appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the Offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company bears to (y) the underwriting discount or commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus.  The relative fault of each of the Company and of the Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8.  The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 8 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 judicial, regulatory or other legal or 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 8: (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the discounts and commissions applicable to the Firm Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public and (ii) 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 8, each Person, if any, who controls an Underwriter 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 such Underwriter, 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 officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence.  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, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 8 or otherwise.  The obligations of the Underwriters to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective number of Firm Securities to be purchased by each of the Underwriters hereunder and not joint.
 
9. Underwriter Default.
 
(a) If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligation to purchase Firm Securities hereunder, and if the securities with respect to which such default relates (the “Default Securities”) do not (after giving effect to arrangements, if any, made by the Representative pursuant to subsection (b) below) exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Securities, each non-defaulting Underwriter, acting severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company that number of Default Securities that bears the same proportion of the total number of Default Securities then being purchased as the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the non-defaulting Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative in its sole discretion shall make.
 
(b) In the event that the aggregate number of Default Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Firm Securities, the Representative may in its discretion arrange for themselves or for another party or parties (including any non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters who so agree) to purchase the Default Securities on the terms contained herein.  In the event that within 48 hours after such a default the Representative does not arrange for the purchase of the Default Securities as provided in this Section 9, this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of the Company with respect thereto (except in each case as provided in Sections 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11(d)) or the Underwriters, but nothing in this Agreement shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters of its or their liability, if any, to the other Underwriters and the Company for damages occasioned by its or their default hereunder.
 
(c) In the event that any Default Securities are to be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties as aforesaid, the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period, not exceeding five (5) Business Days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, may thereby be made necessary or advisable.  The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 9 with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Firm Securities.
 
10. Survival of Representations and Agreements.  All representations and warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, including the agreements contained in Sections 5, 10, 14 and 15, the indemnity agreements contained in Section 7 and the contribution agreements contained in Section 8 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling Person thereof or by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers and directors or any controlling Person thereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Transaction Securities to and by the Underwriters.  The representations contained in Section 2 hereof and the covenants and agreements contained in Sections 5, 7, 8, this Section 10 and Sections 12, 13, 14 and 15 hereof shall survive any termination of this Agreement, including termination pursuant to Section 9 or 11 hereof.  The representations and covenants contained in Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof shall survive termination of this Agreement if any Securities are purchased pursuant to this Agreement.
 
11. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination.
 
(a) This Agreement shall become effective upon the later of: (i) receipt by the Representative and the Company of notification of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) the execution of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 11 and of Sections 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 15, inclusive, shall remain in full force and effect at all times after the execution hereof.  If this Agreement is terminated after any Transaction Securities have been purchased hereunder, the provisions of Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof shall survive termination of this Agreement.
 
(b) The Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the consummation of the Closing if: (i) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Representative will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company’s securities or securities in general; or (ii) trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market shall have been suspended or been made subject to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or federal authority or if any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services shall have occurred; (iv) any downgrading shall have occurred in the Company’s corporate credit rating or the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or if any such organization shall have been publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities; or (v) (A) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (B) there shall have been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions if the effect of any such event in (A) or (B), in the judgment of the Representative, is so material and adverse that such event makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Firm Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus.
 
 
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(c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be in writing.
 
(d) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof or if the sale of the Transaction Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company will, subject to demand by the Representative, reimburse the Underwriters for those out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of Underwriters’ Counsel), actually incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith in an aggregate amount not to exceed $125,000, less the Advance previously paid.
 
12. Notices.  All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be in writing, and:
 
(a) if sent to the Representative or any Underwriter, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing, to:
 
Maxim Group LLC
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10174
Attention: Jim Alfaro,
Fax: 212-895-3555
 
with a copy to Underwriters’ Counsel at:
 
Robert Cohen
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10173
Fax: 212-547-5444
 
(b) if sent to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing to the Company and its counsel at the addresses set forth in the Registration Statement;
 
provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its acceptance facsimile to the Representative, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Representative upon request.  Any such notices and other communications shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
 
13. Parties; Limitation of Relationship.  This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Underwriters, the Company and the controlling Persons, directors, officers, employees and agents referred to in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other Person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained.  This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and said controlling Persons and their respective successors, officers, directors, heirs and legal representative, and it is not for the benefit of any other Person.  The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Transaction Securities from any of the Underwriters.
 
14. Submission of Jurisdiction; Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.  The Company irrevocably (a) submits to the jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement, or any of the agreements or transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (each, a “Proceeding”), (b) agrees that all claims in respect of any Proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court, (c) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any immunity from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process therein, (d) agrees not to commence any Proceeding other than in such courts, and (e) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim that such Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum.  EACH OF THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE EQUITY HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, AND THE PROSPECTUS.
 
15. Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the exhibits, schedules and annexes attached hereto and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and there are no other or further agreements outstanding not specifically mentioned herein.
 
16. Severability.  If any term or provision of this Agreement or the performance thereof shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect or render invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement and this Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
17. Amendment.  This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.
 
18. Waiver, etc.  The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way affect the validity of this Agreement or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement.  No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
 
 
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19. No Fiduciary Relationship.  The Company hereby acknowledges that the Underwriters are acting solely as underwriters in connection with the offering of the Company’s securities.  The Company further acknowledge that the Underwriters are acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis and in no event do the parties intend that the Underwriters act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that the Underwriters may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the Offering by the Company of the Transaction Securities, either before or after the date hereof.  The Underwriters hereby expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect.  The Company hereby further confirms its understanding that no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the Offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including any negotiation related to the pricing of the Firm Securities or the Option Securities; and the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate in connection with this Agreement and the Offering.  The Company and the Underwriters agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions, and that any opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters to the Company regarding such transactions, including but not limited to any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Company’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company.  The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
 
20. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.
 
21. Headings.  The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
 
22. Time is of the Essence.  Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.  As used herein, the term “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day on which the major stock exchanges in New York, New York are not open for business.
 
[Signature Page Follows]
 

 
 
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth your understanding, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among us.
 
 
   Very truly yours,
   
   PERSEON CORPORATION
   
   
   By:
        Name: _______________________________
        Title: ________________________________
 
Accepted by the Representative, acting for themselves and as
Representative of the Underwriters named on Schedule I attached hereto,
as of the date first written above:
 
MAXIM GROUP LLC
 
 
 
By:__________________________________________                                                      
     Name:
     Title:
 
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]

 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE I
 

Name of Underwriter
Number of Firm Shares Being Purchased
Number of Firm Warrants Being Purchased
Maxim Group LLC
[•]
[•]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
SCHEDULE II
 
Underwriters’ Warrants
 

Name of Underwriter
Number of Shares for which Underwriter’s Warrant is Exercisable
Maxim Group LLC
[•]
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
SCHEDULE III
 
Lock-Up Parties
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
SCHEDULE IV
 
Free Writing Prospectus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE V
 
Company Payments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
ANNEX I
 
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
ANNEX II
 
FORM OF COUNSEL OPINION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
ANNEX III
 
FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COUNSEL OPINION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
ANNEX IV
 
FORM OF UNDERWRITERS’ WARRANT
 
 
(See Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
by Perseon Corporation.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
ANNEX V
 
FORM OF PRESS RELEASE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.10


PERSEON CORPORATION
 
And
 
OTC STOCK TRANSFER, INC.
 
WARRANT AGREEMENT
 
Dated as of [________], 2015
 
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [____________], 2015 is by and between Perseon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and OTC Stock Transfer, Inc., a Utah corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”, also collectively referred to herein as the “Transfer Agent,” and subject to the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 7.3).
 
WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in a public offering (the “Offering”) of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below) together with Warrants (as defined below) to purchase Common Stock and, in connection therewith, has determined to issue and deliver up to [________] Warrants (including up to [________] Warrants subject to the Over-allotment Option, as defined in the Underwriting Agreement between the Company and Maxim Group LLC, as the representative of the underwriters, dated ______, 2015) to investors in the Offering (the “Warrants”).  Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock” and, together with the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, the “Securities”), for $ [____________] per share, subject to adjustment as described herein; and
 
WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1, No. 333-203592 (the “Registration Statement”) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”), for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Securities; and
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the Warrants; and
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Warrants; and
 
WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
1. Appointment of Warrant Agent.  The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company for the Warrants, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
 
2. Warrants.
 
2.1. Form of Warrant.  Each Warrant shall be issued in registered form only and shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated herein, and shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or other authorized officer of the Company.  In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.
 
2.2. Effect of Countersignature.  Unless and until countersigned by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Warrant shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the holder thereof.
 
2.3. Registration.
 
2.3.1. Warrant Register.  The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”) for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Warrants.  Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrants in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company or its representatives.
 
2.3.2. Registered Holder.  Prior to due presentment to the Warrant Agent for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on the Warrant Certificate (as defined below) made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
 
3. Terms and Exercise of Warrants.
 
3.1. Warrant Price.  Each Warrant shall, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, entitle the Registered Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of such Warrant and of this Agreement, to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock stated therein, at the price of $ [____________] per share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 4 hereof and in the last sentence of this Section 3.1.  The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Agreement shall mean the price per share at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased at the time a Warrant is exercised.  The Company in its sole discretion may lower the Warrant Price at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) for a period of not less than twenty (20) Business Days; provided, however, that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of such reduction to the Warrant Agent and Registered Holders of the Warrants and provided further that any such reduction shall be identical among all of the Warrants.  For purposes of the Agreement, “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
 
 
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3.2. Duration of Warrants.  A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing immediately following the closing of the Offering and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date; provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions set forth in subsection 3.3.3 below with respect to an effective registration statement.  For purposes of this Agreement, the “Expiration Date” shall mean the date that is five (5) years after the closing of the Offering.  Each Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.  The Company in its sole discretion may extend the duration of the Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided, however, that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of any such extension to the Warrant Agent and Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such extension shall be identical in duration among all the Warrants.
 
3.3. Exercise of Warrants.
 
3.3.1. Payment.  Subject to the provisions of the Warrant and this Agreement, a Warrant countersigned by the Warrant Agent may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof by surrendering it, at the office of the Warrant Agent, or at the office of its successor as Warrant Agent, with the subscription form, as set forth in the Warrant, duly executed, and by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full share of Common Stock as to which the Warrant is exercised and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Warrant.  The aggregate Warrant Price shall be paid
 
(a) in lawful money of the United States by wire transfer of immediately available funds or certified check payable to the order of the Warrant Agent; or
 
(b) as provided in Section 3.3.2 hereof.
 
3.3.2. Cashless Exercise.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if and only if an effective registration statement covering the issuance of the Warrant Shares (as defined below) is not available, (b) the Registered Holder is not an affiliate of the Company, (c) the applicable holding period set forth in Rule 144(d) has been satisfied, and (d) the Warrant Agent is provided with a legal opinion in form reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent to the effect that the shares issuable upon the respective Cashless Exercise may be issued without restrictive legend, the Registered Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate Warrant Price, and elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to formula below (a “Cashless Exercise”).  In that case, the Registered Holder shall deliver to the Company a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise form annexed hereto (the “Exercise Notice”).  In no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant exercise.  In case of a Cashless Exercise, the following formula applies:
 
Net Number =
(A x B) - (A x C)
 
B
For purposes of the foregoing formula:
 
A
=
the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.
     
B
=
the arithmetic average of the Closing Sale Prices (as defined below) of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive trading days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
     
C
=
the Warrant Price then in effect for the applicable shares of Common Stock at the time of such exercise.
     
The term “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the NASDAQ Capital Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the NASDAQ Capital Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the NASDAQ Capital Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Link or “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink OTC Markets Inc.).  If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Registered Holder.  If the Company and the Registered Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof.  All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
 
For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the Securities Act, as in effect on the date hereof, the shares of Common Stock issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Registered Holder, and the holding period for the shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued and fully paid for.
 
Upon receipt of an Election to Purchase in the form set forth hereon for a Cashless Exercise (the “Purchase Election Notice”), the Company shall calculate and transmit to the Warrant Agent, and the Warrant Agent shall have no obligation under this Warrant Agreement to calculate, confirm or verify the accuracy or the correctness of, the number of Warrant Shares issuable in connection with the Cashless Exercise.
 
3.3.3. Issuance of Shares of Common Stock on Exercise.  As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(a)), the Company shall issue to the Registered Holder of such Warrant a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if such Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new countersigned Warrant for the number of shares as to which such Warrant shall not have been exercised.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in Section 3.3.2, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant and shall have no obligation to settle such Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current. Unless otherwise advised in writing by the Company, the Warrant Agent shall always be entitled to assume that such conditions precedent are in effect and shall incur no liability in making such assumption.  In the event that the conditions in the two (2) immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant and such Warrant may have no value and expire worthless.  Subject to Section 4.5 of this Agreement, a Registered Holder of Warrants may exercise its Warrants only for a whole number of shares of Common Stock.  In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant.  If, by reason of any exercise of warrants, the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company may either (i) round up to the nearest whole number, the number of shares to be issued to such holder or (ii) by written notice given to the Transfer Agent within one Business Day of the exercise of the Warrant by the Holder, pay such holder cash for such fractional share in the Company’s sole discretion.
 
3.3.4. Valid Issuance.  All shares of Common Stock issued upon the proper exercise of a Warrant in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
3.3.5. Date of Issuance.  Each person in whose name any certificate for shares of Common Stock is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock on the date on which the Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the share transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the share transfer books are open.
 
 
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3.3.6. Share Delivery Failure.  With respect to an exercise of this Warrant under Section 3.3.1, if the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, to issue to the Registered Holder within three (3) trading days after the valid exercise of the Warrant in accordance with all requirements of Section 3.3.1 (the “Share Delivery Deadline”), a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Registered Holder is entitled upon such Registered Holder’s exercise of a Warrant or credit such Registered Holder’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for such number of Warrant Shares to which such Registered Holder is entitled upon such Registered Holder’s exercise of the Warrant (as the case may be, but in each case without a restrictive legend) (a “Delivery Failure”), and if on such or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Registered Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Registered Holder of all or any portion of the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise that the Registered Holder so anticipated receiving from the Company, then, in addition to all other remedies available to it, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Registered Holder’s request and in the Registered Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Registered Holder in an amount equal to 100% of the Registered Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other person in respect, or on behalf, of the Registered Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate or credit the Registered Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Registered Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Registered Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the Registered Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Registered Holder is entitled upon the Registered Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Registered Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock on any trading day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date immediately preceding the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii).  The Warrant Agent shall have no duties, responsibilities or obligations to take any action under this paragraph without clear and precise instructions from the Company.
 
3.3.7. Maximum Percentage.  A holder of a Warrant may notify the Company and the Warrant Agent in writing in the event such holder elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this subsection 3.3.7; however, no holder of a Warrant shall be subject to this subsection 3.3.7 unless he, she or it makes such election.  If the election is made by a holder, the Warrant Agent shall not effect the exercise of the holder’s Warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise such Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge without investigation or inquiry of any kind, would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the Warrant beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  Solely the holder of the Warrant shall determine the extent to which the Warrant is exercisable in accordance with this Section 3.3.7, and neither the Company nor the Transfer Agent shall have any obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.  For purposes of the Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly report on Form 10-Q, current report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Commission as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent (or its successor) setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder of the Warrant, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days, confirm orally and in writing to such holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of equity securities of the Company by the holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.  By written notice to the Company, the holder of a Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided, however, that any such increase shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.
 
4. Adjustments.
 
4.1. Stock Dividends.
 
4.1.1. Split-Ups.  If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.5 below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock on Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock.  A rights offering to holders of the Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) shall be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Common Stock) multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value.  For purposes of this subsection 4.1.1, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, in determining the price payable for Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.
 
4.1.2. Extraordinary Dividends.  If the Company, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the Common Stock as a class on account of such shares of Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which the Warrants are convertible), other than as described in subsection 4.1.1 (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash or the fair market value (as determined by the Board, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which the Warrants are convertible) in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend.
 
4.2. Aggregation of Shares.  If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.5 hereof, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
4.3. Adjustments in Warrant Price.  Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in subsection 4.1.1 or 4.2 above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.
 
4.4. Notices of Changes in Warrant.  Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give reasonable written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Warrant Price and any new or amended terms resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.  Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give written notice of the occurrence of such event to each holder of a Warrant, at the last address set forth for such holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event.  Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.  The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or obligation under this Agreement to determine whether any event requiring adjustment under this Section 4 has occurred or are scheduled or contemplated to occur or to calculate any of the adjustments set forth herein.
 
4.5. No Fractional Shares or Scrip.  Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares upon the exercise of Warrants.  As to any fraction of a share which the holder of any Warrant would be entitled to purchase upon exercise of such Warrant, the Company may, at its election, either (i) pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Warrant Price, or (ii) by written notice given to the Transfer Agent within one Business Day of the exercise of the Warrant by the Holder, round up to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to such holder.
 
4.6. Form of Warrant.  The form of Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, and Warrants issued after such adjustment may state the same Warrant Price and the same number of shares as is stated in the Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the form of Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.
 
 
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5. Transfer and Exchange of Warrants.
 
5.1. Registration of Transfer.  The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of such Warrant for transfer, properly endorsed with signatures properly guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” participating in a signature guarantee program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, and accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer.  Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent.  The Warrants so cancelled shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company from time to time upon request.
 
5.2. Procedure for Surrender of Warrants.  Warrants may be surrendered to the Warrant Agent, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants as requested by the Registered Holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants.
 
5.3. Fractional Warrants.  The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which shall result in the issuance of a warrant certificate for a fraction of a warrant.
 
5.4. Service Charges.  No service charge to the holder of the Warrant shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrants.
 
5.5. Warrant Execution and Countersignature.  The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Warrants required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, shall supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
 
6. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.
 
6.1. No Rights as Stockholder.  A Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder thereof to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.
 
6.2. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Warrants.  If any Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, absent notice to the Company or Warrant Agent that such certificates have been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company may, upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of an open penalty surety bond satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and holding it and Company harmless, issue, in a form mutually agreed to by the Warrant Agent and the Company, a new Warrant of like denomination, tenor and date as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, and countersigned by the Warrant Agent.  Any such new Warrant shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.  The Warrant Agent may, at its option, countersign replacement Warrants for mutilated certificates upon presentation thereof without such indemnity.
 
6.3. Reservation of Common Stock.  The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement.  The Company further covenants that its issuance of Warrants shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under the Warrants.  The Company will take all such commercially reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the trading market upon which the Common Stock may be listed.  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by the Warrants will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by the Warrants and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
 
6.4. Registration of Common Stock.  The Company registered the Warrants and the Warrant Shares in the Registration Statement.  The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and the current status of the Prospectus or to file and maintain the effectiveness of another registration statement and another current prospectus covering the Warrants and the Warrant Shares at any time that the Warrants are exercisable.  In addition, the Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to register the Warrants and Warrant Shares under the blue sky laws of the states of residence of the Registered Holders to the extent an exemption from such registration is not available.  If at any time the Company does not have an effective registration statement covering the Warrant Shares, and Rule 144 is not available to cover the Warrant Shares due to the failure of the Company to be currently reporting under the Exchange Act (“Public Information Failure”), then the Company shall pay in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds an amount per month equal to 1% of the aggregate volume weighted average price of the Warrant Shares into which a Warrant is converted which are not able to be delivered without legend because of such Public Information Failure to the Registered Holder thereof until such Warrant Shares are able to be delivered without legend (to be pro-rated for any periods which are less than one month).
 
7. Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters.
 
7.1. Bank Accounts.  All funds received by the Warrant Agent under this Agreement that are to be distributed or applied by the Warrant Agent in the performance of services to be provided hereunder (the “Funds”) shall be held by [________] as agent for the Company and deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by [________] in its name as agent for the Company.  Until paid pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, [________] will hold the Funds through such accounts in: deposit accounts of commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion or with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moody’s (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.). [________] shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit made by [________] in accordance with this paragraph, including any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party.  [________] may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits.  [________] shall not be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to the Company, any holder or any other party.
 
7.2. Payment of Taxes.  The Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Warrant Shares, but neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Warrants or Warrant Shares.  The Warrant Agent shall not register any transfer or issue or deliver any Warrants or Warrant Shares unless or until the persons requesting the registration or issuance shall have paid to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company the amount of such tax, if any, or shall have established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company and the Warrant Agent that such tax, if any, has been paid.
 
7.3. Resignation, Consolidation, or Merger of Warrant Agent.
 
7.3.1. Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent.  The Warrant Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving thirty (30) days’ notice in writing to the Company.  If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent.  If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of a Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any Warrant may apply to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost.  Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such applicable court, shall be a corporation duly organized and in good standing in its state of incorporation, and authorized under such laws to exercise the powers of a transfer agent and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority.  After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed; but, if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, at the expense of the Company, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Warrant Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for such purpose.
 
 
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7.3.2. Notice of Successor Warrant Agent.  In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the Transfer Agent for the Common Stock not later than the effective date of any such appointment.
 
7.3.3. Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent.  Any entity into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or any entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act.
 
7.4. Fees and Expenses of Warrant Agent.
 
7.4.1. Remuneration.  The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent remuneration for its services as such Warrant Agent as sets forth in an agreement between the Warrant Agent and the Company and shall, pursuant to its obligations under this Agreement, reimburse the Warrant Agent upon demand for all expenditures that the Warrant Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of its duties hereunder.
 
7.4.2. Further Assurances.  The Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged, and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.
 
7.5. Liability of Warrant Agent.
 
7.5.1. Reliance on Company Statement.  Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officers or other authorized officer (as identified in a written notice provided by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer) of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent.  The Warrant Agent may rely upon such statement for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
 
7.5.2. Indemnity.  The Company covenants and agrees to indemnify and to hold the Warrant Agent harmless against any costs, expenses (including reasonable fees of its legal counsel), losses or damages, which may be paid, incurred or suffered by or to which it may become subject, arising from or out of, directly or indirectly, any claims or liability resulting from its actions or omissions as Warrant Agent pursuant hereto; provided, however, that such covenant and agreement does not extend to, and the Warrant Agent shall not be indemnified with respect to, such costs, expenses, losses and damages incurred or suffered by the Warrant Agent as a result of, or arising out of, its gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct (each as determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction).
 
7.5.3. Exclusions.  The Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution of any Warrant (except its countersignature thereof).  The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant.  The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible to make any adjustments required under the provisions of Section 4 hereof or responsible for the manner, method, or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant or as to whether any Warrant Shares, when issued, be valid and fully paid and nonassessable.
 
7.5.4. Limitation of Liability.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Warrant Agent’s aggregate liability during any term of this Agreement with respect to, arising from, or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from all services provided or omitted to be provided under this Agreement, whether in contract, or in tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed, the amounts paid hereunder by the Company to the Warrant Agent as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses, during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event for which recovery from Warrant Agent is being sought.
 
7.6. Instructions; Certifications.  From time to time, the Company may provide the Warrant Agent with instructions or certifications concerning or related to the services performed by the Warrant Agent hereunder.  In addition, at any time the Warrant Agent may apply to any officer of the Company for instruction, and may consult with legal counsel for the Warrant Agent or the Company with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by the Warrant Agent under this Agreement.  The Warrant Agent and its employees, agents and subcontractors shall not be liable and shall be indemnified by the Company for any action taken or omitted by the Warrant Agent, its employees, agents and subcontractors in reliance upon any Company instructions, certifications or upon the advice or opinion of such counsel.  The Warrant Agent shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from the Company.
 
7.7. Rights and Duties of Warrant Agent.  (a) The Warrant Agent may consult with legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in accordance with such opinion.  Any action or omission by the Warrant Agent in reliance upon the advice of counsel shall be conclusively deemed to be in good faith.
 
(b) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Warrants (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, and all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
 
(c) The Warrant Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility in the case of the receipt of any written demand from any holder of Warrants with respect to any action or default by the Company, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or to make any demand upon the Company.
 
(d) The Warrant Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Warrant Agent under this Agreement.  Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
 
(e) The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorney or agents, and the Warrant Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorney or agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, absent gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) in the selection and continued employment thereof.
 
(f) The Warrant Agent may rely on and shall be held harmless and protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in reliance upon any certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, facsimile transmission, telegram or other document, or any security delivered to it, and believed by it to be genuine and to have been made or signed by the proper party or parties, or upon any written or oral instructions or statements from the Company with respect to any matter relating to its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder.
 
(g) The Warrant Agent shall not be obligated to expend or risk its own funds or to take any action that it believes would expose or subject it to expense or liability or to a risk of incurring expense or liability, unless it has been furnished with assurances of repayment or indemnity satisfactory to it.
 
(h) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of its obligations relating to any registration statement filed with the Commission or this Agreement, including without limitation obligations under applicable regulation or law.
 
 
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(i) The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any Warrants authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the issue and sale, or exercise, of the Warrants.
 
(j) The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company, and its duties shall be determined solely by the express provisions hereof (and no duties or obligations shall be inferred or implied).  The Warrant Agent shall not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust with any of the owners or holders of the Warrants.
 
(k) The Warrant Agent may rely on and be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon (a) any guaranty of signature by an “eligible guarantor institution” that is a member or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or other comparable “signature guarantee program” or insurance program in addition to, or in substitution for, the foregoing; or (b) any law, act, regulation or any interpretation of the same even though such law, act, or regulation may thereafter have been altered, changed, amended or repealed.
 
(l) In the event the Warrant Agent believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Warrant Agent hereunder, the Warrant Agent, may, in its sole discretion, refrain from taking any action, and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the Company, the holder of any Warrant or any other person or entity for refraining from taking such action, unless the Warrant Agent receives written instructions signed by the Company which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Warrant Agent.
 
7.8. Delivery of Exercise Price.  The Warrant Agent shall forward funds received for warrant exercises under this Agreement in a given month by the 5th Business Day of the following month by wire transfer to an account designated by the Company.
 
7.9. Acceptance of Agency.  The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the express terms and conditions herein set forth and among other things, shall account to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and account for, and pay to the Company, all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of Warrant Shares as provided in Section 7.8.
 
7.10. Opinion of Counsel.  The Company shall provide an opinion of counsel prior to the effective date of this Agreement to set up a reserve of warrants and related Common Stock.  The opinion shall state that all warrants or Common Stock, as applicable, are: (1) registered under the Securities Act or are exempt from such registration, and all appropriate state securities law filings have been made with respect to the warrants or shares; and (2) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
7.11. Confidentiality.  The Warrant Agent and the Company agree that all books, records, information and data pertaining to the business of the other party, including inter alia, personal, non-public Warrant holder information, which are exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Agreement including the compensation for services performed hereunder shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other person, except as may be required by law, including, without limitation, pursuant to subpoenas from state or federal government authorities (e.g., in divorce and criminal actions).
 
7.12. Consequential Damages.  Neither party to this Agreement shall be liable to the other party for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages under any provisions of this Agreement or for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages arising out of any act or failure to act hereunder even if that party has been advised of or has foreseen the possibility of such damages.
 
8. Miscellaneous Provisions.
 
8.1. Successors.  All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
 
8.2. Notices.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications from the Company to the Warrant Agent or vice-versa, or the holders of warrants to the Warrant Agent or the Company made under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or nationally recognized overnight courier, addressed as follows:
 
If to the Company:
 
Perseon Corporation.
Attn.: Secretary
2188 West 2200 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84120
 
If to the Warrant Agent:
 
OTC Stock Transfer, Inc.
Attn.: Stephanie Campbell
6364 Highland Dr.
Murray, UT 84121

All notices, requests, demands and other communications made under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective when actually received.
 
8.3. Applicable Law, Submission to Jurisdiction, Trial by Jury.  The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.  Each of the Company and the holders hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive.  The Warrant Agent hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive.  Each of the Company and the Warrant Agent hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction, as applicable, and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.  The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates), the Warrant Agent and the Holders hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
8.4. Persons Having Rights under this Agreement.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or entity other than the parties hereto and the Registered Holders of the Warrants any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof.  All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of the Registered Holders of the Warrants.
 
8.5. Examination of the Warrant Agreement.  A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose, for inspection by the Registered Holder of any Warrant.  The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit his Warrant for inspection by it.
 
 
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8.6. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.  A signature to this Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.
 
8.7. Effect of Headings.  The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.
 
8.8. Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of any Registered Holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Registered Holders.  All other modifications or amendments, including any amendment to increase the Warrant Price or shorten the Exercise Period, shall require the vote or written consent of the Registered Holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding Warrants.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may lower the Warrant Price or extend the duration of the Exercise Period pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, without the consent of the Registered Holders.  No consideration shall be offered by the Company to any Registered Holder in connection with a modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement or any Warrant without also offering the same consideration to all Registered Holders.  As a condition precedent to the Warrant Agent’s execution of any amendment, the Company shall deliver to the Warrant Agent a certificate from a duly authorized officer of the Company that states that the proposed amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 8.8.
 
8.9. Severability.  This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof.  Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.
 
8.10. Survival.  The provisions of Section 7 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the resignation, removal or replacement of the Warrant Agent.
 
8.11. Force Majeure.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Warrant Agent will not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest.
 
8.12. USA PATRIOT Act Notice.  The Warrant Agent hereby notifies the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it must obtain, verify and record certain information that identifies the Company, which information includes the name and address of the Company and other information that will allow the Warrant Agent to identify the Company in accordance with the Patriot Act.
 

 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
 
 
PERSEON CORPORATION
   
   
 
By: ___________________________________________                                                                   
 
Name:
 
Title:
   
   
 
OTC Stock Transfer, Inc.
 
as Warrant Agent
   
 
By: ___________________________________________                                                                   
 
Name:
 
Title:

 
 

 

 
[Signature Page to Warrant Agreement]
 
 
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EXHIBIT A
 
[Form of Warrant Certificate]
 
[FACE]
 
Number
 
Warrants
 
THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO
 
THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR
 
IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW
 
PERSEON CORPORATION
Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Delaware
 
CUSIP 715270 112
 
Warrant Certificate
 
This Warrant Certificate certifies that ___________, or registered assigns, is the registered holder of warrant(s) (the “Warrants” and each, a “Warrant”) to purchase shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Perseon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).  Each Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in lawful money (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement.  Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement (as defined on the reverse hereof).
 
Each Warrant is initially exercisable for one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock.  The number of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
 
The initial Exercise Price per share of Common Stock for any Warrant is equal to $_______ per share.  The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement and may be lowered by the Company upon twenty (20) days’ prior written notice.
 
Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such Warrants shall become void. The Company may extend the Exercise Period upon twenty (20) days’ prior written notice.
 
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
 
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement.
 
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
 
 
PERSEON CORPORATION
   
   
 
By:   __________________________________________                                                                 
 
Name:
 
Title:
   
   
 
OTC STOCK TRANSFER, INC.
 
as Warrant Agent
   
 
By: ___________________________________________                                                                   
 
Name:
 
Title:

 
 
[Signature Page to Warrant Certificate]
 
 
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[Form of Warrant Certificate]
 
[Reverse]
 
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive shares of Common Stock and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of [_________], 2015 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to OTC Stock Transfer, Inc., as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder) of the Warrants.  A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Company.  Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.
 
The Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement.  The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with either the form of Election to Purchase or Notice of Exercise set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose.  In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.
 
Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to such shares of Common Stock is current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement.
 
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted.  If, upon exercise of a Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Company may, upon exercise, either (i) round up to the nearest whole number, the number of shares to be issued to such holder or (ii) by written notice given to the Transfer Agent within one Business Day of the exercise of the Warrant by the Holder, pay such Registered Holder cash for such fractional share in the Company’s sole discretion.
 
Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purposes by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.
 
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
 
The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.  Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company.
 

 
 
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Election to Purchase
 
(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant)
 
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant Certificate with respect to ____________ shares of Common Stock, to receive shares of Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for such shares to the order of Perseon Corporation (the “Company”) in the amount of $________ in accordance with the terms hereof.  The undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares be registered in the name of ___________, whose address is and that such shares be delivered to whose address is ________________.  If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of _______________, whose address is __________________, and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to _____________, whose address is ________________________.
 
In the event that the Warrant may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise, (i) the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with Section 3.3.2 of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following:
 
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive shares of Common Stock and the undersigned represents and the warrants that the undersigned has delivered, together with this Election to Purchase, all items required by Section 3.3.2 of the Warrant Agreement.  If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of ____________, whose address is ____________, and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to ____________, whose address is ____________________________.
 
   
Date: ____________, 20
(Signature)
   
   
 
(Address)
   
   
 
(Tax Identification Number)
   
   
Signature Guaranteed:
 
   
   
   
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15).
 

 
 
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
TO:           PERSEON CORPORATION
 
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, dated _______, 2015, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
 
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
 
 
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in lawful money of the United States by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank; or
 
 
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if permitted by the terms of the Warrant (and the undersigned represents and the warrants that the undersigned has delivered, together with this Notice of Exercise, all items required by Section 3.3.2), the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 3.3.2, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 3.3.2.
 
(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
 
______________________________
 
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
 
______________________________
 
______________________________
 
______________________________
 
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
 
 
 Name of Investing Entity:  
   
 Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:  
   
 Name of Authorized Signatory:  
   
 Title of Authorized Signatory:  
   
 Date:  
 
 
 

 


Exhibit 4.2


 
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, OR HYPOTHECATED, OR BE THE SUBJECT OF ANY HEDGING, SHORT SALE, DERIVATIVE, PUT, OR CALL TRANSACTION THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE EFFECTIVE ECONOMIC DISPOSITION OF SUCH SECURITIES BY ANY PERSON FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY (180) DAYS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.: 333-203592 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FINRA RULE 5110(G)(2).
 
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
PERSEON CORPORATION
 
Warrant Shares: Issuance Date:  ____, 2015
 
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, Maxim Partners LLC or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date that is 180 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the five (5) year anniversary of the effective date of the Registration Statement No. 333-203592 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Perseon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to [______] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock.  The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
 
Section 1.                       Definitions.  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated ______________, 2015, between the Company and Maxim Group LLC, an affiliate of the Holder.
 
Section 2.                       Exercise.
 
(a) Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise form annexed hereto.  Within three (3) trading days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is available and specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) trading days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company.  Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased.  The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases; provided, however, that the records of the Company, absent manifest error, will be conclusive with respect to the number of Warrant Shares purchasable from time to time hereunder.  The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise form within one (1) business day of receipt of such notice.  The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
 
(b) Exercise Price.  The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $_____________, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).  Except as where otherwise permitted in accordance with Section 2(c) , this Warrant may only be exercised by means of payment by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank.
 
(c) Cashless Exercise.  If, and only if, at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance of, the Warrant Shares, then, and only then, this Warrant may, at the option of the Holder, be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) * (X)] by (A), though in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant Exercise, where:
 
(A) = the VWAP on the trading day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;
 
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
 
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
 
VWAP” means, for any date , the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market or other national securities exchange (“Trading Market”), the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) (based on a trading day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board or any market, exchange or quotation system maintained by the OTC Markets Group, Inc., including, without limitation, OTCQB, OTCQX or OTC Pink (or any successors of the foregoing) is not a Trading Market and the Common Stock is then traded on such market, exchange or quotation system, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on such market, exchange or quotation system or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
 
(d) Mechanics of Exercise.
 
(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares upon Exercise.  The Company shall use best efforts to cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by OTC Stock Transfer, Inc. (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is five (5) trading days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required) and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (including by cashless exercise, if permitted) (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”).  The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2 (d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid; provided, however, that if the date of such submission and payment is a date upon which the Common Stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding day on which the Common Stock transfer books of the Company are open.
 
 
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(ii) Delivery of New Warrants upon Exercise.  If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
 
(iii) Rescission Rights.  If the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2 (d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
 
(iv) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares upon Exercise.  In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue by (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder.  For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000.  The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
(v) No Fractional Shares or Scrip.  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.  As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
 
(vi) Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.  The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise.
 
(vii) Closing of Books.  The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
(e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations.  The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other common stock equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith.  To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether, and representation and certification to the Company that, this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercise of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.  In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report or other public filing with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two (2) trading days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.  The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.  The Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e); provided, however, that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply.  Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.  The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
 
 
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Section 3.                       Certain Adjustments.
 
(a) Split-Ups.  If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 2(d)(v) above, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock on Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock.  A rights offering to holders of the Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) shall be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Common Stock) multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value.  For purposes of this subsection 3(a), (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, in determining the price payable for Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.
 
(b) Aggregation of Shares.  If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 2(d)(v)) hereof, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
(c) Adjustments in Exercise Price.  Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in subsection 3(a) above, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Exercise Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.
 
(d) [Intentionally Omitted].
 
(e) Calculations.  All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.  For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
 
(f) Notice to Holder.
 
(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price.  Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
 
(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder.  If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 10 business days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.  The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
 
Section 4.                       Transfer of Warrant.
 
(a) Transferability.  Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer.  Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled.  The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.  Neither this Warrant nor any Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant shall be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales of the offering pursuant to which this Warrant is being issued, except the transfer of any security as permitted under FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2).
 
(b) New Warrants.  This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney.  Subject to compliance with Section 4, as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.  All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
 
(c) Warrant Register.  The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
 
 
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Section 5.                       Registration Rights.
 
(a) Registration of Common Stock.  The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and a current Prospectus relating thereto, until the Termination Date.
 
(b) Piggyback Registration Rights.  To the extent the Company does not maintain an effective registration statement for the Warrant Shares and in the further event that the Company files a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the sale of its shares of Common Stock (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8, or on another form, or in another context, in which such “piggyback” registration would be inappropriate), then, for a period commencing on the Initial Exercise Date and terminating on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date, the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders of Warrant Shares as soon as practicable but in no event less than five (5) business days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, of the offering, and offer to the holders of Warrant Shares in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Warrant Shares as such holders may request in writing within three (3) business days following receipt of such notice (a “Piggyback Registration”).  The Company shall cause such Warrant Shares to be included in such registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Warrant Shares requested to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Warrant Shares in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof.  All holders of Warrant Shares proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggyback Registration that involves an underwriter or underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such Piggyback Registration.  Furthermore, each holder must provide such information as reasonably requested by the Company to be included in the registration statement timely or the Company may elect to exclude such holder from the registration statement.
 
Section 6.                       Miscellaneous.
 
(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise.  This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividend rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2, except as expressly set forth in Section 3.
 
(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant.  The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
 
(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc.  If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding business day.
 
(d) Authorized Shares.  The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company will take all such commercially reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed.  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
 
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
 
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof to the extent such prior approval is required.
 
(e) Jurisdiction.  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles, and federal or state courts sitting in the State of New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction over matters arising out of this Warrant.
 
(f) Restrictions.  The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
 
(g) Nonwaiver and Expenses.  No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of the Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies.  Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
 
(h) Notices.  Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement.
 
(i) Limitation of Liability.  No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
 
(j) Remedies.  The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant.  The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
 
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(k) Successors and Assigns.  Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of the Holder.  The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
 
(l) Amendment.  This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
 
(m) Severability.  Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
 
(n) Headings.  The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
 
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(Signature Page Follows)
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
 
 
 
   PERSEON CORPORATION
   
   
   By: _________________________________________
        Name:
        Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[Signature Page to Representative’s Warrant]
 
 
 

 
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
TO:           PERSEON CORPORATION
 
(1)           The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, dated _______, 2015, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
 
(2)           Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
 
 
o
in lawful money of the United States by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank; or
 
 
o
if permitted by the terms of the Warrant, the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
 
(3)           Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
 
__________________________________
 
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
 
__________________________________
 
__________________________________
 
__________________________________
 
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
 
 
 Name of Investing Entity:  
   
 Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:  
   
 Name of Authorized Signatory:  
   
 Title of Authorized Signatory:  
   
  Date:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
 
this form and supply required information.
 
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [____] all of or [____________] shares of the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
 
 ___________________________________________whose address is
 
__________________________________________________
 
__________________________________________________.
 
.
 
 
 
 
Date: ______________, _______
 
Holder’s Signature: ________________________________                                                                                   
 
Holder’s Address: _________________________________                              
 
              _________________________________
 
  
 
 
Signature Guaranteed:  _________________________________________________                                                                                                                    
 
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company.  Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
 

 


Exhibit 5.1


 July 27, 2015
 
 
 
Perseon Corporation
2188 West 2200 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84120

Re:         Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-203592)

Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
We have acted as counsel to Perseon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the offer and sale by the Company of (i) up to 5,510,417 shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (including 718,750 shares to be subject to the underwriter’s over-allotment option) (the “Firm Shares”), (ii) up to 11,020,834 warrants (the “Warrants”) (including 1,437,500 Warrants to be subject to the underwriter’s over-allotment option), with each Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) pursuant to the Warrant Agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) between the Company and the Warrant Agent named therein (the “Warrant Agent”), and (iii) up to 239,584 warrants (the “Underwriter’s Warrants”) to be issued to the underwriter in the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement, with each Underwriter’s Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (the “Underwriter’s Warrant Shares”).
 
We have examined such documents and have reviewed such questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of our opinions set forth below. In rendering our opinions set forth below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures and the conformity to authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the legal capacity for all purposes relevant hereto of all natural persons and that the Firm Shares and the Warrants will be priced by the Pricing Committee established by the authorizing resolutions adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors in accordance with such resolutions. As to questions of fact material to our opinions, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and other representatives of the Company and of public officials.
 
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
 
1. The Firm Shares, when issued, delivered and paid for as described in the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
2. The Warrants, when the Warrant Agreement is duly executed and delivered and the Warrants are duly executed by the Company, countersigned by the Warrant Agent and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor as described in the Registration Statement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
 
3. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and if, as, and, when the Warrant Shares are issued and delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms thereof, including, without limitation, the payment in full of applicable consideration, the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
 
 
 

 
 
Perseon Corporation
July 27, 2015
Page 2
 
 
4. The Underwriter’s Warrants, when duly executed by the Company and duly delivered to the underwriter, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
 
5. The Underwriter’s Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and if, as, and, when the Underwriter’s Warrant Shares are issued and delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Underwriter’s Warrants in accordance with the terms thereof, including, without limitation, the payment in full of applicable consideration, the Underwriter’s Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
 
Our opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications and exceptions:
 
(a)           Our opinions set forth above are subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws).
 
(b)           Our opinions set forth above are subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
 
(c)           Our opinions set forth above are subject to limitations regarding the availability of indemnification and contribution where such indemnification or contribution may be limited by applicable law or the application of principles of public policy.
 
(d)           We express no opinion as to the enforceability of (i) provisions that relate to choice of law, forum selection or submission to jurisdiction (including, without limitation, any express or implied waiver of any objection to venue in any court or of any objection that a court is an inconvenient forum) to the extent that the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a state court of the State of New York, (ii) waivers by the Company of any statutory or constitutional rights or remedies, (iii) terms which excuse any person or entity from liability for, or require the Company to indemnify such person or entity against, such person’s or entity’s negligence or willful misconduct or (iv) obligations to pay any prepayment premium, default interest rate, early termination fee or other form of liquidated damages, if the payment of such premium, interest rate, fee or damages may be construed as unreasonable in relation to actual damages or disproportionate to actual damages suffered as a result of such prepayment, default or termination.
 
(e)           We draw your attention to the fact that, under certain circumstances, the enforceability of terms to the effect that provisions may not be waived or modified except in writing may be limited.
 
Our opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 
 
 

 
 
Perseon Corporation
July 27, 2015
Page 3
 
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
 
Very truly yours,
 
/s/ Dorsey & Whitney LLP
 
 
 
 
 

 


EXHIBIT 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
 
 
To The Board of Directors of
Perseon Corporation

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-1 of Perseon Corporation, of our report, dated March 30, 2015, with respect to the balance sheets of Perseon Corporation as of December 31, 2014, August 31, 2014, and August 31, 2013, and the related statements of comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the four month period ended December 31, 2014, and for the years ended August 31, 2014 and 2013, which report appears in the December 31, 2014 annual report on Form 10-K of Perseon Corporation.
 
 
/s/ Tanner LLC

Salt Lake City, Utah
July 24, 2015