Exhibit 10.1


 


EXECUTION COPY


 


SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT


 


This Securities Purchase
Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 20, 2015, between Ceres, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and
assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).


 


WHEREAS, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) covering the Shares, and (ii) an exemption from the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act contained in Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Regulation D thereunder as to the Warrants,
the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from
the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.


 


NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:


 


ARTICLE I.


DEFINITIONS


 


1.1           Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:


 


“Acquiring
Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.


 


“Action”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).


 


“Affiliate”
means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.


 


“Board
of Directors”means the board of directors of the Company.


 


“Business
Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or
any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.


 


“Closing”
means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.


 


“Closing
Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable
parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii)
the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.


 




     


     


    

 


“Commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.


 


“Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class of securities into which
such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.


 


“Common
Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to
acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument
that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.


 


“Company
Counsel” means Shearman & Sterling LLP, with offices located at 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.


 


“EGS”
means Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, with offices located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105-0302.


 


“Escrow
Agent” means Signature Bank, a New York State chartered bank, with offices at 261 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
10016.


 


“Escrow
Agreement” means the escrow agreement entered into prior to the Closing Date, by and among the Company, the Escrow Agent
and the Placement Agent pursuant to which the Purchasers shall deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow Agent to be applied
to the transactions contemplated hereunder.


 


“Evaluation
Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s).


 


“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.


 


“Exempt
Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company
pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of any Securities
issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement
to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities
(other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued
pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided
that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries,
an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the
Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is
issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.


 




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“FCPA”
means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.


 


“Fundamental
Transaction” means (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions,
(iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed
pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or
property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly,
in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any
compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash
or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase
agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme
of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
(not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated
with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination).


 


“GAAP”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).


 


“Indebtedness”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(bb).


 


“Intellectual
Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(p).


 


“Legend
Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).


 


“Liens”
means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.


 


“Material
Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).


 




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“Material
Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).


 


“Maximum
Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.


 


“Per
Share Purchase Price” equals $1.31375, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock
combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement and on or prior to
the Closing Date.


 


“Person”
means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.


 


“Placement
Agent” means Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.


 


“Proceeding”
means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.


 


“Prospectus”
means the prospectus, dated July 8, 2015, filed with the Registration Statement.


 


“Prospectus
Supplement” means any supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with
the Commission and delivered by the Company to each Purchaser.


 


“Purchaser
Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.


 


“Registration
Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 30, 2015, as amended.


 


“Registration
Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form S-3 with Commission file No. 333-204024 which registers the sale
of the Shares.


 


“Required
Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).


“Required
Minimum” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable
in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise in full of all Warrants,
ignoring any exercise limits set forth therein.


 


“Resale
Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement and covering the resale of the Warrant Shares by each Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.


 




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“Resale
Shelf Effective Date” means the earliest of the date that (a) the initial Resale Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the Commission, (b) all of the Warrant Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule
144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 and
without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (c) following the one year anniversary of the Closing Date provided that a holder
of Warrant Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company, all of the Warrant Shares may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration
under Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions.


 


“Rule
144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose
and effect as such Rule.


 


“Rule
424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose
and effect as such Rule.


 


“SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).


 


“Securities”
means the Shares, the Warrants, and the Warrant Shares.


 


“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.


 


“Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement other than the Warrant Shares.


 


“Short
Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall
not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).


 


“Subscription
Amount” shall mean, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder
as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription
Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.


 


“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended August 31, 2014 (the “2014 10-K”) and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary
of the Company formed or acquired after the date of this Agreement.


 




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“Trading
Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.


 


“Trading
Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on
the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New
York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).


 


“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, and all exhibits and schedules thereto
and hereto.


 


“Transfer
Agent” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the current transfer
agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219 and a facsimile number of 718-236-2641, and
any successor transfer agent of the Company.


 


“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 a 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. (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 OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market,
the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable,
(c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then
reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) 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 Purchasers
of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the reasonable fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.


 


“Warrants”
means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)
hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable six months from the Closing Date, subject to the conditions specified therein, and
have a term of exercise equal to five (5) years from the initial exercise date, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto.


 


“Warrant
Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.


 




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ARTICLE II.


PURCHASE AND SALE


 


2.1           Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $2,100,000 of Shares with an aggregate number of Shares for
each Purchaser equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser
divided by the Per Share Purchase Price and Warrants as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(iii). The aggregate number of Shares
sold hereunder shall be up to 1,598,478, and in no event shall exceed the maximum amount of securities that the Company is permitted
to sell pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, via wire transfer
or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to its Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser
its respective Shares and Warrants as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the
other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in
Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of EGS or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree
and the Placement Agent shall deliver to the Escrow Agent the Form of Escrow Release Notice (as defined in the Escrow Agreement),
duly executed by the Placement Agent and the Company.


 


2.2           Deliveries.


 


(a)          On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:


 


(i)          a
legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto;


 


(ii)         a
copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver on an expedited basis via
The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) Shares equal to such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser;


 


(iii)        a
Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 75% of such Purchaser’s
total Shares, with an exercise price equal to $1.22, subject to adjustment therein (such Warrant
certificate may be delivered within three Trading Days of the Closing Date); 


 


(iv)        the
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act); and


 


(v)         an
amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Warrant Shares in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D duly
executed by the Company, a majority of the holders of the outstanding Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement in effect on the date hereof) and the other Purchasers (the “Registration Rights Agreement Amendment”).


 




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(b)          On
or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company or the Escrow Agent, as applicable,
the following:


 


(i)          to
the Escrow Agent, such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account specified in the Escrow Agreement;
and


 


(ii)         the
Registration Rights Agreement Amendment duly executed by such Purchaser.


 


2.3           Closing
Conditions.


 


(a)          The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:


 


(i)          the
accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse
Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as
of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);


 


(ii)         all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and


 


(iii)        the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.


 


(b)          The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:


 


(i)          the
accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse
Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein);


 


(ii)         all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;


 


(iii)        the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;


 


(iv)        the
Company shall have obtained the necessary waivers or consents required under the Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement,
dated as of June 25, 2010, by and between the Company and the stockholders named therein (the “Investors’ Rights
Agreement”);


 




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(v)         there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of this Agreement; and


 


(vi)        from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s
principal Trading Market and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported
by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New
York authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the
reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.


 


ARTICLE III.


REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


 


3.1           Representations
and Warranties of the Company.   The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:


 


(a)          Subsidiaries.
All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s 2014 10-K. The
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any
Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries,
all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.


 


(b)          Organization
and Qualification.   The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
existing and in good standing (or any local equivalent) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified
to conduct business and is in good standing (or any local equivalent) as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction
in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure
to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material
adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results
of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect its obligations under
any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been
instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority
or qualification.


 




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(c)          Authorization;
Enforcement.   The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder
and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders
in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction
Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii)
as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii)
insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.


 


(d)          No
Conflicts.   The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default
(or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any
of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing
a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict
with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court
or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations),
or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii)
and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 




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(e)          Filings,
Consents and Approvals.   The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any
notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or
other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than:
(i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.6 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement,
(iii) the filing with the Commission of one or more Current Reports on Form 8-K, (iv) the filing with the Commission of the Resale
Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, (iv) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable
Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon
in the time and manner required thereby, (v) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made
under applicable state securities laws, and (vi) any waivers or consents required under the Investors’ Rights Agreement (collectively,
the “Required Approvals”).


 


(f)          Issuance
of the Securities; Registration.   The Securities (other than the Warrant Shares) are duly authorized and, when issued
and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.
The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the
Shares and Warrant Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration
Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, which became effective on July 17, 2015, including the
Prospectus, and such amendments and supplements thereto. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no
stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the
Company, are threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, shall file
the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became
effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at time the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.


 




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(g)          Capitalization.
  As of May 31, 2015, the Company had 6,032,222 shares of Common Stock outstanding and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.
The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant
to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock
to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans, pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common
Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act and pursuant to
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 26, 2015 (the “Existing Securities Purchase Agreement”),
between the Company and each purchaser identified therein. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, that has not
been waived or complied with. Other than as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and pursuant to the Existing
Securities Purchase Agreement, and except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and the issuance of warrants to
purchase Common Stock to the Placement Agent, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary,
or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the
Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange
or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary
that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which
the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not
have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of
the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have
been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation
of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities, other than the Required
Approvals. Other than as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, there are no stockholders agreements, voting
agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to
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(h)          SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.   The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such
material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of
filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC
Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements
of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules
and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise disclosed in such financial statements or the notes thereto and
except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects
the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations
and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.


 


(i)          Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included
within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof: (i) there has
been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the
Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not
altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property
to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v)
the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option or stock purchase plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment
of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance,
occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be
disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been
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(j)          Litigation.
  There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court,
arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively,
an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the
Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or executive officer thereof, is
or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or
a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated,
any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current director or executive officer of the Company. The Commission
has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or
any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.


 


(k)          Labor
Relations.   No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees
of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
(other than Ceres Sementes do Brasil Ltda.) employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship
with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than Ceres Sementes do Brasil Ltda.)
is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is in violation of
any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition
agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment
of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of
the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable U.S. federal, state, local and foreign
laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except
where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.


 


(l)          Compliance.
  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not
been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor
has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture,
loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any
court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental
protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as
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(m)          Environmental
Laws.  The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign
laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater,
land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals,
pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into
the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport
or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments,
licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder
(“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such
permit, license or approval where in the case of each of clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(n)          Regulatory
Permits.   The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate
federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC
Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.


 


(o)          Title
to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them
and good and marketable title in all personal property (excluding the Intellectual Property Rights) owned by them that is material
to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves
have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
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(p)          Intellectual
Property.   To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use or can acquire
on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets,
inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as necessary
or required for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse
Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected
to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, except as could not have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received, since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim and no executive officer of the Company has received any
oral notice that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights,
to the extent issued, are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property
Rights, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries
have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties,
except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


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


 


(r)          Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees.   Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the executive officers or directors of
the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services
as executive officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services
to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of
money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any executive officer or director or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
entity in which any executive officer or director has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder,
member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered,
(ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements
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(s)          Sarbanes-Oxley;
Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated
by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The
Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers
have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of
the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”).
The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the
Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange
Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal
control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.


 


(t)          Certain
Fees.   Except as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will
be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment
banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, other than the Placement
Agent. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other
Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this paragraph that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.


 


(u)          Private
Placement.  Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 and
the Certificate of the Placement Agent attached hereto as Exhibit C, no registration under the Securities Act is required
for the offer and sale of the Warrants and Warrant Shares by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance
and sale of the Securities hereunder in the manner contemplated by the Transaction Documents does not contravene the rules and
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(v)         Investment
Company.  The Company is not and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.


 


(w)          Registration
Rights.   Other than as disclosed in the Investors’ Rights Agreement set forth in Exhibit 4.6 of the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission on May 23, 2011, and in the Registration Rights Agreement set forth
in Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 30, 2015, and other than each
of the Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities
of the Company or any Subsidiary.


 


(x)          Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.   The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration
of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating
such registration. Other than as disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on October
24, 2014, the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the
Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue
to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust
Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company
(or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.


 


(y)          Application
of Takeover Protections.   The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to
render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights
agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter
documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers
and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation
as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.


 


(z)          Disclosure.
  Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers with any information
that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure
furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses
and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations
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(aa)         No
Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2
and the representations made by the Placement Agent in its certificate attached hereto as Exhibit C, the Company has not,
directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances
that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities
Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval
provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. 


 


(bb)         Solvency.
The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing
and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which
lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction
within forty-five (45) days from the Closing Date, provided that the Company receives gross proceeds on the Closing Date of at
least $2.1 million from the sale of its Securities pursuant to this Agreement. The SEC Reports set forth as of May 31, 2015 all
outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has
commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money
or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties,
endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected
in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments
for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.


 


(cc)         Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed, or secured all extensions for the filing
of all applicable United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations
required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that
are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its
books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns,
reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any
jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.


 




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(dd)         No
General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities
by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers
and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.


 


(ee)         USDA.
As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(“USDA”) that is manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (each such product, a “Regulated Product”), such Regulated Product is being manufactured,
packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company in compliance with all applicable requirements under
applicable USDA and similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration, premarket clearance, licensure, or application
approval, product listing, quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the failure to be
in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened,
action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation)
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning
letter or other written communication from the USDA or any other applicable governmental entity, 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 Regulated 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 Regulated Product,
(iii) enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enters or proposes to enter into a consent
decree of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (v) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws,
rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in the aggregate, would have
a Material Adverse Effect. The properties, business and operations of the Company are being conducted in all material respects
in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the USDA.  The Company has not been informed by the USDA
that the USDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of any product produced or marketed by the
Company nor has the USDA expressed any concern to the Company as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed
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(ff)           Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent
or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any
unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns
from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person
acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision
of FCPA applicable to it.


 


(gg)         Accountants.
To the knowledge and belief of the Company, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP, is a registered
public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act.


 


(hh)         No
Disagreements with Accountants. There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the
Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current
with respect to any fees owed to its accountants which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations
under any of the Transaction Documents.


 


(ii)           Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting
solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in
any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given
by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to
each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based
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(jj)            Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding
(except for Sections 3.2(g) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers
has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short,
securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities
for any specified term (other than as required by the federal securities laws), (ii) past or future open market or other transactions
by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after
the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded
securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to
which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock
and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party
in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may
engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation,
during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such
hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after
the time that the hedging activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities
do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.


 


(kk)         Regulation
M Compliance.  The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of,
any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other
securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement Agent in connection
with the placement of the Securities.


 


(ll)         Form
S-3 Eligibility. The Company is as of the date of this Agreement eligible to register the resale of the Warrant Shares
for resale by the Purchasers on Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.


 


(mm)         Stock
Option Plans. Since February 27, 2012, each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan
was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least
equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable
law. Since February 27, 2012, no stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. Since February
27, 2012, the Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant,
stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement
of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects. 


 


(nn)         Office
of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer or
employee of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
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(oo)         Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance
with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively,
the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving the Company and any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.


 


(pp)         No
Disqualification Events.  With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under
the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other
officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding
voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an "Issuer Covered Person"
and, together, "Issuer Covered Persons") is subject to any of the "Bad Actor" disqualifications described
in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a "Disqualification Event"), except for a Disqualification
Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person
is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under
Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.


 


(qq)         Other
Covered Persons. Other than the Placement Agent, the Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person)
that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale
of any Securities.


 


(rr)         Notice
of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchasers and the Placement Agent in writing, prior to the Closing
Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of
time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person, in each case, of which the Company has knowledge.


 


3.2            Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein):


 




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(a)          Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar
power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to
carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by
such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate,
partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document
to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification
and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.


 


(b)          Understandings
or Arrangements. As of the Closing Date, such Purchaser will not beneficially own more than 9.99% of the number of shares of
the Common Stock outstanding immediately following the issuance of the Shares on the Closing Date, assuming for such purposes that
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following the issuance of the Shares on the Closing Date will be 8,830,700.
Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business solely for its own account and not
acting in concert or as a group with any other Purchaser or any other entity. Such Purchaser understands that the Warrants and
Warrant Shares are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing
or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has
no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution
of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty
not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to a registration statement or otherwise in compliance
with applicable federal and state securities laws).


 


(c)          Purchaser
Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on the Closing
Date it will be, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor”
as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.


 


(d)          Experience
of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and
experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk
of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.


 




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(e)          General
Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication
regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented
at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement. Such Purchaser has a substantive pre-existing
relationship with the Placement Agent.


 


(f)          Access
to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including
all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has
deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering
of the Warrants and the merits and risks of investing in the Warrants; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial
condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment
in the Warrants; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without
unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. 
Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate of the Placement Agent has provided such
Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. 
Neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities
and the Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired non-public information with respect to
the Company which such Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it.  In connection with the issuance of the Securities to
such Purchaser, neither the Placement Agent nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.


 


(g)          Disclosure
Package. Such Purchaser represents that it has received (or otherwise had made available to it by the filing by the Company
of an electronic version thereof with the Commission) the Prospectus, dated July 8, 2015, which is a part of the Registration Statement,
the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and any free writing prospectus (collectively, the “Disclosure
Package”), prior to or in connection with the receipt of this Agreement. Such Purchaser acknowledges that, prior to the delivery
of this Agreement to the Company, such Purchaser will receive certain additional information regarding the offering contemplated
by this Agreement, including pricing information. Such information may be provided to the Purchaser by any means permitted under
the Securities Act, including the Prospectus Supplement, a free writing prospectus and oral communications.


 


(h)          Disclosure.
Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company is not making any representation or warranty and has not made any representation
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(i)          Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly
or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any purchases
or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser
first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material
terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment
decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth
above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision
to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s
representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents
and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction
(including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained
herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability
of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.


 


The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction
Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of
the transaction contemplated hereby.


 


ARTICLE IV.


OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES


 


4.1           Transfer
Restrictions.


 


 (a)          The
Shares shall be issued free of legends. The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities
laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities (excluding the Shares) other than pursuant to an effective registration statement
or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b),
the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Company and the Transfer Agent, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under
the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration
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 (b)          The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Warrants or Warrant Shares
in the following form:


 


[NEITHER] THIS
SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY [AND
THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED
BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.


 


The Company acknowledges
and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer
or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor”
as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities
to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion
of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be
required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation
as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including,
if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any
required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act
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 (c)          Certificates
evidencing the Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while
a registration statement (including the Resale Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under
the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Warrant Shares are eligible
for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required
under Rule 144 as to such Warrant Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations
and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the
Transfer Agent promptly after the Resale Shelf Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend
hereunder, subject to receipt by its counsel of any certifications such counsel deems reasonably necessary to form the basis of
such opinion. If all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover
the resale of the Warrant Shares, or if such Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 and the Company is then in compliance with
the current public information required under Rule 144, or if the Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without the requirement
for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Warrant Shares and without
volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or if such legend is not otherwise
required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the
staff of the Commission) then such Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Resale
Shelf Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three
Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Warrant Shares,
as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver
or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends.
The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on
transfer set forth in this Section 4. Certificates for Warrant Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted
by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust
Company System as directed by such Purchaser.


 


 (d)          In
addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities
are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $5 per Trading
Day (increasing to $10 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after
the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend.


 


 (e)          Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Securities
pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements,
or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance
with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates
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4.2           [Reserved].


 


4.3           Furnishing
of Information. Until the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities, (ii) the Warrants have expired or
(iii) the Company consummates a Fundamental Transaction which results in the Common Stock of the Company not being registered under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section
12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.


 


4.4           Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined
in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Warrants and Warrant Shares in a manner
that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Warrants and Warrant Shares or that would be integrated
with the offer or sale of the Warrants and Warrant Shares for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such
that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained
before the closing of such subsequent transaction.


 


4.5           Exercise
Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants sets forth the totality of the procedures required of the
Purchasers in order to exercise the Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original
Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice
of Exercise form be required in order to exercise the Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions
shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and shall deliver
Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.


 


4.6           Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following
the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current
Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission
within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the
Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to
any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such
press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any
of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing
any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall
issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect
to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the
Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case
the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing
with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (a)
as required by federal securities law in connection with (i) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement and (ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required
by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure
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4.7           Shareholder
Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any
Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including
any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect
or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement,
by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.


 


4.8           Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.6, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting
on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably
believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall
have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company
understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities
of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a
Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such purchaser shall not have any
duty of confidentiality to Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees
or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, and of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees
or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that
the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document
constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries,
the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.
The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
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4.9           Use
of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes
and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade
payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.


 


4.10         Indemnification
of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors,
officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a
Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments,
amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser
Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any material breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants
or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against
the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is
not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless
such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such
Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence,
willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may
be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall
have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any
Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time
to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material
conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the
Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not
be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s
prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a
loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification
required by this Section 4.10 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or
defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any
cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject
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4.11         Reservation
and Listing of Securities.


 


 (a)          The
Company shall maintain a reserve of the Required Minimum from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant
to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.


 


 (b)          If,
on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than 130% of (i) the
Required Minimum on such date, minus (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock previously issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation
to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time (minus the
number of shares of Common Stock previously issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents), as soon as possible and in any event
not later than the 75th day after such date, provided that the Company will not be required at any time to authorize
a number of shares of Common Stock greater than the maximum remaining number of shares of Common Stock that could possibly be issued
after such time pursuant to the Transaction Documents.


 


 (c)          The
Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading
Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum
on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing
or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, and (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on such Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed. The Company
agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through
the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees
to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.


 


4.12         [Reserved].


 


4.13         Subsequent
Equity Sales. From the date hereof until five (5) days after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall
issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance.


 




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4.14         Equal
Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid
to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration
is also offered to all of the parties to such Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate
right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to
treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect
to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.


 


4.15         Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither
it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including
Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending
at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release
as described in Section 4.6.  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such
time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release
as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and
the information included in the Transaction Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in
this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty
or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6,
(ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance
with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality
or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press
release as described in Section 4.6.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed
investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio
managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s
assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that
made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.


 


4.16         Form
D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Warrants and Warrant Shares as required
under Regulation D. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain
an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue
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ARTICLE V.


MISCELLANEOUS


 


5.1           Termination. 
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect
whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing
has not been consummated on or before August 27, 2015; provided, however, that such termination will not affect the
right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).


 


5.2           Fees
and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and
expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident
to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent
fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction
letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied
in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.


 


5.3           Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits thereto, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements
and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents
and exhibits.


 


5.4           Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered
via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or e-mail address as set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or e-mail
address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York
City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally
recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address
for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice
provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information
regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant
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5.5           Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed,
in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding
or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought; provided, that if any
amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts the rights or obligations of any a Purchaser (or group
of Purchasers) in relation to this Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment, modification or waiver which affects all
Purchasers in a pro rata manner based on their respective holdings of the Securities shall not be deemed to have a disproportionate
impact on the rights or obligations of any Purchaser), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers)
shall also be required. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall
be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition
or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise
of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations
of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent
of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment effected in accordance with accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding
upon each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Company.


 


5.6           Headings.
The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof.


 


5.7           Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to
whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Warrants or Warrant Shares, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be
bound, with respect to the transferred Warrants, or Warrant Shares, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to
the “Purchasers.”


 


5.8           No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Placement Agent shall be third party beneficiary with respect
to the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1 hereof and with respect to the representations and warranties
of the Purchasers in Section 3.2 hereof. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person,
except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.10 and this Section 5.8.


 


5.9           Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall
be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party
hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced
exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any
dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action
or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding
is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and
agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party hereto shall commence
an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company
under Section 4.10, the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing
party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution
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5.10         Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.


 


5.11         Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being
understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission
or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid
and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as
if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.


 


5.12         Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full
force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that
they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.


 


5.13         Rescission
and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of)
any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser
may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand
or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that in the
case of a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock
subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid
to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s
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5.14         Replacement
of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or
in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall
also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance
of such replacement Securities.


 


5.15         Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of
the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that
monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the
Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation
the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.


 


5.16         Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document
or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or
exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from,
disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person
under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action),
then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived
and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.


 


5.17         [Reserved].


 


5.18         Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several
and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance
or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing
contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be
deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including,
without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary
for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented
by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience
only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS. EGS does not represent
any of the Purchasers and only represents the Placement Agent. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same
terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any
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5.19         Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction
Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other
amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages
or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.


 


5.20         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.


 


5.21         Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting
party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and
every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse
and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after
the date of this Agreement.


 


5.22         WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES
EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY
AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY. 


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of the date first indicated above.


 





	ceres, inc.	Address for Notice:
	 	 
	 	1535 Rancho Conejo Boulevard
	 	Thousand Oaks, California 91320
	 	Attention: Secretary
	 	 
	 	Email: Secretary@ceres.net.



 


	By:	 	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 
	By:	 	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 


 


With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):


 


Danielle Carbone, Esq.


Shearman & Sterling LLP


599 Lexington Avenue


New York, NY 10022


 


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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO cereS,
INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]


 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.


 





 


	Name of Purchaser: 	 	 


 


	Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: 	 	 


 


	Name of Authorized Signatory: 	 	 


 


	Title of Authorized Signatory: 	 	 


 


	Email Address of Authorized Signatory: 	 	 


 


	Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: 	 	 


 


Address for Notice to Purchaser:


 


Address for Delivery of Warrants to Purchaser (if not same as address
for notice):


 


DWAC Delivery for Shares:


 


	Subscription Amount: $	 	 


 


	Shares: 	 	 


 


	Warrant Shares: 	 	 


 


	EIN Number: 	 	 


 


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