Exhibit 10.28
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO THE DEFERRED UNDERWRITING FEE ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
Cowen and Company, LLC
As Representative of the several Underwriters
c/o Cowen and Company, LLC
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
September 4, 2019
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Re: | | Deferred Underwriting Fee Assignment Agreement |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain deferred underwriting fee assignment agreement (the “Fee Agreement”), dated May 29, 2019, by and among DermTech, Inc. (formerly known as Constellation Alpha Capital Corp.), a Delaware corporation (“DermTech”), DermTech Operations, Inc. (formerly known as DermTech, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“DermTech Operations”), and Cowen and Company, LLC (“Cowen”), acting as representative of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule A to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2017. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Fee Agreement.
Cowen, DermTech, and DermTech Operations hereby agree to amend the Fee Agreement as follows:
| | 1. | Paragraph 2 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“The parties acknowledge that, on the date of the Closing (as defined below), the Company wired to Cowen, on behalf of the Underwriters, $825,000 (the “Closing Fee”). If the Merger has consummated and Constellation has raised at least an additional $15,000,000 (the “Post-Closing Proceeds”) pursuant to proceeds received from one or more equity financings consummated after the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) and by the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing (the “Anniversary Date”), then the Company shall pay to the Underwriters a cash fee equal to $2,187,500 minus the Closing Fee, or $1,362,500 (the “New Cash Fee”), in its entirety, within one (1) week of the Anniversary Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Post-Closing Proceeds shall not include any proceeds received in any financing consummated prior to or simultaneous with the Closing.”
| | 2. | Paragraph 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“If the Merger has consummated and Constellation has failed to raise the Post-Closing Proceeds by the Anniversary Date, then the Company shall pay to the Underwriters a cash fee equal to 50% of the New Cash Fee, or $681,250 (the “50% New Cash Fee”), within one (1) week of the Anniversary Date. With respect to the remaining balance of $681,250 of the New Cash Fee (the “Remaining Balance”), Cowen may elect to extend the Company’s payment deadline to a future date to be determined at that time, at which point the Remaining Balance shall be due and payable. If Cowen does not make such an election within two (2) weeks of the Anniversary Date, then the Company shall, in lieu of the Company paying the Remaining Balance in cash, cause Constellation to issue to the Underwriters a number of shares of Constellation’s common stock having an aggregate value equal to the Remaining Balance, assuming a price per share equal to the then Fair Market Value (as defined below) of Constellation’s common stock (the “Alternative Equity Payment”). “Fair Market Value” shall mean Constellation’s60-day volume-weighted average price on the last trading day before Constellation’s issuance of the Alternative Equity Payment, subject to any limitation imposed by stock exchange rules.”
All other terms and conditions of the Fee Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
