UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 1, 2016 (July 26, 2016)

 

Kadmon Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-37841

 

27-3576929

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

450 East 29th Street

New York, NY 10016

(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (212) 308-6000

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o             Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

On July 26, 2016, Kadmon Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, consummated a statutory conversion (referred to herein as the “Corporate Conversion”) pursuant to which, among other things, Kadmon Holdings, LLC converted from a limited liability company to a Delaware corporation and changed its name to Kadmon Holdings, Inc. All references to the term “Company” herein refer to Kadmon Holdings, LLC for all periods prior to the consummation of the Corporate Conversion and refer to Kadmon Holdings, Inc. for all periods subsequent to the consummation of the Corporate Conversion. By virtue of the Corporate Conversion, Kadmon Holdings, Inc. has succeeded to all of the assets, liabilities, contractual rights and contractual obligations of Kadmon Holdings, LLC.

 

Item 1.01                                            Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

On July 26, 2016, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, providing for the initial public offering of 6,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $12.00 per share. Pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the Company has granted the underwriters an over-allotment option, exercisable for a period of 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 937,500 shares of Common Stock at a price of $12.00 per share.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

On August 1, 2016, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement by and between Kadmon Holdings, Inc. and the lenders under the Third Amended and Restated Convertible Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2015, pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2016, by and among the Company, Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, LLC and the lenders under the Third Amended and Restated Convertible Credit Agreement.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

In connection with the Corporate Conversion, the officers of Kadmon Holdings, LLC immediately prior to the consummation of the Corporate Conversion were elected to the identical positions as officers of Kadmon Holdings, Inc. and the members of the board of managers of Kadmon Holdings, LLC immediately prior to the consummation of the Corporate Conversion were elected to the board of directors of Kadmon Holdings, Inc. to serve until the first annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On July 26, 2016, in connection with the Corporate Conversion, the Company filed a certificate of incorporation, which was previously approved by the Kadmon Holdings, LLC’s board of managers and majority member to be effective upon completion of the Corporate Conversion, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

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On July 26, 2016, Kadmon Holdings, Inc. filed a certificate of designations to its certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware setting forth the terms of its 5% convertible preferred stock.

 

On July 26, 2016, in connection with the Corporate Conversion, bylaws of the Company, which were previously approved by the Kadmon Holdings, LLC’s board of managers and majority member to be effective upon completion of the Corporate Conversion, became effective.

 

No amendments have been made to any of the above-mentioned documents.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                  Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

1.1

 

Form of Underwriting Agreement (incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2 to Kadmon Holdings, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed July 14, 2016).

 

 

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation of Kadmon Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Bylaws of Kadmon Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

3.3

 

Certificate of Designations of Kadmon Holdings, Inc. creating the 5% Convertible Preferred Stock

 

 

 

10.1

 

Registration Rights Agreement by and between Kadmon Holdings, Inc. and the lenders under the Third Amended and Restated Convertible Credit Agreement

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

KADMON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: August 1, 2016

By:

/s/ Harlan W. Waksal

 

Name:

Harlan W. Waksal

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

KADMON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation is Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “ Corporation ”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808.  The name of the registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

ARTICLE III

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

A.                                     The total number of shares of capital stock of all classes which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 210,000,000 shares, consisting of: 200,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”) and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”).

 

B.                                     Except as otherwise restricted by this Certificate of Incorporation (this “ Certificate ”), the Corporation is authorized to issue, from time to time, all or any portion of the capital stock of the Corporation which may have been authorized but not issued, to such person or persons and for such lawful consideration as it may deem appropriate, and generally in its absolute discretion to determine the terms and manner of any disposition of such authorized but unissued capital stock.

 

Any and all such shares issued for which the full consideration has been paid or delivered shall be deemed fully paid shares of capital stock, and the holder of such shares shall not be liable for any further call or assessment or any other payment thereon.

 

C.                                     The designations and the powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of each class of stock are as follows:

 



 

1.                                       Common Stock

 

(a)                                  General .  The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding.

 

(b)                                  Voting .  Except as otherwise provided herein, the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held at all meetings of stockholders (and written actions in lieu of meetings).  There shall be no cumulative voting.  The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by (in addition to any vote of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock that may be required) the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation representing a majority of the votes represented by all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law.

 

2.                                       Preferred Stock .  The shares of Preferred Stock shall initially be undesignated and may be issued from time to time in one or more additional series by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”).  The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon a wholly-unissued series of Preferred Stock, and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or any of them; and to increase or decrease the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or any of them; and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series, but, in respect of decreases, not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding.  In case the number of shares of any series should be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolutions originally fixing the number of shares of such series.  The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock without a vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or of any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the certificate or certificates establishing any series of Preferred Stock.

 

ARTICLE V

 

The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator are as follows:

 

NAME

MAILING ADDRESS

 

 

Steven N. Gordon, Esq.

Kadmon Holdings, Inc.

 

450 East 29 th  Street

 

New York, NY 10016

 

Attention: Steven N. Gordon, Esq.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The Corporation is to have a perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:

 

A.                                     The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.  In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by law or by this Certificate or the bylaws of the Corporation, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “ Bylaws ”), the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

 

B.                                     The directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.

 

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C.                                     Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

 

D.                                     Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).

 

E.                                      The number of directors shall be set at nine (9) and, thereafter, shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption).  All directors shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected, and until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation, or removal of any director.

 

F.                                       Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation or other cause (including removal from office by a vote of the stockholders described in Article VII(G) below) may, except as otherwise required by law, be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director, and directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which they have been elected expires, and until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation, or removal of any director.  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

G.                                     Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any directors, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.  Vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from such removal may, except as otherwise required by law, be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.  Directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which they have been elected expires, and until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation, or removal of any director.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

No person shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director of the Corporation, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for any acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  If the Delaware General Corporation Law hereafter is amended to authorize further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided herein, shall be

 

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limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended Delaware General Corporation Law.  Any repeal or modification of this paragraph by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

The Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

All of the powers of the Corporation, insofar as the same may be lawfully vested by this Certificate in the Board of Directors, are hereby conferred upon the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE X

 

The Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws.  Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws by the Board of Directors shall require the approval of a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any resolution providing for adoption, amendment or repeal is presented to the Board of Directors).  The stockholders shall also have power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws.  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any adoption, amendment or repeal of Bylaws by the stockholders shall require, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Certificate, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in any election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware and all rights conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to this reservation; provided , that , notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the stock of this Corporation required by law or by this Certificate, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in any election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend or repeal any of the Articles in this Certificate.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, this Certificate or the Bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

 

The Corporation elects to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto).

 

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THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole incorporator named above, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of Delaware, does make, file and record this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 26 th  day of July, 2016.

 

 

 

KADMON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven N. Gordon

 

Name:

Steven N. Gordon, Esq.

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

[Kadmon Holdings, Inc. – Certificate of Incorporation]

 




Exhibit 3.2

 

BYLAWS OF
KADMON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS

 

1.1                                Place of Meetings .  All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place (if any) within or without the State of Delaware as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (the “ Board of Directors ”) of Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) or, if not determined by the Board of Directors, by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Chief Executive Officer; provided that the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that any meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place but shall be held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Section 1.13.

 

1.2                                Annual Meeting .  The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall be held on a date to be fixed by the Board of Directors at a time to be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

1.3                                Special Meetings .  Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, for any purpose or purposes prescribed in the notice of the meeting and shall be held on such date and at such time as the Board may fix.  Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be confined to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

 

1.4                                Notice of Meetings .

 

(a)                                  Written notice of each meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date fixed by the Board of Directors for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or as required by law (meaning here and hereafter, as required from time to time by the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended from time to time, the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”)).  The notice of any meeting shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting.  The notice of a special meeting shall state, in addition, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

(b)                                  Notice to stockholders may be given by personal delivery, mail, or, with the consent of the stockholder entitled to receive notice, by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission.  If mailed, such notice shall be delivered by postage prepaid envelope directed to each stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation and shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail.  Notice given by electronic transmission pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a facsimile telecommunication number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an

 



 

electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.  An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by personal delivery, by mail, or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

(c)                                   Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder either in a writing signed by such stockholder or by electronic transmission, whether such waiver is given before or after such meeting is held.  If such a waiver is given by electronic transmission, the electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder.

 

1.5                                Voting List .  The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting;  the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the mailing address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.  The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation or (c) in any other manner provided by law.  If the meeting is to be held at a place, the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time of the meeting, and may be examined by any stockholder who is present.  If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.  The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to the stockholders who are entitled to examine the list required by this Section 1.5 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

1.6                                Quorum .  Except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, the holders of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  Where a separate class vote by a class or classes or series is required, a majority of the shares of such class or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter.

 

1.7                                Adjournments .  Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned to any other time and to any other place at which a meeting of stockholders may be held under these Bylaws by the chairman of the meeting or, in the absence of such person, by any officer entitled to preside at or to act as secretary of such meeting, or by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock present

 

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or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, although less than a quorum.  When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time, written notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the date, time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than thirty (30) days after the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or if the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 4.5, written notice of the place, if any, date and time of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, shall be given in conformity herewith.  At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

1.8                                Voting and Proxies .  Each stockholder shall have one (1) vote for each share of stock entitled to vote held of record by such stockholder and a proportionate vote for each fractional share so held, unless otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation.  Each stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person or may authorize any other person or persons to vote or act for such stockholder by a written proxy executed by the stockholder or the stockholder’s authorized agent or by an electronic transmission permitted by law and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation.  Any copy, facsimile transmission or other reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission created pursuant to this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or electronic transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile transmission or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or electronic transmission.

 

1.9                                Action at Meeting .

 

(a)                                  At any meeting of stockholders for the election of one or more directors at which a quorum is present, the election shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote at the election.

 

(b)                                  All other matters shall be determined by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter (or if there are two or more classes of stock entitled to vote as separate classes, then in the case of each such class, a majority of the shares of each such class present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter shall decide such matter), provided that a quorum is present, except when a different vote is required by express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

(c)                                   All voting, including on the election of directors, but excepting where otherwise required by law, may be by a voice vote; provided, that upon demand therefor by a stockholder entitled to vote or the stockholder’s proxy, a vote by ballot shall be taken.  Each ballot shall state the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be required under the procedure established for the meeting.  The Corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more

 

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inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof.  The Corporation may designate one or more persons as an alternate inspector to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.  Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath to faithfully execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.

 

1.10                         Stockholder Business (Other Than the Election of Directors) .

 

(a)                                  Only such business (other than nominations for election of directors, which is governed by Section 2.15 of these Bylaws) shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before an annual meeting.  To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be either (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who (A) is a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner is the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 1.10 and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.10 as to such business.  For any business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder (other than nominations for election of directors, which is governed by Section 2.15 of these Bylaws), it must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the Delaware General Corporation Law, and the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be in writing and must be received at the Corporation’s principal executive offices not later than ninety (90) days nor earlier than 120 days prior to the first (1 st ) anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting as first specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (without regard to any postponements or adjournments of such meeting after such notice was first sent), provided, however, that if no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed (other than as a result of adjournment) by more than thirty (30) days from the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following the date on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.  “ Public announcement ” for purposes hereof shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(c) of these Bylaws.  In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.  For business to be properly brought before a special meeting by a stockholder, the business must be limited to the purpose or purposes set forth in a request under Section 1.3.

 

(b)                                  A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the Corporation shall set forth (i) as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the text of the proposal or business, including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the

 

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event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment, and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith (each, a “ Proposing Person ”), (A) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business and of any other Proposing Person, (B) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by the stockholder and any other Proposing Person as of the date of the notice, and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five (5) business days after the record date for voting at the meeting of the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially and of record by the stockholder and any other Proposing Person as of the record date for voting at the meeting, (C) a representation that the stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose the business specified in the notice, (D) any material interest of the stockholder and any other Proposing Person in such business, (E) the following information regarding the ownership interests of the stockholder and any other Proposing Person which shall be supplemented in writing by the stockholder not later than ten (10) days after the record date for voting at the meeting to disclose such interests as of such record date: (1) a description of any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard to whether the stockholder of record or any other Proposing Person may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right (a “ Derivative Instrument ”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder or other Proposing Person, and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation; (2) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder or other Proposing Person has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation; (3) a description of any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such stockholder or other Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or other Proposing Person with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation (“ Short Interests ”); (4) a description of any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned

 

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beneficially by such stockholder or other Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation; (5) a description of any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder or other Proposing Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner; (6) a description of any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which such stockholder or other Proposing Person is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s or other Proposing Person’s immediate family sharing the same household; (7) a description of any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such stockholder or other Proposing Person; and (8) a description of any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder or other Proposing Person in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), and (F) any other information relating to such stockholder or other Proposing Person, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  The terms “associate” and “beneficially owned” for purposes hereof shall have the meanings set forth in Section 2.15(e) of these Bylaws.

 

(c)                                   Unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders to present the proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.  For purposes of this section, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder (or a reliable reproduction or electronic transmission of the writing) delivered to the Corporation prior to the making of such proposal at such meeting by such stockholder stating that such person is authorized to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.10, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.10; provided however, that any references in this Section 1.10 to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to proposals as to any business to be considered pursuant to this Section 1.10.  Nothing in this Section 1.10 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock if and to the extent provided for under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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stockholder has notified the Corporation of the stockholder’s intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.

 

1.11                         Conduct of Business .  At every meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer, or, in his absence, such other person as may be appointed by the Board of Directors, shall act as chairman.  The Secretary of the Corporation or a person designated by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary of the meeting.  Unless otherwise approved by the chairman of the meeting, attendance at the stockholders’ meeting is restricted to stockholders of record, persons authorized in accordance with Section 1.8 of these Bylaws to act by proxy, and officers of the Corporation.

 

The chairman of the meeting shall call the meeting to order, establish the agenda, and conduct the business of the meeting in accordance therewith or, at the chairman’s discretion, the business of the meeting may be conducted otherwise in accordance with the wishes of the stockholders in attendance.  The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.

 

The chairman shall also conduct the meeting in an orderly manner, rule on the precedence of, and procedure on, motions and other procedural matters, and exercise discretion with respect to such procedural matters with fairness and good faith toward all those entitled to take part.  Without limiting the foregoing, the chairman may (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the presiding officer or Board of Directors, (b) restrict use of audio or video recording devices at the meeting, and (c) impose reasonable limits on the amount of time taken up at the meeting on discussion in general or on remarks by any one stockholder.  Should any person in attendance become unruly or obstruct the meeting proceedings, the chairman shall have the power to have such person removed from the meeting.  Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.10, this Section 1.11 and Section 2.15.  The chairman of the meeting, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.10, this Section 1.11 and Section 2.15, and if he should so determine that any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with such sections, he shall so declare to the meeting that such defective nomination or proposal shall be disregarded.

 

1.12                         Stockholder Action Without Meeting .  Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

 

1.13                         Meetings by Remote Communication .  If authorized by the Board of Directors, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote

 

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communication, participate in the meeting and be deemed present in person and vote at the meeting, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (a) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxy holder, (b) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (c) if any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

2.1                                General Powers .  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.  In the event of a vacancy on the Board of Directors, the remaining directors, except as otherwise provided by law, may exercise the powers of the full Board until the vacancy is filled.

 

2.2                                Number and Term of Office .  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors shall initially be nine (9) and, thereafter, shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).  All directors shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation or removal of any director.

 

2.3                                Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships .  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or other cause (including removal from office by a vote of the stockholders) may, except as otherwise required by law, be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director, and directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which they have been elected expires, and until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation, or removal of any director.  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

2.4                                Resignation .  Any director may resign by delivering notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board or Secretary.  Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some other event.

 

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2.5                                Removal .  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock then outstanding, any directors, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.  Vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from such removal may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.  Directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which they have been elected expires, and until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation, or removal of any director.

 

2.6                                Regular Meetings .  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided that any director who is absent when such a determination is made shall be given notice of the determination.  A regular meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders.

 

2.7                                Special Meetings .  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or two (2) or more directors and may be held at any time and place, within or without the State of Delaware.

 

2.8                                Notice of Special Meetings .  Notice of any special meeting of directors shall be given to each director by whom it is not waived by the Secretary or by the officer or one of the directors calling the meeting.  Notice shall be duly given to each director by (a) giving notice to such director in person or by telephone, electronic transmission or voice message system at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting, (b) sending a facsimile to his last known facsimile number, or delivering written notice by hand to his last known business or home address, at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting, or (c) mailing written notice to his last known business or home address at least three (3) days in advance of the meeting.  A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purposes of the meeting.  Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

 

2.9                                Participation in Meetings by Telephone Conference Calls or Other Methods of Communication .  Directors or any members of any committee designated by the directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

2.10                         Quorum .  A majority of the total number of authorized directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors.  In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.  Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the

 

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Board of Directors or at a meeting of a committee which authorizes a particular contract or transaction.

 

2.11                         Action at Meeting .  At any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, the vote of a majority of those present shall be sufficient to take any action, unless a different vote is specified by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

2.12                         Action by Written Consent .  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.  Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

2.13                         Committees .  The Board of Directors may designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist of one (1) or more of the directors of the Corporation, with such lawfully delegated powers and duties as it therefor confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors and subject to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.  Each such committee shall keep minutes and make such reports as the Board of Directors may from time to time request.  Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is provided in these Bylaws for the Board of Directors.

 

2.14                         Compensation of Directors .  Directors may be paid such compensation for their services and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.  No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation or any of its parent or subsidiary corporations in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.

 

2.15                         Nomination of Director Candidates .

 

(a)                                  Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of preferred stock then outstanding, nominations for the election of directors at an annual meeting may be made by (i) the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof or (ii) any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving the notice provided for in

 

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paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 2.15, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.15.

 

(b)                                  All nominations by stockholders must be made pursuant to timely notice given in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder’s nomination for a director to be elected at an annual meeting must be received at the Corporation’s principal executive offices not later than ninety (90) days nor earlier than 120 days prior to the first (1 st ) anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting as first specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (without regard to any postponements or adjournments of such meeting after such notice was first sent), provided, however, that if no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days or delayed (other than as a result of adjournment) by more than thirty (30) days from the first anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following the date on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.  Each such notice shall set forth (i) as to the stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith (each, a “ Nominating Person ”), the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder who intends to make the nomination and of any other Nominating Person, (ii)  the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by the stockholder and any other Nominating Person as of the date of the notice, and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five (5) business days after the record date for voting at the meeting of the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially and of record by the stockholder and any other Nominating Person as of the record date for voting at the meeting, (iii) a representation that the stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the nominee specified in the notice, (iv) the following information regarding the ownership interests of the stockholder and any other Nominating Person, which shall be supplemented in writing by the stockholder not later than ten (10) days after the record date for notice of the meeting to disclose such interests as of such record date:  (A) a description of any Derivative Instrument directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder or other Nominating Person, and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation; (B) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder or other Nominating Person has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation; (C) a description of any Short Interests in any securities of the Corporation directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder or other Nominating Person; (D) a description of any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder or other Nominating Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation; (E) a description of any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder or other Nominating Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner; (F) a description of any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which such stockholder or other Nominating Person is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s

 

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or other Nominating Person’s immediate family sharing the same household; (G) a description of any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such stockholder or other Nominating Person; and (H) a description of any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder or other Nominating Person in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), (v) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder or other Nominating Person and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder, (vi) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three (3) years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and any other Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each nominee, and his respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder and any Nominating Person, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, (vii) such other information regarding each nominee as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC, had the nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board of Directors, and (viii) the signed consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected.  In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.  Notwithstanding the second sentence of this Section 2.15(b), in the event that the number of directors to be elected at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least 100 days prior to the one-year anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting as first specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (without regard to any postponements or adjournments of such meeting after such notice was first sent), a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.15(b) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

(c)                                   Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof or (ii) by any stockholder who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.15 and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation.  In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one (1) or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as are specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice as required by Section 2.15(a) is delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than ninety (90) days prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60 th ) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth

 

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(10 th ) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.  In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(d)                                  For purposes of these Bylaws, “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed or furnished by the Corporation with the SEC pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(e)                                   Only those persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section shall be eligible for election as directors at any meeting of stockholders.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors or Secretary may, if the facts warrant, determine that a notice received by the Corporation relating to a nomination proposed to be made does not satisfy the requirements of this Section 2.15 (including if the stockholder does not provide the updated information required under Section 2.15(b) to the Corporation within five (5) business days following the record date for the meeting), and if it be so determined, shall so declare and any such nomination shall not be introduced at such meeting of stockholders, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received.  The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section, and, if any nomination is not in compliance with this section (including if the stockholder does not provide the updated information required under Section 2.15(b) to the Corporation within five (5) business days following the record date for the meeting), to declare that such defective nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received.  Unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting or a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 2.15, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder (or a reliable reproduction or electronic transmission of the writing) delivered to the Corporation prior to the making of such nomination at such meeting by such stockholder stating that such person is authorized to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.15, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.15; provided however, that any references in this Section 2.15 to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.15.  Nothing in this Section 2.15 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock if and to the extent provided for under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE III
OFFICERS

 

3.1                                Enumeration .  The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Chief Financial Officer and such other officers with such other titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, including, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board and one (1) or more Vice Presidents and Assistant Secretaries.  The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it may deem appropriate.

 

3.2                                Election .  Officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first (1 st ) meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders.  Officers may be appointed by the Board of Directors at any other meeting.

 

3.3                                Qualification .  No officer need be a stockholder.  Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

3.4                                Tenure .  Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified, unless a different term is specified in the vote appointing the officer, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

3.5                                Resignation and Removal .  Any officer may resign by delivering his written resignation to the Corporation at its principal office or to the President or Secretary.  Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some other event.  Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

 

3.6                                Chairman of the Board .  The Board of Directors may appoint a Chairman of the Board.  If the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board, he shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned to the Chairman by the Board of Directors and these Bylaws.  Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, he shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

3.7                                Chief Executive Officer .  The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and the officers of the Corporation.  He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a Chairman of the Board, at all meetings of the Board of Directors.  He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including general supervision, direction and control of the business and supervision of other officers of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

 

3.8                                President .  Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and such supervisory powers as may be given by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, if such titles be held by other officers, the President shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business and supervision of other officers of the Corporation.  Unless otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.  The President shall have such other powers and

 

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duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.  He shall have power to sign stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation which are authorized and shall have general supervision and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation, other than the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer.

 

3.9                                Vice Presidents .  Any Vice President shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to time prescribe.  In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the President, the Vice President (or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the President and when so performing shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.  The Board of Directors may assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any other title selected by the Board of Directors.

 

3.10                         Secretary and Assistant Secretaries .  The Secretary shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe.  In addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are set forth in these Bylaws and as are incident to the office of the Secretary, including, without limitation, the duty and power to give notices of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, to keep a record of the proceedings of all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders and their addresses as required, to be custodian of corporate records and the corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on documents.

 

Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary may from time to time prescribe.  In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or if there shall be more than one (1), the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.

 

In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at any meeting of stockholders or directors, the person presiding at the meeting shall designate a temporary secretary to keep a record of the meeting.

 

3.11                         Treasurer .  The Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation, the duty and power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, to maintain the financial records of the Corporation, to deposit funds of the Corporation in depositories as authorized, to disburse such funds as authorized, to make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required by the Board of Directors accounts of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

3.12                         Chief Financial Officer .  The Chief Financial Officer shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may from time to time be assigned to the Chief Financial Officer by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.  Unless otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall be the Treasurer of the Corporation.

 

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3.13                         Salaries .  Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

3.14                         Delegation of Authority .  The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK

 

4.1                                Issuance of Stock .  Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation or the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation held in its treasury may be issued, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by vote of the Board of Directors in such manner, for such consideration and on such terms as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

4.2                                Stock Certificates .  The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any class or series of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares; provided, however, that no such resolution shall apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.  Every holder of stock of the Corporation represented by certificates, and, upon written request to the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, any holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed by law and by the Board of Directors, certifying the number and class of shares of stock owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.  Each such certificate shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman or Vice Chairman, if any, of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.  Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.

 

Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, applicable securities laws or any agreement among any number of stockholders or among such holders and the Corporation shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction.

 

4.3                                Transfers .  Except as otherwise established by rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors, and subject to applicable law, shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the Corporation: (i) in the case of shares represented by a certificate, by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, and with such proof of authority or authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require; and (ii) in the case of uncertificated shares, upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner thereof.  Except as may be otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the

 

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record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect to such stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.

 

4.4                                Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates .  The Corporation may issue a new certificate in place of any previously issued certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, or it may issue uncertificated shares if the shares represented by such certificate have been designated as uncertificated shares in accordance with Section 4.2, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe, including the presentation of reasonable evidence of such loss, theft or destruction and the giving of such indemnity as the Board of Directors may require for the protection of the Corporation or any transfer agent or registrar.

 

4.5                                Record Dates .  The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders.  Such record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting.

 

If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business on the day before the date on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, the close of business on the day before the date on which the meeting is held.

 

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions.

 

The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date (a) for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights in respect of any change, concession or exchange of stock, or (b) for the purpose of any other lawful action.  Any such record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to the action to which such record date relates.  If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary shall be the date on which the first (1 st ) written consent is expressed.  The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating to such purpose.

 

ARTICLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

5.1                                Fiscal Year .  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

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5.2                                Waiver of Notice .  Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, a waiver of such notice either in writing signed by the person entitled to such notice or such person’s duly authorized attorney, or by electronic transmission or any other method permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law, whether before, at or after the time stated in such waiver, or the appearance of such person or persons at such meeting in person or by proxy, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice.  Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.  Attendance at any meeting shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance for the sole purpose of objecting to the timeliness or manner of notice.

 

5.3                                Actions with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations .  Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise designate, the Chief Executive Officer or President or any officer of the Corporation authorized by the Chief Executive Officer or President shall have the power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, and may waive notice of, and act as, or appoint any person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact to this corporation (with or without power of substitution) at any meeting of stockholders (or with respect to any action of stockholders) of any other corporation or organization, the securities of which may be held by this corporation and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers that this corporation may possess by reason of this corporation’s ownership of securities in such other corporation or other organization.

 

5.4                                Evidence of Authority .  A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or a temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any officer or representative of the Corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.

 

5.5                                Certificate of Incorporation .  All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time.

 

5.6                                Severability .  Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these Bylaws.

 

5.7                                Pronouns .  All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require.

 

5.8                                Notices .  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by law, all notices required to be given to any stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation shall be in writing and may in every instance be effectively given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mails, postage paid, or by sending such notice by commercial courier service, or by facsimile or other electronic transmission, provided that notice to stockholders by electronic transmission shall be given in the manner provided in Section 232 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.  Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent at his last known address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation.  The time when such notice shall be deemed to be given

 

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shall be the time such notice is received by such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent, or by any person accepting such notice on behalf of such person, if delivered by hand, facsimile, other electronic transmission or commercial courier service, or the time such notice is dispatched, if delivered through the mails.  Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively, notice to any stockholder shall be deemed given: (a) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (c) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; (d) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder; and (e) if by mail, when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

 

5.9                                Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records .  Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation as provided by law, including reports made to the Corporation by any of its officers, by an independent certified public accountant, or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care.

 

5.10                         Time Periods .  In applying any provision of these Bylaws which require that an act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.

 

5.11                         Facsimile Signatures .  In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.

 

ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENTS

 

6.1                                By the Board of Directors .  Except as otherwise set forth in these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any resolution providing for adoption, amendment or repeal is presented to the Board of Directors).

 

6.2                                By the Stockholders .  Except as otherwise set forth in these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in any election of directors, voting together as a single class.  Such vote may be held at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders provided that notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws shall have been stated in the notice of such special meeting.

 

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ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

7.1                                Right to Indemnification .  Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“ proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer, or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer or as otherwise described above, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith (including, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom), and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators; provided, that except as provided in Section 7.2 of this Article VII, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if (a) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (b) the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors, (c) such indemnification is provided by the Corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (d) the proceeding (or part thereof) is brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement under an indemnity agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise as required under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.  The rights hereunder shall be contract rights and shall include the right to be paid expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, that the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is tendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this section or otherwise.

 

7.2                                Right of Claimant to Bring Suit .  If a claim under Section 7.1 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, or twenty (20) days in the case of a claim for advancement of expenses, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if such suit is not frivolous or brought in bad faith, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim.  It shall be a defense to any such

 

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action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any, has been tendered to this corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.  In any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law.  In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, shall be on the Corporation.

 

7.3                                Indemnification of Employees and Agents .  The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to the advancement of related expenses, to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

7.4                                Non-Exclusivity of Rights .  The rights conferred on any person in this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other right which such persons may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

7.5                                Indemnification Contracts .  The Board of Directors is authorized to enter into a contract with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or any person serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including employee benefit plans, providing for indemnification rights equivalent to or, if the Board of Directors so determines, greater than, those provided for in this Article VII.

 

7.6                                Insurance .  The Corporation shall maintain insurance to the extent reasonably available, at its expense, to protect itself and any such director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

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7.7                                Effect of Amendment .  Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of this Article VII shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an indemnitee or his successor in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.

 

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Exhibit 3.3

 

KADMON HOLDINGS, INC.

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

 

Pursuant to Section 151 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

 


 

5% Convertible Preferred Stock

 

(Par Value $0.001 Per Share)

 



 

Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ General Corporation Law ”), hereby certifies that, pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended from time to time in accordance with Section 7(b)  hereof , the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) which authorizes the issuance, by the Corporation, in one or more series of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), and in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors on June 27, 2016 duly adopted the following resolutions:

 

RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors by the provisions of Article IV Section 2 of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors hereby creates and provides for the issue of a series of Preferred Stock, herein designated as the 5% Convertible Preferred Stock, which shall consist initially of 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock (subject to increase or decrease as described herein in accordance with Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law), and the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series (in addition to any powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation that are applicable to the Preferred Stock of all series) are hereby fixed as follows (certain terms used herein being defined in Section 2 ) hereof:

 

1.                                       General .

 

(a)                                  The shares of such series shall be designated the 5% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Preferred Shares ”).

 

(b)                                  Each Preferred Share shall be identical in all respects with the other Preferred Shares.

 

(c)                                   The number of Preferred Shares shall initially be 10,000,000, which number may from time to time be increased (but not above the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock and subject to Section 7(b)(i) ) or decreased (but not below the number of Preferred Shares then outstanding) by resolution of the Board of Directors. Preferred Shares that have been issued and reacquired in any manner by the Corporation, including in connection with a conversion into Common Shares, shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued Preferred Stock, undesignated as to class or series.

 

(d)                                  No fractional Preferred Shares shall be issued.

 

2.                                       Certain Definitions . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 



 

Affiliate ” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

Agreement Value ” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to any such Hedging Agreement, (i) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreement has been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (ii) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (i), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Agreement, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreement.

 

Annual Dividend Rate ” shall mean 5.00% per annum.

 

Bankruptcy Event ” shall mean either:

 

(a)                                  the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law: (i) commences a voluntary case; (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

 

(b)                                  a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law, which remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days, that: (i) is for relief against the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a custodian of the Corporation or for all or substantially all of the property of the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary; or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary.

 

Bankruptcy Law ” shall mean Title 11 of the U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

beneficial owner ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and the term “ beneficially owned ” shall have meaning correlative thereto.

 

Board of Directors ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Certificate of Designation.

 

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which state or federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open.

 

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person shall mean the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Capital Stock ” means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, units, partnership (whether general or limited) or membership interests, (iii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

 

Certificate of Incorporation ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Certificate of Designation.

 

Change of Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following occurs:

 

(a)                                  any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of the Corporation’s Common Shares, voting or otherwise, representing 50% or more of the total voting power or economic interests of all outstanding classes of Common Shares, voting or otherwise, other than in a transaction approved by holders of a majority of the Voting Stock of the Corporation; or

 

(b)                                  the Corporation consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person or the Corporation sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Corporation, in any such event other than pursuant to a transaction in which the persons that beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, the Corporation’s Common Shares, voting or otherwise, immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock representing at least a majority of the total voting power and economic interests of all outstanding classes of Capital Stock of the continuing or surviving or transferee Person (or any parent thereof) immediately after giving effect to such transaction.

 

Closing Price ” means, for any date, the closing price per security for the securities in question for such date (or, if not a Trading Day, the nearest preceding date that is a Trading Day) on the primary Eligible Market or exchange or quotation system on which the securities in question are then listed or quoted.

 

Common Shares ” means shares of any Capital Stock of any class or series of the Corporation (including, on the Issue Date, the Common Stock) which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and which is not subject to redemption by the Corporation.

 

Common Share Events ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e)(i) .

 

Common Stock ” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation.

 

Constituent Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f) .

 

Control ” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” shall have

 

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meanings correlative thereto.

 

Conversion Price ” shall mean $9.60, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Convertible Credit Facility Agreement ” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2015, by and among Kadmon Corporation, LLC, as borrower, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Macquarie US Trading LLC, as administrative agent.

 

Corporation ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Certificate of Designation.

 

Corporation Conversion Election Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii) .

 

Corporation Conversion Election Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii) .

 

Current Market Price ” shall mean, with respect to the Common Shares, on any date specified herein, the average of the Market Price during the period of the most recent ten (10) consecutive trading days ending on such date.

 

Dividend Arrearage ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) .

 

Dividend Payment Date ” shall mean June 30 of each year; provided, however , that if any Dividend Payment Date falls on any day other than a Business Day, the dividend payment due on such Dividend Payment Date shall be paid on the first Business Day immediately following such Dividend Payment Date.

 

Dividend Payment Record Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) .

 

Dividend Period ” shall mean the period from the last Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Dividend Payment Date, provided that in the case of the first Dividend Period, the date of commencement shall be the Issue Date.

 

Eligible Market ” means any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

Exchange Agreement ” means that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2016 entered into among the Corporation, Kadmon Corporation, LLC and the lenders under the

 

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Convertible Credit Facility Agreement pursuant to which Preferred Shares will be issued to such lenders, a copy of which will be provided to any stockholder of the Corporation upon request therefor.

 

FINRA ” shall mean Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

General Corporation Law ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Certificate of Designation.

 

Hedging Agreement ” shall mean any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement.

 

holder ” of Preferred Shares shall mean the stockholder in whose name such Preferred Shares are registered in the stock books of the Corporation.

 

Holder Conversion Election Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c) .

 

Holder Conversion Election Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i) .

 

Indebtedness ” of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments representing extensions of credit, (c) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services, (d) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person (including all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person (excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued obligations, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business)), whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (e) all guarantees by such Person of obligations of others of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (f) of this defined term, (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (g) net obligations of such Person under any Hedging Agreements, valued at the Agreement Value thereof, (h) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Capital Stock of such Person or any other Person or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Capital Stock, valued, in the case of redeemable preferred interests, at the greater of its voluntary or

 

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involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, and (i) all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances, in each case, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than under the Hedging Agreements) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide that such Person is liable therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following obligations of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall not constitute Indebtedness: (1) obligations under the warrants issued in connection with the Non-Convertible Credit Facility Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date, (2) any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock made for purposes of and in compliance with requirements of an employment agreement with, or employee incentive or benefit plan of, the Corporation or any Subsidiary, (3) any indebtedness or other obligations existing on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, under the Non-Convertible Credit Facility Agreement (after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement), that otherwise would constitute Indebtedness and (iv) any indebtedness or other obligations that extend the maturity of, refinance, replace, consolidate or otherwise restructure the indebtedness or other obligations under the Non-Convertible Credit Facility Agreement; provided that any such extension, refinancing, replacement, consolidation or restructuring shall not increase the principal amount due thereunder beyond the principal amount outstanding at such time.

 

Issue Date ” shall mean the first date on which any Preferred Shares are issued and sold.

 

Junior Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 .

 

Kadmon Corporation, LLC ” shall mean Kadmon Corporation, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirectly wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Corporation.

 

Liquidation ” shall mean (A) a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, (B) a Change of Control, (C) a sale or transfer of all, or substantially all, of the Corporation’s consolidated assets other than to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Corporation), or (D) any other event of discharge, retirement or cancellation of the Preferred Shares, in each case in clause (D), that is not described in the foregoing clauses (A), (B), or (C) or a redemption pursuant to Section 5(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, neither a Mandatory Conversion nor an Optional Conversion shall be considered a Liquidation.

 

Mandatory Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(ii) .

 

Mandatory Conversion Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(ii) .

 

Mandatory Conversion VWAP Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(ii) .

 

Market Price ” shall mean, with respect to the Common Shares on any date, the last reported sales price, regular way on such day, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day,

 

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the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way on such day, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted for trading on NYSE, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted for trading or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the principal automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if the Common Shares are not quoted by any such system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker regularly making a market in the Common Shares selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors or, if there is no such professional market maker, such amount as an independent investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors determines to be the value of a Common Share.

 

Material Breach ” shall mean a material breach of the Corporation’s obligations under the Exchange Agreement which has not been cured within 15 days after notice of such material breach is provided to the Corporation by any holder of Preferred Shares.  “ Materially Breached ” shall have a correlative meaning.

 

NYSE ” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Non-Convertible Credit Facility Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2015, as amended as of, and as in effect on, the Issue Date, among Kadmon Corporation, LLC, as borrower, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Perceptive Credit Opportunities Fund, LP, as collateral representative.

 

Non-Electing Share ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f) .

 

Optional Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i) .

 

Optional Conversion Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i) .

 

Original Purchase Price ” shall mean $1,000 per Preferred Share.

 

Parity Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 .

 

Person ” shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

Preferred Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(a) .

 

Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Certificate of Designation.

 

Premium ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) .

 

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Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b) .

 

Redemption Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) .

 

Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b) .

 

Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) .

 

SEC ” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Senior Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 .

 

set apart for payment ” shall be deemed to include, without any action other than the following, the recording by the Corporation in its accounting ledgers of any accounting or bookkeeping entry which indicates, pursuant to a declaration of a dividend or other distribution by the Board of Directors, the allocation of funds to be so paid on any series or class of shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation; provided , however , that if any funds for any class or series of Junior Shares or any class or series of Parity Shares are placed in a separate account of the Corporation or delivered to a disbursing, paying or other similar agent, then “set apart for payment” with respect to the Preferred Shares shall mean placing such funds in a separate account or delivering such funds to a disbursing, paying or other similar agent.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Corporation that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Corporation within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

 

Stated Liquidation Preference Amount ” shall mean, with respect to each Preferred Share, the sum of the Original Purchase Price plus any applicable Dividend Arrearages.

 

Subsidiary ” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (excluding any class or classes of stock of such corporation that have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (b) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Corporation.

 

Trading Day ” shall mean any day on which the securities in question are traded on the NYSE or, if such securities are not listed or admitted for trading on the NYSE, on the principal national securities exchange on which such securities are listed or admitted for trading.

 

Trading Market ” means whichever of the NYSE, the NYSE MKT, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

 

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Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f) .

 

VWAP ” means the dollar volume-weighted average price for the Common Shares on its Trading Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as the Trading Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time (or such other time as the Trading Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as the Trading Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City Time (or such other time as the Trading Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, L.P., or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, L.P. for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for the Common Shares on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of the Common Shares shall be the fair market value of the Common Shares on such date as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. The VWAP for a period longer than one Trading Day shall be the volume-weighted average VWAP for such period.

 

Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is that the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors (or equivalent governance body) of such Person.

 

3.                                       Dividends .

 

(a)                                  The holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, dividends per Preferred Share at a rate equal to the product of (x) the Annual Dividend Rate and (y) the Stated Liquidation Preference Amount. In addition, the holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive dividends paid or payable on the Common Shares from time to time, if any, whether paid or payable in cash, shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation (including, but not limited to, Common Shares), evidence of its Indebtedness, rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of its securities or any other assets or property, with respect to the number of Common Shares, or portion thereof, into which each Preferred Share is then convertible at the Conversion Price. The amount referred to in the foregoing sentence with respect to each Dividend Period shall be determined as of the applicable Dividend Payment Record Date by multiplying the number of Common Shares, or portion thereof calculated to the fourth decimal point, into which a Preferred Share would be convertible at the opening of business on such Dividend Payment Record Date (based on the Conversion Price then in effect) by the dividend payable or paid for such Dividend Period in respect of a Common Share outstanding as of the record date for the payment of dividends on the Common Shares with respect to such Dividend Period or, if different, with respect to the most recent period for which dividends with respect to the Common Shares have been declared. All dividends payable under the first sentence of this Section 3(a) shall be cumulative from the Issue Date, whether or not in any Dividend Period or

 

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Periods there shall be funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of such dividends, and shall be payable, when, as and if authorized and declared, in arrears on Dividend Payment Dates, commencing on the first Dividend Payment Date after the Issue Date. Each such dividend shall be payable in arrears to the holders of record of the Preferred Shares, as they appear on the stock records of the Corporation at the close of business on each record date, which shall not be more than 30 days preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date (the “ Dividend Payment Record Date ”), as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.  Any Dividend Arrearages may be authorized and declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record on such date, which shall not be more than 45 days preceding the payment date thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. Dividends on the Preferred Shares shall, at the Corporation’s option, on each Dividend Payment Date, either (i) be paid in cash on such Dividend Payment Date or (ii) added to the Stated Liquidation Preference Amount for the purposes of calculating dividends pursuant to this Section 3(a)  (until such time as the Corporation declares and pays such dividend in full and in cash, at which time, such dividend shall no longer be part of the Stated Liquidation Preference Amount for the purposes of calculating dividends pursuant to this Section 3(a) ) (any amount that has been added to the Stated Liquidation Preference Amount and not yet paid, a “ Dividend Arrearage ”).

 

(b)                                  The amount of dividends payable for the initial Dividend Period, or any other period shorter or longer than a full Dividend Period, on the Preferred Shares shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year.

 

(c)                                   All dividends paid with respect to Preferred Shares shall be paid pro rata.

 

(d)                                  So long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, no dividends, except as described in the immediately following sentence, shall be authorized and declared and paid or set apart for payment on any series or class or classes of Parity Shares for any period unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are authorized and declared and paid or authorized and declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment on the Preferred Shares for all Dividend Periods prior to the dividend payment date for such class or classes or series of Parity Shares. When dividends are not paid in full or a sum sufficient for such payment is not set apart, as aforesaid, all dividends authorized and declared upon Preferred Shares and all dividends authorized and declared upon any other series or class or classes of Parity Shares shall be authorized and declared ratably in proportion to the respective amounts of dividends accumulated and unpaid on the Preferred Shares and such class or classes or series of Parity Shares.

 

(e)                                   So long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, no dividends shall be authorized and declared and paid or set apart for payment and no other distribution shall be authorized and declared and made upon Junior Shares (other than dividends or other distributions paid solely in Junior Shares, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Junior Shares), nor shall any Junior Shares be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired (other than a redemption, purchase or other acquisition of Common Shares made for purposes of and in compliance with requirements of an employee incentive or benefit plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary) for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of such stock) by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (except by

 

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conversion into or exchange for Junior Shares), unless in each case the full cumulative dividends on all outstanding Preferred Shares and any other Parity Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment for all past Dividend Periods with respect to the Preferred Shares and all past dividend periods with respect to such Parity Shares.

 

(f)                                    In any case where any dividend payment date shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Designations) payment of dividends need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the dividend payment date; provided , however , that no interest shall accrue on such amount of dividends for the period from and after such dividend payment date.

 

4.                                       Liquidation Preference .

 

(a)                                  In the event of any Liquidation or Redemption Event, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Corporation (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Junior Shares, the holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive for each Preferred Share then held an amount equal to the greater of (i) (A) (I) the Stated Liquidation Preference Amount in cash per Preferred Share plus (II) any dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon from the last Dividend Payment Date to the date of the final distribution to such holder plus (B) solely in connection with an event that is a Liquidation as specified in clause (A) or clause (D) of the definition thereof or a Redemption Event, a premium equal to 20.2% of the amount described in clause (i)(A) of this sentence at such time (the “ Premium ”) or (ii) an amount or consideration per Preferred Share equal to the amount or consideration which would have been payable or distributable had each Preferred Share been converted into Common Shares immediately prior to such Liquidation. The foregoing amounts shall be subject to equitable adjustment whenever there shall occur a stock dividend, stock split, combination, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event involving a change in the Preferred Shares. Until the holders of the Preferred Shares have been paid for each Preferred Share then held the amount specified in this Section 4(a)  in full, no payment will be made to any holder of Junior Shares upon Liquidation. If, upon any such Liquidation, the assets of the Corporation, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of Preferred Shares for each Preferred Share then held shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid and liquidating payments on any other shares of any class or series of Parity Shares, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of such Preferred Shares and such other Parity Shares ratably in accordance with the amounts that would be payable on such Preferred Shares and such other Parity Shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

 

(b)                                  Notice of any Liquidation or Redemption Event shall be given by mail, postage prepaid, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the distribution or payment date stated therein, to each holder of record of Preferred Shares appearing on the stock books of the Corporation as of

 

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the date of such notice at the address of said holder shown therein. Such notice shall state a distribution or payment date, the amount to be paid pursuant to Section 4(a)  and the place where such amount shall be distributable or payable.

 

(c)                                   After the payment in cash and/or property to the holders of Preferred Shares of the full amount specified in Section 4(a)  with respect to outstanding Preferred Shares, the holders of outstanding Preferred Shares shall have no right or claim, based on their ownership of Preferred Shares, to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation. Subject to the rights of the holders of any Parity Shares, upon any Liquidation of the Corporation, after payment shall have been made in full to the holders of Preferred Shares and any Parity Shares, as provided in this Section 4 , any other series or class or classes of Junior Shares shall, subject to the respective terms thereof, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of the Preferred Shares and any Parity Shares as such shall not be entitled to share therein.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event that a Redemption Event is the occurrence of a Material Breach, such Redemption Event shall constitute a Redemption Event solely with respect to the holder(s) of Preferred Shares to which the Materially Breached obligations of the Corporation under the Exchange Agreement were owed for purposes of determining the amount such holder(s) of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4(a)  before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Corporation (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Junior Shares.

 

(e)                                   In the event that the Redemption Event giving rise to the determination of the amount which holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4(a) is a failure of the Corporation to make any payment of principal, interest, or other amount due and payable of any Indebtedness of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries after giving effect to any applicable cure period, such Redemption Event shall be deemed never to have occurred if, subsequent to the expiration of the cure period, (i) such failure to make payment is cured in full, (ii) all other obligations to pay principal, interest or other amounts due and payable of any Indebtedness of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have been paid at such time and (iii) no Bankruptcy Event has occurred.

 

5.                                       Redemption .

 

(a)                                  The Preferred Shares shall not be redeemable except (i) upon a Bankruptcy Event, (ii) upon the occurrence of a Material Breach and (iii) upon the Corporation’s failure to make any payment of principal, interest, or other amount due and payable of any Indebtedness of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries after giving effect to any applicable cure period (each of the events described in clauses (i) through (iii) whether or not the Preferred Shares are redeemed, a “ Redemption Event ”). Subject to Section 5(d) below, in the event of a Redemption Event, the holders of Preferred Shares shall, in their sole discretion, be entitled to receive an amount equal to the Stated Liquidation Preference Amount plus any dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon from the last Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the date of such redemption plus the Premium (the “ Redemption Price ”). The foregoing amounts shall be subject to equitable adjustment whenever there shall occur a stock dividend, stock split, combination, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event involving a

 

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change in the Preferred Shares. Notice of any Redemption Event shall be given by the Corporation by mail, postage prepaid, and in a press release provided to the major wire services, not later than the first Business Day after the Corporation acquires knowledge of such event or circumstance, to each holder of record of Preferred Shares appearing on the stock books of the Corporation as of the date of such notice at the address of said holder shown therein (a “ Redemption Event Notice ”), which notice shall state that (1) all Preferred Shares tendered prior to the deadline specified in clause (3) below will be accepted for payment on the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price and the date of redemption, which shall be no sooner than 30 days and no later than 90 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “ Redemption Date ”); and (3) any holder of Preferred Shares electing to have any Preferred Shares redeemed pursuant to Section 5(a) shall be required to surrender its Preferred Shares, with a notice entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Redemption” in the form attached as Annex A to this Certificate of Designations (the “ Redemption Notice ”), to the Corporation prior to the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.  If the Corporation fails to provide a Redemption Event Notice within the time period specified in this Section 5(a) , then any holder of Preferred Shares may deliver such notice to the Corporation and the other holders of Preferred Shares, in which event the Redemption Date shall occur on the 45 th  day after the date of such notice and any holder of Preferred Shares electing to have any Preferred Shares redeemed pursuant to Section 5(a)  shall be required to surrender the Preferred Shares, with a Redemption Notice, to the Corporation prior to the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

(b)                                  In order to exercise the foregoing redemption right, a holder of Preferred Shares shall send a completed Redemption Notice to the Corporation stating the number of Preferred Shares such holder wishes to cause to be redeemed and the address to which payment of the Redemption Price shall be delivered. The holder of Preferred Shares shall include with the Redemption Notice the certificate or certificates representing the Preferred Shares to be redeemed duly endorsed or assigned to the Corporation or in blank. The Corporation shall pay the Redemption Price to such holder on the Redemption Date. If fewer than all the Preferred Shares represented by a certificate delivered to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 5(b)  are to be redeemed pursuant to a Redemption Notice, upon such partial redemption the Corporation shall (or shall cause a transfer agent for the Preferred Shares to) also issue and deliver to the holder of Preferred Shares a new certificate representing the Preferred Shares not so redeemed.  Unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price therefor, all Preferred Shares accepted for redemption pursuant to Section 5(a) shall cease to accumulate dividends after the Redemption Date.

 

(c)                                   Until the holders of the Preferred Shares who have delivered a Redemption Notice have been paid the amount specified in Section 5(a)  in full, no payment will be made to any holder of Parity Shares or Junior Shares.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event that the Redemption Event giving rise to the foregoing redemption right under Section 5(a)  is the occurrence of a Material Breach, such redemption right may be exercised solely by the holder(s) of Preferred Shares to which the Materially Breached obligations of the Corporation under the Exchange Agreement were owed.

 

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(e)                                   In the event that the Redemption Event giving rise to the foregoing redemption right under Section 5(a) is a failure of the Corporation to make any payment of principal, interest, or other amount due and payable of any Indebtedness of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries after giving effect to any applicable cure period, such Redemption Event shall be deemed never to have occurred and any Redemption Notice delivered by a holder of Preferred Shares in respect thereof shall be deemed automatically rescinded if, subsequent to the expiration of the cure period, (i) such failure to make payment is cured in full, (ii) all other obligations to pay principal, interest or other amounts due and payable of any Indebtedness of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have been paid at such time and (iii) no Bankruptcy Event has occurred.

 

6.                                       Conversion .

 

(a)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Section 6 , the Preferred Shares shall be convertible as follows:

 

(i)                                      from and after the Issue Date, the holders of Preferred Shares shall have the right, at their option (the “ Optional Conversion Right ”), to convert some or all of their Preferred Shares as set forth in the Holder Conversion Election Notice (as defined below) into the number of fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares obtained by dividing the aggregate Stated Liquidation Preference Amount plus any dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon from the last Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the date of conversion of such specified Preferred Shares by the Conversion Price (each an “ Optional Conversion ”); and

 

(ii)                                   at any time following the date that is one (1) year following the Issue Date; provided , that (A) the VWAP of a Common Share for the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the 31st Trading Day prior to the Corporation Conversion Election Date (the “ Mandatory Conversion VWAP Period ”) is in excess of $18.00 (as adjusted for Common Share Events and dividends paid on shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock in Common Shares) and (B) the Corporation has an effective resale shelf registration statement permitting the resale of all of the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, the Corporation shall have the right, at its option (the “ Mandatory Conversion Right ”), to convert all or any number of the outstanding Preferred Shares into the number of fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares obtained by dividing the aggregate Stated Liquidation Preference Amount plus any dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon from the last Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the date of conversion of such Preferred Shares by the Conversion Price (the “ Mandatory Conversion ”). Any such Mandatory Conversion with respect to less than all outstanding Preferred Shares, shall be applied pro rata to the holders of Preferred Shares based on the number of Preferred Shares held by each such holder.

 

(b)                                  Any Optional Conversion or the Mandatory Conversion shall be subject to the following terms and conditions, as applicable:

 

(i)                                      In order to exercise the Optional Conversion Right, the holder of Preferred Shares shall send a written notice to the Corporation (the “ Holder Conversion Election Notice ”)

 

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stating that the holder thereof has elected to convert Preferred Shares. The Holder Conversion Election Notice shall also state the number of Preferred Shares such holder wishes to convert and the number of Common Shares to be issued by the Corporation to such holder pursuant to the Optional Conversion. The holder of Preferred Shares shall include with the Holder Conversion Election Notice the certificate or certificates representing the Preferred Shares to be converted duly endorsed or assigned to the Corporation or in blank. As promptly as practicable, but in no event later that five (5) Business Days, following receipt of a Holder Conversion Election Notice and the certificate or certificates representing the Preferred Shares to be converted, the Corporation shall (or shall cause a transfer agent for the Common Shares to) issue and shall deliver a certificate or certificates for the number of full Common Shares issuable upon such Optional Conversion, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 6(d) , to such holder. If fewer than all the Preferred Shares represented by a certificate delivered to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 6(b)(i)  are to be converted pursuant to a Holder Conversion Election Notice, upon such conversion the Corporation shall (or shall cause a transfer agent for the Preferred Shares to) also issue and deliver to the holder of Preferred Shares a new certificate representing the Preferred Shares not so converted.

 

(ii)                                   In order to exercise the Mandatory Conversion Right, the Corporation shall send a written notice to the holders of Preferred Shares (the “ Corporation Conversion Election Notice ”) that the Corporation has elected to exercise the Mandatory Conversion Right and convert such Preferred Shares (the date of such written notice, the “ Corporation Conversion Election Date ”) and which shall include the VWAP of the Common Shares for the Mandatory Conversion VWAP Period, and the number of Common Shares to be issued in the Mandatory Conversion. Following the receipt of the Corporation Conversion Election Notice, the applicable holder of Preferred Shares shall surrender to the Corporation the certificate or certificates representing the Preferred Shares so converted, duly endorsed or assigned to the Corporation or in blank. As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days, following receipt of the certificate or certificates representing the Preferred Shares converted in the Mandatory Conversion, the Corporation shall (or shall cause a transfer agent for the Common Shares to) issue and deliver, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Shares issuable upon such Mandatory Conversion, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 6(d) , to the holders entitled to receive the same. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6(b)(ii)  to the contrary, upon the close of business on the Corporation Conversion Election Date, the number Preferred Shares converted in the Mandatory Conversion shall automatically be deemed converted into Common Shares, which Common Shares shall be deemed to be outstanding of record, and all rights with respect to such Preferred Shares so converted, including any rights, if any, to receive dividends or notices and vote (other than as holders of Common Shares), will terminate, except for the right to receive the number of Common Shares into which such Preferred Shares have been converted.

 

(iii)                                Unless the Common Shares issuable on an Optional Conversion or Mandatory Conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such Preferred Shares are registered, each share surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder or such holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation demonstrating that such taxes have been paid).

 

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(iv)                               Holders of Preferred Shares at the close of business on any Dividend Payment Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof following such Dividend Payment Record Date and prior to such Dividend Payment Date. A holder of Preferred Shares on a Dividend Payment Record Date whose Preferred Shares are converted into Common Shares on such Dividend Payment Date will receive the dividend payable by the Corporation on such Preferred Shares on such date. If fewer than all the Preferred Shares represented by a certificate delivered to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 6(b)  are to be converted pursuant to a Holder Conversion Election Notice or Corporation Conversion Election Notice, as the case may be, upon such partial conversion the Corporation shall (or shall cause a transfer agent for the Preferred Shares to) also issue and deliver to the holder of Preferred Shares a new certificate representing the Preferred Shares not so converted.

 

(c)                                   Each Optional Conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date the Corporation receives the Holder Conversion Election Notice and related stock certificates (the date of such receipt by the Corporation, the “ Holder Conversion Election Date ”) and the Person or Persons in whose name or names any Common Shares shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the Common Shares represented thereby at such time on such date, and such conversion shall be on such date.

 

(d)                                  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of Common Shares shall be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares. Instead of any fractional interest in a Common Share that would otherwise be deliverable upon the conversion of a Preferred Share, the Corporation shall pay to the holder of such Preferred Share an amount in cash based upon the Current Market Price of a Common Share on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Holder Conversion Election Date or Corporation Conversion Election Date, as applicable. If more than one Preferred Share shall be converted at one time by the same holder, the number of full Common Shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Preferred Shares so converted.

 

(e)                                   The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(i)                                      If, after the Issue Date, the Corporation (A) subdivides its outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of shares, (B) combines its outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares or (C) issues any shares of Capital Stock by reclassification of its Common Shares (the events set forth in clauses (A), (B), and (C) above being hereinafter referred to as the “ Common Share Events ”), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the holder of any Preferred Share thereafter converted shall be entitled to receive the number of Common Shares that such holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any Common Share Event had such Preferred Share been converted immediately prior to the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification. An adjustment made pursuant to this subparagraph (i) shall become effective immediately upon the opening of business on the day next following the record date (subject to paragraph (f) below) in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately upon the opening of business on the day next following the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.

 

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(ii)                                   No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require a cumulative increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason of this subparagraph (ii) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment until made; and provided , further , that any adjustment shall be required and made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6 (other than this subparagraph (ii)) not later than such time as may be required in order to preserve the tax-free nature of a distribution to the holders of Common Shares. All calculations under this Section 6 shall be made to the nearest cent (with $.001 being rounded upward) or to the nearest one-tenth of a share, as the case may be.

 

(f)                                    If the Corporation becomes party to any transaction (including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation, self-tender offer for all or substantially all Common Shares outstanding or recapitalization of the Common Shares but excluding any Common Share Events (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “ Transaction ”)), in each case as a result of which Common Shares shall be converted into the right to receive stock, securities or other property (including cash or any combination thereof), each Preferred Share that is not redeemed or converted into the right to receive stock, securities or other property in connection with such Transaction shall thereafter be convertible into the kind and amount of shares of stock, securities and other property (including cash or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Transaction by a holder of that number of Common Shares into which one Preferred Share was convertible immediately prior to such Transaction, assuming such holder of Common Shares (i) is not a Person with which the Corporation consolidated or into which the Corporation merged or which merged into the Corporation or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a “ Constituent Person ”), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person and (ii) failed to exercise his or her rights of the election, if any, as to the kind or amount of stock, securities and other property (including cash) receivable upon such Transaction ( provided , that if the kind or amount of stock, securities and other property (including cash) receivable upon such Transaction is not the same for each Common Share held immediately prior to such Transaction by other than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof and in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised (“ Non-Electing Share ”), then for the purpose of this paragraph (f) the kind and amount of stock, securities and other property (including cash) receivable upon such Transaction by each Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the Non-Electing Shares). The Corporation shall not be a party to any Transaction unless the terms of such Transaction are consistent with the provisions of this paragraph (f), and it shall not consent or agree to the occurrence of any Transaction until the Corporation has entered into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of the holders of the Preferred Shares that will contain provisions enabling the holders of the Preferred Shares that remain outstanding after such Transaction to convert their Preferred Shares into the consideration received by holders of Common Shares at the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Transaction. The provisions of this paragraph (f) shall similarly apply to successive Transactions.

 

(g)                                   If:

 

(i)                                      the Corporation pays a dividend (or makes any other distribution) on the Common Shares; or

 

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(ii)                                   the Corporation grants to the holders of the Common Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or any other rights or warrants; or

 

(iii)                                there shall occur any reclassification of the Common Shares or any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Corporation is required, or a self-tender offer by the Corporation for all or substantially all of its outstanding Common Shares, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation as an entirety and for which approval of any stockholders of the Corporation is required; or

 

(iv)                               there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,

 

then the Corporation shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the holders of the Preferred Shares at their addresses as shown on the stock records of the Corporation, as promptly as possible, but at least ten (10) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or grant of rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or grant of rights or warrants are to be determined or (B) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, self-tender offer, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities or other property, if any, deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, self-tender offer, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Failure to give or receive such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in this Section 6 .

 

(h)                                  Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Corporation shall promptly prepare and deliver to the holders of the Preferred Shares a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and the effective date of such adjustment and an officer’s certificate setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. The Corporation shall mail such notice and such certificate to the holders of each Preferred Share at such holder’s last address as shown on the stock records of the Corporation.

 

(i)                                      In any case in which paragraph (e) of this Section 6 provides that an adjustment shall become effective on the day next following the record date for an event, the Corporation may defer until the occurrence of such event (A) issuing to the holder of any Preferred Share converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional Common Shares issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Shares issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (B) paying to such holder any amount of cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 6 .

 

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(j)                                     If any action or transaction would require adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to more than one paragraph of this Section 6 , only one adjustment shall be made, and such adjustment shall be the amount of adjustment that has the highest absolute value.

 

(k)                                  If the Corporation takes any action affecting the Common Shares, other than an action described in this Section 6 , that would materially adversely affect the conversion rights of the holders of the Preferred Shares, the Conversion Price for the Preferred Shares shall be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, if any, and at such time, as the Board of Directors, in its reasonable discretion, may determine to be equitable in the circumstances.

 

(l)                                      The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued Common Shares, for the purpose of effecting conversion of the Preferred Shares, the full number of Common Shares deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding Preferred Shares not theretofore converted. For purposes of this paragraph (l), the number of Common Shares that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Shares shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single holder.

 

(m)                              The Corporation shall pay any and all documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of Common Shares or other securities or property on conversion of the Preferred Shares pursuant hereto; provided , however , that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of any Common Shares or other securities or property in a name other than that of the holder of the Preferred Shares to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid.

 

7.                                       Voting .

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation or by law specifically provided, the holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to vote on any and all matters on which holders of the Common Stock are entitled to vote on an “as if” converted basis calculated in accordance with Section 6. As to matters upon which only holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to vote, the holder thereof shall be entitled to one (1) vote per Preferred Share.

 

(b)                                  So long as any Preferred Shares remain outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly (including through merger or consolidation with any other corporation) and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the affirmative vote at a meeting or the written consent without a meeting of the holders of at least a majority of Preferred Shares then outstanding:

 

(i)                                      authorize or approve the issuance of any shares of, or of any security convertible into, or convertible or exchangeable for, or linked to, Preferred Shares, Senior Shares, or Parity Shares, or authorize or create, or increase the authorized number of, any class or

 

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series of Parity Shares, Preferred Shares or Senior Shares, or any security convertible into, or convertible or exchangeable for, or linked to, shares of any such class or series;

 

(ii)                                   authorize or approve the purchase or redemption of any Parity Shares or Junior Shares;

 

(iii)                                amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation in a manner that would adversely affect the powers, designations, preferences and rights of the Preferred Shares; provided, however , that (a) any creation and issuance of Junior Shares shall not be deemed to adversely affect such powers, designations, preferences and rights; (b) any Liquidation shall not be deemed to adversely affect such powers, designations, preferences and rights and (c) the Company shall not be restricted from authorizing an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation solely for the purpose of effecting a reverse stock split (and for no other purpose) other than a reverse stock split that would constitute, or would reasonably be expected to constitute, a transaction under rule 13E-3 of the Exchange Act;

 

(iv)                               after the Issue Date, contract, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or guarantee any such Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of more than $5.0 million at any time outstanding; or

 

(v)                                  agree to take any of the foregoing actions.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary (A) no amendment or waiver (other than a waiver by a holder of Preferred Shares which does not affect the rights of the other holders of Preferred Shares) of any provision of this Certificate of Designations or the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws shall, without the prior written consent of all holders of Preferred Shares who are known to the Corporation to hold, together with their Affiliates, more than five percent (5%) of all Preferred Shares then outstanding (i) reduce the Stated Liquidation Preference Amount, the Premium or the Annual Dividend Rate or any other amounts payable or that may become payable hereunder to holders of Preferred Shares, (ii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of any amount payable hereunder to holders of Preferred Shares or waive or excuse any such payment, (iii) modify or waive Section 6 or any portion thereof (or any definitions of terms used therein) in a manner that would adversely affect any holder of Preferred Shares, or (iv) change any of the provisions of this Section 7 or change any other provision of this Certificate of Designations specifying the number or percentage of holders of Preferred Shares which are required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, and (B) the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly (including through merger or consolidation with any other corporation) and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of all holders of Preferred Shares who are known to the Corporation to hold, together with their Affiliates, more than five percent (5%) of all Preferred Shares then outstanding, take any of the actions described in clause (i) or clause (iii) of Section 7(b)  or agree to take any of such actions, in each case, in a manner that does not treat all holders of Preferred Shares similarly. Neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary shall directly or indirectly pay or offer to pay any fee or other consideration of any nature to any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with any waiver, modification or amendment to this Certificate of Designations or the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation or

 

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bylaws unless the Corporation shall, by notice given by mail, postage prepaid, to each holder of record of Preferred Shares appearing on the stock books of the Corporation as of the date of such notice (or, if there is a record date for the applicable consent or agreement, as of such record date) at the address of said holder shown therein, advise each holder of Preferred Shares of any such consideration being paid or offered.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation shall not be deemed to have knowledge that a holder of the Preferred Shares is an Affiliate of other holder(s) of the Preferred Shares unless it has been notified of such Affiliate status in writing by the relevant holder(s).

 

8.                                       Rank .

 

The Preferred Shares rank, with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation, (i) senior to all Common Shares, and senior to all other equity securities of the Corporation other than equity securities referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this sentence (“ Junior Shares ”); (ii) to the extent authorized under Section 7(b)(i) , on a parity with all equity securities of the Corporation the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank on a parity with the Preferred Shares with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation (“ Parity Shares ”); and (iii) to the extent authorized under Section 7(b)(i) , junior to all equity securities of the Corporation the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank senior to the Preferred Shares with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation (“ Senior Shares ”). The term “equity securities” does not include convertible debt securities (the issuance of which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be subject to Section 7(b)(iv) ).

 

9.                                       Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                 Any and all notices to the Corporation will be addressed to the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer at the Corporation’s principal place of business on file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation to any holder hereunder will be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each holder at the facsimile telephone number or address of such holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such facsimile telephone number or address appears, at the principal place of business of the holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder will be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (1) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile prior to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, (2) the date after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile later than 5:30 p.m. but prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on such date, (3) the second business day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (4) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given, regardless of how sent.

 

(b)                 Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (an affidavit of the registered holder will be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing Preferred Shares, and in the case of any such loss, theft

 

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or destruction upon receipt of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (provided that if the holder is a financial institution or other institutional investor its own agreement will be satisfactory) or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender of such certificate, the Corporation will, at its expense, execute and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new certificate of like kind representing the number of shares of such class represented by such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate and dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate.

 

(c)                  The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designations and will not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Kadmon Holdings, Inc. has caused this Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by its President and Chief Executive Officer this 26 th  day of July 2016.

 

 

 

KADMON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Harlan W. Waksal

 

 

Name:

Harlan W. Waksal, M.D.

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Annex A

Certificate of Designations of

5% Convertible Preferred Stock of

Kadmon Holdings, Inc.

 

FORM OF OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT REDEMPTION

 

If you want to have all of your Preferred Shares redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Certificate of Designations of the 5% Convertible Preferred Stock of Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (“ Certificate of Designations ”), check the box: o

 

If you want to have less than all of your Preferred Shares redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Certificate of Designations, state the number of shares that you elect to have redeemed:                                .

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature:

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the stock certificate evidencing your Preferred Shares)

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

 




Exhibit 10.1

 

KADMON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of August 1, 2016 (the “ Effective Date ”), among KADMON HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the investors named on the signature pages hereto (individually, an “ Investor ” and collectively, the “ Investors ”). Certain capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meaning given to them in Section 14(a)  hereof.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Investors, pursuant to the terms of that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2016 (the “ Exchange Agreement ”), by and among the Company, Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, LLC, and the Investors, have acquired shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) and shares of the Company’s convertible 5% preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Investors have requested, and the Company has agreed to provide, certain rights with respect to the registration of the Common Stock held by the Investors (including the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             SHELF REGISTRATION .

 

(a)            From and after the Effective Date, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to qualify and remain qualified to register any Public Offering pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any successor form thereto.

 

(b)            Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at any time from and after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3, the Required Investors may request the Company to effect a registration under a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale by the Investors from time to time of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Investors and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement. If the Shelf Registration Statement is not an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable after its filing and in any event within 60 days thereafter.

 

(c)            The Company shall only be required to effectuate one Underwritten Offering from such Shelf Registration Statement (an “ Underwritten Takedown ”) within any six-month period, which offering shall be deemed a Demand Registration, and may only be requested by the Required Investors or by the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock that are signatories to the 2015 Registration Rights Agreement. The provisions of Section

 



 

2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to such Underwritten Takedown. So long as the Shelf Registration Statement is effective, the Investors may not request any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2 with respect to Registrable Shares that are registered on such Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(d)            The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective until the date as of which there are no longer any Registrable Securities. In the event that the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time (other than because all Registrable Securities registered thereunder shall have been sold pursuant thereto or shall have otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof or file a subsequent Shelf Registration Statement covering all of the securities that, as of the date of such filing or designation, are Registrable Securities. If such a subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed (and is not already effective), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep such subsequent Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the date as of which there are no longer any Registrable Securities.

 

(e)            Upon notice to the Investors requesting the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may postpone effecting a registration pursuant to this Section 1 on up to two occasions during any period of 12 consecutive months for a reasonable time specified in the notice but not exceeding 90 days in the aggregate, if the Company is in possession of material non-public information the disclosure of which during the period specified in such notice the Company reasonably believes would not be in the best interests of the Company.

 

(f)             If a Shelf Registration Statement is then effective, subject to Section 5 , an Investor may sell Registrable Securities available for sale by it pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection therewith (other than underwriter or broker discounts and commissions payable in connection with the sale of such Investor’s securities thereunder).

 

2.             DEMAND REGISTRATION .

 

(a)           At any time and from time to time on or after the date that is not less than 180 days after the Effective Date, upon the written request (a “ Demand Notice ”) of the Required Investors requesting that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or a portion of the Registrable Securities of such Investors (“ Requesting Investors ”), the Company shall promptly give notice of such requested registration (each such request shall be referred to herein as a “ Demand Registration ”) at least 10 Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement relating to such Demand Registration to the other Investors and to the holders of Other Registrable Securities and thereupon shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as expeditiously as possible, the registration under the Securities Act of (i) all Registrable Securities for which the Requesting Investors have requested registration under this Section 2(a), (ii) subject to the restrictions of Sections 2(e)  and 3(d) , all other Registrable Securities that any other Investors (all such Investors, the “ Registering Investors ”) request the Company to register pursuant to Section 3(a) by request received by the Company within 5

 

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Business Days after the Company gives notice of the Demand Registration, and (iii) subject to the restrictions of Sections 2(e)  and 3(d) , all Other Registrable Securities that any holders of Other Registrable Securities (all such holders, the “ Other Registering Holders ”) request the Company to register pursuant to Section 3(a) by request received by the Company within 5 Business Days after the Company gives notice of the Demand Registration, all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities to be so registered, provided that, the Company shall not be obligated to effect a Demand Registration unless the aggregate proceeds expected to be received from the sale of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration by the Requesting Investors equals or exceeds $15,000,000. Each such Demand Notice will specify the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be offered for sale in aggregate and by each Requesting Investor and will also specify the intended method of distribution thereof.

 

(b)            If a Demand Registration involves an Underwritten Offering the Required Investors shall select the lead Underwriter and any additional Underwriters in connection with such offering.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2 , the Investors may not request a Demand Offering during a period commencing upon the filing (or earlier, but not more than 30 days prior to such filing upon notice by the Company to the Investors that it so intends to file) of a Registration Statement for Common Stock by the Company (for its own account or for any other security holder) and ending (i) 90 days after such Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (or automatically becomes effective), (ii) upon the withdrawal of such Registration Statement or (iii) 30 days after such notice if no such Registration Statement has been filed within such 30-day period, whichever occurs first; provided that the foregoing limitation shall not apply if the Investors were not given reasonable opportunity, in violation of Section 3 , to include their Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration Statement. In no event shall the Company be required to effect more than one Demand Registration hereunder within any six-month period.

 

(d)            The Requesting Investors are permitted to rescind a Demand Registration at any time. So long as the Investors theretofore participating in such rescinded Demand Registration reimburse the Company for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Company in connection with such rescinded Demand Registration, a rescinded Demand Registration will not count as a Demand Registration for purposes of determining when future Demand Registrations can be requested by the Required Investors pursuant to this Section 2 and any Registration Statement related to such rescinded Demand Registration shall not affect when another Demand Registration may be requested by the Required Investors pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(e)            If a Demand Registration involves an Underwritten Offering and any of the lead Underwriters advises the Company that, in its view, the total number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities requested to be included in the registration exceeds the number or dollar amount of securities that can be sold without having an adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such securities can be sold (the “ Maximum Offering Size ”), the Company will include the securities in the registration, in the

 

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following order of priority, up to the Maximum Offering Size: (i)  first , all Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Registering Investors allocated, if necessary for the offering not to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, pro rata among such Registering Investors on the basis of the relative number of Registrable Securities so requested to be included in such registration by each Registering Investor; (ii)  second , all Other Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any Other Registering Holder, pro rata among such Other Registering Holders on the basis of the relative number of Other Registrable Securities so requested to be included in such registration by each Other Registering Holder; and (iii)  third , any securities proposed to be registered by the Company or for the account of any other third party. All persons whose securities are included in the Demand Registration must sell their securities on the same terms and conditions as apply to the securities being sold by Requesting Investors.

 

(f)             Upon notice to the Requesting Investors, the Company may postpone effecting a registration pursuant to this Section 2 on up to two occasions during any period of 12 consecutive months for a reasonable time specified in the notice but not exceeding 90 days in the aggregate, if the Company is in possession of material non-public information the disclosure of which during the period specified in such notice the Company reasonably believes would not be in the best interests of the Company.

 

(g)            A Demand Offering and related Registration Statement will not count as a Demand Offering for purposes of determining when future Demand Offerings can be requested by the Required Investors pursuant to this Section 2 if (i) the Registration Statement relating to such Demand Offering does not become effective within 90 calendar days after the date such Registration Statement is filed with the SEC (other than by reason of any Required Investor having refused to proceed or a misrepresentation or an omission by any Required Investor) or (ii) the conditions to closing specified in any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement entered into in connection with such Demand Offering are not satisfied as a result of a default or breach thereunder by the Company.

 

3.             PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION .

 

(a)           Whenever the Company proposes to register an offering of any of its securities under the Securities Act (excluding (x) a Shelf Registration Statement (which shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1) and (y) the registration of securities to be offered pursuant to an employee benefit plan on Form S-8, pursuant to a registration made on Form S-4, or any successor forms thereto then in effect) and the registration form to be used may be used for the registration of Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities, it will, at each such time, give prompt written notice thereof at least 10 Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement relating to such Piggyback Registration to the Investors and to the holders of Other Registrable Securities, which notice shall set forth such Investors’ rights under this Section 3(a) and the rights of the Holders of Other Registration Rights under the 2015 Registration Rights Agreement and the 2016 Registration Rights Agreement and shall offer such Investors and such Holders of Other Registration Rights the opportunity to include in such registration statement the number of Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities as such Investors and Holders of Other Registration Rights, respectively, may request (a “ Piggyback Registration ”).

 

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(b)            Upon the written request of any Investor and Holder of Other Registrable Securities (which request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities (as the case may be) intended to be registered or disposed of by such Investor or Holder of Other Registrable Securities (as the case may be)) received within 5 Business Days after the delivery of the Company’s notice of registration, the Company shall, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement including Section 3(d) , use its commercially reasonable efforts to include in such registration under the Securities Act all Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities which the Investors and Holders of Other Registrable Securities, respectively, have so requested to be registered or sold.

 

(c)            If the Piggyback Registration is an Underwritten Offering (i) relating to a Demand Registration, the lead Underwriter and any additional Underwriters in connection with such offering shall be selected in accordance with Section 2(b) , (ii) relating to a demand registration requested pursuant to the 2015 Registration Rights Agreement, the lead Underwriter and any additional Underwriters in connection with such offering shall be selected by holders of a majority of the registrable securities pursuant to the 2015 Registration Rights Agreement, and (iii) relating to an offering for the account of the Company, the lead Underwriter and any additional Underwriters in connection with the offering shall be selected by the Company.

 

(d)            If a Piggyback Registration involves an Underwritten Offering and any of the lead Underwriters advises the Company that, in its view, the total number or dollar amount of securities requested to be included in the registration exceeds the Maximum Offering Size, the Company will include the securities in the registration, in the following order of priority, up to the Maximum Offering Size: (i)  first , so much of the securities the Company proposes to sell as would not cause the offering to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, (ii)  second , (x) all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any Investor pursuant to this Section 3 and (y) all Other Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any Holder of Other Registrable Securities, in the case of (x) and (y) in aggregate, allocated, if necessary for the offering not to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, pro rata among such Investors and Holders of Other Registrable Securities on the basis of the relative number of Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities so requested to be included in such registration by each such Investor and each such Holder of Other Registrable Securities , and (iii)  third, any securities proposed to be registered for the account of any other Persons with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine. All persons whose securities are included in the Piggyback Registration must sell their securities on the same terms and conditions as apply to the securities being sold by the Company.

 

(e)            If, at any time after giving notice of its intention to register any securities of the Company for the Company’s own account pursuant to Section 3(a)  and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such securities, the Company shall give notice to all the Investors and Holders of Other Registrable Securities and, thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities in connection with such registration. No registration effected under this Section 3 shall relieve the Company of its obligations to effect a Demand Registration to the extent required by Section 2 or a Shelf Registration Statement to the extent required by Section 1 .

 

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(f)            The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses of the Company and of each Investor in connection with each Piggyback Registration (other than underwriter discounts and commissions payable in connection with the sale of such Investor’s securities thereunder).

 

4.             REGISTRATION PROCEDURES; COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS . In connection with any registration contemplated hereunder, the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:

 

(a)            Use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration to become effective as promptly as possible but in no event more than 60 calendar days after filing with the SEC or 15 calendar days if the Company receives an indication of “no review” by the SEC. At least five Business Days before filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 1 , 2 or 3 hereof, the Company will furnish to counsel to the Investors selling Registrable Securities in such offering (each, a “ Selling Investor ”, and collectively, the “ Selling Investors ”) copies of all documents proposed to be filed for such counsel’s review and approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;

 

(b)            Notify immediately each Selling Investor of any stop order threatened or issued by the SEC and take all actions reasonably required to prevent the entry of a stop order or if entered to have it rescinded or otherwise removed;

 

(c)            Use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for 180 days or such shorter period as maybe required to sell all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by the Registration Statement during each period in accordance with the Selling Investors’ intended methods of disposition as set forth in the Registration Statement;

 

(d)            Furnish to each Selling Investor a sufficient number of copies of the Registration Statement and such other documents as such Selling Investor may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of its Registrable Securities;

 

(e)            Use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities subject to registration under securities or blue sky laws of jurisdictions in the United States of America as any Selling Investor requests and will do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable such Selling Investor to consummate the disposition of its Registrable Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;

 

(f)             Use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by those governmental agencies or authorities necessary to enable each Selling Investor to consummate the disposition of its Registrable Securities;

 

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(g)                                   Notify each Selling Investor, at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of any event as a result of which the prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will prepare a supplement or amendment to the prospectus or any such document incorporated therein by reference so that thereafter the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

(h)                                  Use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on the same securities exchange, with the same CUISIP, and with the same transfer agent, as similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

(i)                                      Enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form) and use its commercially reasonable efforts to in connection with those agreements as the Selling Investors or the Underwriters, if any, reasonably request to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(j)                                     Make available for inspection by any Selling Investor, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant, or other agent of any Selling Investor or Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Selling Investor, Underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent to exercise their due diligence responsibility in connection with the Registration Statement; provided that an appropriate confidentiality agreement is executed by any such Selling Investor, Underwriter, attorney, accountant, or other agent;

 

(k)                                  Use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any lock-up agreement requested of any Investor by the lead Underwriter(s) in connection with any Underwritten Offering has a term no longer than the shorter of (i) the lock-up term agreed to by the Company and (ii) the lock-up term agreed to by any officer or director of the Company or any other Investor or Holder of Other Registrable Securities.

 

(l)                                      In connection with any Underwritten Offering, obtain a “comfort” letter from the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering those matters customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the Selling Investors or the lead Underwriters request (and the letter shall be addressed to Selling Investors); and

 

(m)                              Furnish, at the reasonable request of any Selling Investor an opinion of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of the registration, in the form and substance customarily given to Underwriters in an underwritten Public Offering and satisfactory to counsel representing such Selling Investors, addressed to the Underwriters, if any, and to such Selling Investors.

 

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5.                                       SUSPENSION PERIOD .

 

(a)                                  The Company may suspend the use of a prospectus that is part of a Registration Statement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a Shelf Registration Statement) for up to 30 days (or such shorter period as the Company determines in good faith is necessary under the circumstances, with extensions beyond such shorter period up to the 30 day maximum as may be required after consultation with counsel) from the date of the Suspension Notice (as defined below) and therefore suspend sales of Registrable Securities available for sale pursuant to such Registration Statement (such period, the “ Suspension Period ”) by providing written notice to each Investor if the Company’s board of directors determines in its reasonable good faith judgment that such suspension is in the best interests of the Company in connection with any proposal or plan by the Company to engage in any material acquisition of assets or stock (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any material merger, consolidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization or other transaction involving the Company. The Company may not utilize more than one Suspension Period in any 12-month period, except with the consent of the Required Investors.

 

(b)                                  In the case of an event that causes the Company to suspend the use of a Registration Statement as set forth in Section 5(a)  above (a “ Suspension Event ”), the Company shall give a written notice to the Selling Investors (a “ Suspension Notice ”) to suspend sales of the Registrable Securities and such notice shall state generally the basis for the notice (but shall not contain any material non-public information concerning the Company) and that such suspension shall continue only for so long as the Suspension Event is continuing. An Investor shall not effect any sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement (or such filings) at any time after it has received a Suspension Notice from the Company and prior to receipt of an End of Suspension Notice (as defined below). Each Investor agrees that such Investor shall treat as confidential the receipt of the Suspension Notice and shall not disclose the information contained in such Suspension Notice without the prior written consent of the Company until such time as the information contained therein is or becomes available to the public generally, other than as a result of disclosure by the Investor in breach of the terms of this Agreement. The Investors may recommence effecting sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (or such filings) following further written notice to such effect (an “ End of Suspension Notice ”) from the Company, which End of Suspension Notice shall be given by the Company to the Investors and to the Investors’ counsel, if any, promptly following the conclusion of any Suspension Event; provided that the Company shall deliver the End of Suspension Notice within the Suspension Period.

 

6.                                       REGISTRATION EXPENSES . All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement (including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, fees and disbursements of custodians, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants, Underwriters (excluding underwriting discounts and commissions) and other persons retained by the Company), and the reasonable fees of one counsel to the Selling Investors as a group (selected by a majority-in-interest of the Selling Investors) shall be borne by the Company (all such expenses being herein called “ Registration Expenses ”).

 

7.                                       INFORMATION . From time to time, the Company may require each Selling Investor to furnish to the Company information regarding the distribution of the securities

 

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subject to registration. Whenever any such Selling Investor has requested that Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, such Selling Investor shall notify the Company, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as to such Selling Investor as a result of which the prospectus included in the Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

8.                                       MATERIAL CHANGE . Each Selling Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of any event as a result of which the prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference contains an untrue statement of material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, such Selling Investor will discontinue the distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to any such prospectus until such Selling Investor receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company. In addition, if the Company requests, the Selling Investor will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expenses) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in its possession, of the prospectus covering the Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of the notice. Each Selling Investor agrees not to use any free writing prospectus unless consented to by the Company and (in the case of an Underwritten Offering) the lead Underwriter.

 

9.                                       INDEMNIFICATION .

 

(a)                                  To the full extent permitted by law, the Company agrees to indemnify each Selling Investor, its officers and directors, and each person who controls such Selling Investor (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses to which any of such persons may become subject under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act arising out of or resulting from (i) any untrue or allegedly untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to the action or inaction of the Company in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance, except to the extent the untrue statement or omission resulted from information that the Selling Investor furnished in writing to the Company specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation thereof; or (ii) any violation by the Company of any of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any applicable state securities laws, or any rules promulgated under any such acts or laws. As to any person entitled to indemnity under this Section 9(a) , such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such person.

 

(b)                                  Each Selling Investor will furnish to the Company in writing the information and affidavits that the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any Registration Statement or prospectus and each such Selling Investor agrees to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors and officers, and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses to which any of such persons may become subject under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act resulting from any untrue or allegedly untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus or

 

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preliminary prospectus or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission is contained in or omitted from any information or affidavit such Selling Investor furnished in writing to the Company through an instrument duly executed by such Selling Investor specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation of such Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus; provided , however, that the obligations of any Selling Investor hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the proceeds received by such Selling Investor from the sale of securities pursuant to the applicable registration statement as contemplated herein. As to any person entitled to indemnity under this Section 9(b) , such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such person.

 

(c)                                   Any person entitled to indemnification under this Section 9 will (x) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (y) unless in the indemnifying party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest may exist between the indemnified and indemnifying parties with respect to the claim, permit the indemnifying party to assume the defense of the claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If the indemnifying party does not assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable for any settlement made without its consent (but that consent may not be unreasonably withheld). No indemnifying party will consent to entry of any judgment or will enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term the claimant’s or plaintiffs release of the indemnified party from all liability concerning the claim or litigation. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to or elects not to assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by the indemnifying party with respect to the claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between the indemnified party and any other indemnified party with respect to the claim, in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of additional counsel.

 

(d)                                  In order to provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either (x) any Selling Investor exercising rights under this Agreement, or any controlling person of any such Selling Investor, makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 9 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, or (y) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any such Selling Investor or any such controlling person in circumstances for which indemnification is provided under this Section 9 ; then, in each such case, the Company and such Selling Investor will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses that they may be subject to (after contribution to others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the actions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided , however, that no Selling Investor will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the proceeds actually received by such Selling Investor pursuant to the Registration Statement. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of

 

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a material fact was made by, or relates to information supplied by, the indemnifying party or the indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s or the indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d)  were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9(d) . No person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

10.                                RULE 144 AND RULE 144A; COMPANY OBLIGATIONS . The Company covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, and it will take such further action as any Investor reasonably may request, all to the extent required from time to time, to enable such Investor to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act as amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

11.                                TERMINATION . This Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Investor as of the date such Investor no longer holds Registrable Securities.

 

12.                                SUCCESSOR ENTITY . The Company shall not change its form of organization (i.e., to a corporation, partnership or other form of entity), or merge or consolidate into any other Person, unless such changed or successor entity agrees to be bound by this Agreement.

 

13.                                MOST FAVORED NATION . If at any time or from time to time the Company proposes to provide registration rights to holders of Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock, that are more favorable to such holder than or in excess of those provided to the Investors hereunder, then, the Company shall give such Investors written notice in reasonable detail of such proposed registration rights, such notice to be given no less than 10 Business Days prior to the proposed granting of such registration rights (the “ Company Notice ”), and, at the option of holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities by written notice to the Company within 10 Business Days of the date of the Company’s notice (the “ Investor Notice ”), the Company shall, concurrently upon the granting of such registration rights to such holder(s), grant or provide such more favorable registration rights to the Investors. If the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities fail to send a timely Investor Notice, the Investors shall be deemed to have waived their rights under this Section 13 , but only with respect to the proposed registration rights that are set forth in the Company Notice.

 

14.                                INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT .

 

(a)                                  Terms Defined . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meaning set forth below:

 

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2013 Warrantholders ” means the holders of the 2013 Warrants.

 

2013 Warrants ” means the warrants issued in connection with that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated June 17, 2013, by and among Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, the Predecessor, Macquarie US Trading LLC and the lenders party thereto from time to time.

 

2015 Warrantholders ” means the holders of the 2015 Warrants.

 

2015 Warrants ” means the warrants issued in connection with that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2015, among Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, the guarantors party thereto and Perceptive Credit Opportunities Fund, LP, PCOF Partners Capital Fund, LP, and GoldenTree Credit Opportunities, LP, as the lenders.

 

2015 Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2015, by and among the Predecessor and the holders from time to time of $114,760,000 aggregate original principal amount of 13.0% Second-Line Convertible PIK Notes issued by the Predecessor’s wholly owned subsidiary, Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, LLC.

 

2016 Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [    ], 2016, by and among the Predecessor, Kadmon I, LLC, acting on behalf of itself and the other members of the Predecessor, the 2013 Warrantholders and the 2015 Warrantholders.

 

Agreement ” is defined in the recitals.

 

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed, provided , that any reference to “days” (unless Business Days are specified) shall mean calendar days.

 

Common Stock ” is defined in the recitals.

 

Company Notice ” is defined in Section 14 .

 

Demand Notice ” is defined in Section 2(a) .

 

Demand Offering ” is defined in Section 2(a) .

 

Effective Date ” is defined in the introductory paragraph.

 

Exchange Agreement ” is defined in the recitals.

 

End of Suspension Notice ” is defined in Section 5(b) .

 

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Holders of Other Registrable Securities shall mean the holders of registration rights under the 2015 Registration Rights Agreement and the 2016 Registration Rights

 

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Agreement.

 

Investor ” shall mean any Investor and their respective transferees of Registrable Securities.

 

Investor Notice ” is defined in Section 13 .

 

Kadmon Pharmaceuticals ” means Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Maximum Offering Size ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) .

 

Other Registrable Securities ” means Common Stock registrable under the 2015 Registration Rights Agreement and the 2016 Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Predecessor ” means Kadmon Holdings, LLC, the predecessor to the Company.

 

Preferred Stock ” is defined in the recitals.

 

Public Offering ” means any sale or distribution to the public of Common Stock of the Company by each of the Company, any Investor, their respective designees or another holder of securities of the Company pursuant to an offering validly registered under the Securities Act.

 

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company that covers Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Registrable Securities ” shall mean (i) any shares of Common Stock acquired by the Investors pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, (ii) any shares of Common Stock acquired by the Investors upon a conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock held by such Investor and (iii) any other securities of the Company (or any successor or assign of the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) which may be issued or issuable with respect to, in exchange for, or in substitution of, Registrable Securities referenced in the foregoing clauses (i)-(ii) by reason of any dividend, distribution or Common Stock split, combination of shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, sale of assets or similar transaction; provided , that a Registrable Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when it is registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the registration statement covering it.

 

Registration Expenses ” is defined in Section 6 .

 

Requesting Investors ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) .

 

Required Investors ” shall mean, at any time of determination, Investors holding a majority of the Common Stock (i) theretofore issued upon conversion of shares of Preferred

 

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Stock (and constituting Registrable Securities at such time) or (ii) issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding.

 

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Shelf Registration Statement ” means a “shelf” Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act on Form S-3 providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the Investors of all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 and/or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, filed by the Company pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement.

 

Suspension Event ” is defined in Section 5(b) .

 

Suspension Notice ” is defined in Section 5(b) .

 

Suspension Period ” is defined in Section 5(a) .

 

Underwriter ” means, with respect to any Underwritten Offering, a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as a principal in connection with a distribution of such Registrable Securities and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

Underwritten Offering ” means a Public Offering in which an Underwriter, placement agent or other intermediary participates in the distribution of Registrable Securities.

 

Underwritten Takedown ” is defined in Section 1(c) .

 

(b)                                  Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS OR PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. WITH RESPECT TO ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR BROUGHT WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY (a) SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL AND NEW YORK STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; (b) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY HAVE AT ANY TIME TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT; (c) WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT SUCH PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; AND (d) FURTHER WAIVES THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROCEEDINGS, THAT SUCH COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PART.

 

(c)                                   Section Headings . The headings of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part thereof.

 

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15.                                MISCELLANEOUS .

 

(a)                                  Notices .

 

(i)                                      All communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered in accordance with Section 7.6 of the Exchange Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Reproduction of Documents . This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (i) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed, (ii) documents received by each Investors pursuant hereto and (iii) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to each Investor, may be reproduced by each Investor by a photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and each Investor may destroy any original document so reproduced. All parties hereto agree and stipulate that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by each Investor in the regular course of business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.

 

(c)                                   Successors and Assigns . The Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The Investors may assign their rights and obligations hereunder to any transferee of their Registrable Securities who enters into an agreement to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the form of the Joinder Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A . By delivering an executed Joinder Agreement, such additional persons shall be deemed to be a party thereto and such Joinder Agreement shall be a part of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver . This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings among such parties. The Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written instrument executed by the Company and the Required Investors. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions of the Agreement will be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the party so waiving. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to the Agreement, including without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party, will be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any covenants or agreements contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of the Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

 

(e)                                   Severability . In the event that any part or parts of this Agreement shall be held illegal or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(f)                                    Third Parties . Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any person that is not a party thereto nor create or establish any third party beneficiary thereto.

 

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(g)                                   Specific Performance . Without limiting or waiving in any respect any rights or remedies of the parties hereto under the Agreement, each of the parties will be entitled to seek specific performance of the obligations to be performed by the other in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement. The Company and the Investors hereby declare that it is impossible to measure in money the damages which will accrue to the parties hereto by reason of the failure of any party to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement. If any party hereto shall institute any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions hereof, each of the Company and the Investors hereby waives the claim or defense that the party instituting such action or proceeding has an adequate remedy at law.

 

(h)                                  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall be considered one and the same agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Registration Rights Agreement has been executed by the parties as of the date first above written.

 

 

THE COMPANY

 

 

 

KADMON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Illegible

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

 

INVESTORS:

 

 

 

MACQUARIE BANK LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Gates

 

Name: Andrew Gates

 

Title: Division Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Mitchell

 

Name: Andrew Mitchell

 

Title: Division Director

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

 

SPCP GROUP, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Gatto

 

Name: Michael A. Gatto

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

 

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

By: GoldenTree Asset Management, LP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Weber

 

Name: Karen Weber

 

Title: Director - Bank Debt

 

 

 

 

 

GOLDENTREE 2004 TRUST

 

 

 

By: GoldenTree Asset Management, LP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Weber

 

Name: Karen Weber

 

Title: Director - Bank Debt

 

 

 

 

 

GT NM, L.P.

 

 

 

By: GoldenTree Asset Management, LP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Weber

 

Name: Karen Weber

 

Title: Director - Bank Debt

 

 

 

 

 

GN3 SIP LIMITED

 

 

 

By: GoldenTree Asset Management, LP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Weber

 

Name: Karen Weber

 

Title: Director - Bank Debt

 

 

 

 

 

STELLAR PERFORMER GLOBAL SERIES:

SERIES G — GLOBAL CREDIT

 

 

 

By: GoldenTree Asset Management, LP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Weber

 

Name: Karen Weber

 

Title: Director - Bank Debt

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

 

GOLDENTREE INSURANCE FUND SERIES

 

INTERESTS OF THE SALI MULTI-SERIES

 

FUND, LP

 

 

 

By:

GoldenTree Asset Management, LP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Weber

 

Name:

Karen Weber

 

Title:

Director - Bank Debt

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

By executing this JOINDER AGREEMENT, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of [        ], 2016, by and among Kadmon Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Investors (as defined therein) signatory thereto, and that he/she/it will have all the rights and obligations of an Investor provided under such Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NAME]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.: