Members. Verrica shall appoint ​ representatives to the JSC, and Lytix shall appoint ​ representatives to the JSC. Each JSC representative may be an officer, employee, or representative of the applicable Party having sufficient experience and knowledge of matters arising within the scope of the JSC’s responsibilities to make decisions with respect thereto. Each Party may replace its representatives at any time upon written notice to the other Party. The JSC shall have an alternating chairperson selected by the Parties on an annual basis, with the first chairperson convening the initial meeting selected by Lytix. The role of the chairperson shall be to convene and preside at the meetings of the JSC and to ensure the preparation of meeting minutes, but, except as set forth in [Section 0], the chairperson shall have no additional powers or rights beyond those held by other JSC representatives.

Affiliation. Nothing in the Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate any Grantee’s employment or consulting contract at any time, nor confer upon any Grantee the right to continue in the employ of or as an officer of or as a consultant to or Non-Employee Director of the Company or any Affiliate.

FINRA. Reasonably cooperate with each Participating Holder and each underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and underwriters’ counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the FINRA;

FINRA. Reasonably cooperate with each Participating Holder and each underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and underwriters’ counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the FINRA;

FINRA. The Company shall cooperate with each Underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and Underwriters’ counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., including using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain pre-clearance and pre-approval of the Registration Statement and applicable prospectus upon filing with the Commission.

FINRA. The Agent shall have received a letter from the Corporate Financing Department of FINRA confirming that such department has determined to raise no objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the terms and arrangements related to the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

Affiliation of Certain FINRA Members. The Purchaser is neither a person associated nor affiliated with Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Northland Securities, Inc. and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC or, to its actual knowledge, any other member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) that is participating in the IPO.

FINRA Affiliation. No officer, director or any beneficial owner of 5% or more of the Company’s unregistered securities has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA) that is participating in the Offering. The Company will advise the Agent and Mintz if it learns that any officer, director or owner of 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member firm.

FINRA. FINRA shall have raised no objection to the terms of the offering contemplated hereby and the amount of compensation allowable or payable to the Agent as described in the Prospectus.

Affiliation of Certain FINRA Members. The Purchaser is neither a person associated nor affiliated with any underwriter of the IPO or, to its actual knowledge, any other member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) that is participating in the IPO.