UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Section 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of December 2016

 

Commission File Number:  001-37569

 

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA plc

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

900 Northbrook Drive

Suite 200

Trevose, PA 19053

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x    Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  o

 

 

 



 

On December 22, 2016, Strongbridge Biopharma plc (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company will sell 14,000,000 of its ordinary shares and warrants to purchase 7,000,000 of its ordinary shares to certain investors in a private placement.  The Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the investors, pursuant to which it has agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the ordinary shares and the ordinary shares to be issued upon exercise of the warrants acquired by the investors in the private placement.

 

Attached to this Report on Form 6-K are the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the form of Warrant as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively.

 

The Securities Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”) have been included to provide investors with information regarding their terms. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. In particular, the representations and warranties contained in the Agreements were made solely for the purposes of the Agreements as of the specific dates therein, and were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Agreements. The representations and warranties contained in the Agreements may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the parties to the Agreements and are qualified by information in disclosure schedules provided in connection with the signing of the Agreements. Moreover, certain representations and warranties in the Agreements may be subject to a standard of materiality provided for in the Agreements and have been used for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties, rather than establishing matters of fact. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Agreements, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.

 

On December 23, 2016, the Company issued a press release regarding its entry into the Securities Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K.

 

The information contained in the press release is being furnished to the Commission and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Table

10.1

 

Securities Purchase Agreement

10.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement

10.3

 

Form of Warrant

99.1

 

Press Release issued by Strongbridge Biopharma plc, dated December 23, 2016.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Dated: December 23, 2016

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA PLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian Davis

 

Brian Davis

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of December 22, 2016 by and among Strongbridge Biopharma plc, an Irish public limited company (the “ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.            The Company and each Purchaser is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D (“ Regulation D ”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act.

 

B.            Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate number of ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Ordinary Shares ”), of the Company, set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement (which aggregate amount for all Purchasers together shall be 14,000,000 Ordinary Shares and shall be collectively referred to herein as the “ Shares ”) and (ii) warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “ Warrants ” and together with the Shares, the “ Units ”), to acquire up to that number of additional Ordinary Shares equal to fifty percent (50%) of the number of Shares purchased by such Purchaser (rounded up to the nearest whole share) (the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants collectively are referred to herein as the “ Warrant Shares ”).  The Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “ Securities ”.

 

C.           The Company has engaged Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated as lead placement agent (the “ Placement Agent ”) for the offering of the Shares and Warrants on a “best efforts” basis.

 

D.            Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Shares and Warrant Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable state securities laws.

 

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

 

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1        Definitions .  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1 :

 

Action ” means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened in writing against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or any officer, director or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary acting in his or her capacity as an officer, director or employee before or by any federal, state, county, local or foreign court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.  With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

 



 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Agreements and Instruments ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d) .

 

Asset Purchase Agreement ” means the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated December 12, 2016, by and between Taro Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. and the Company.

 

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

 

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

 

Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 5.1 and 5.2 hereof are satisfied or waived, as the case may be, or such other date as the parties may agree, which need not be the date hereof.

 

Commission ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Company Counsel ” means Reed Smith LLP, with offices located at 599 Lexington Avenue, 22 nd  Floor, New York, New York 10022.

 

Company Deliverables ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) .

 

Company’s Knowledge ” means with respect to any statement made to the Company’s Knowledge, that the statement is based upon the actual or constructive knowledge of the executive officers of the Company having responsibility for the matter or matters that are the subject of the statement, after a reasonable inquiry.

 

Control ” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Disclosure Materials ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h) .

 

Disclosure Schedules ” means the Disclosure Schedules delivered by the Company concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

DTC ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c) .

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.

 

“Effectiveness Deadline ” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement is required to be declared effective by the Commission under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) Ordinary Shares or options to employees, consultants, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose and in existence on the date of this Agreement as such plan is constituted on the date of this Agreement, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, unless otherwise agreed to by the non-employee members of the Board of Directors, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any securities convertible or exercisable into Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended on or after the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

GAAP ” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved.

 

Intellectual Property ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(o) .

 

Irish Counsel ” means Arthur Cox, with offices located at the Arthur Cox Building, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland.

 

Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions ” means, with respect to the Company, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in substantially the form of Exhibit C , executed by the Company and delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Transfer Agent.

 

Lien ” means any lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restrictions of any kind.

 

Loan and Security Agreement ” means the Loan and Security Agreement to be entered into by and among Oxford Finance LLC (“Oxford”), as collateral agent, the lenders listed therein or otherwise a party thereto from time to time including Oxford in its capacity as a lender and Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, the Company, Cortendo Cayman Ltd., Cortendo AB, and Strongbridge U.S. Inc.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except that effects caused by changes or circumstances affecting general market conditions in the U.S. economy or which are generally applicable to the industry in which the Company operates, provided that such effects are not borne disproportionately by the Company, shall not be deemed a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Material Contract ” means any contract of the Company that has been filed or was required to have been filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.

 

OFAC ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ee) .

 

Ordinary Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any other class of securities into which the Ordinary Shares may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.

 

Ordinary Share Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Ordinary Shares or other securities that entitle the holder to receive, directly or indirectly, Ordinary Shares.

 

Outside Date ” means the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement.

 

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Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

 

Placement Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Press Release ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5 .

 

Principal Trading Market ” means the Trading Market on which the Ordinary Shares are primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, shall be the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 

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

 

Purchase Price ” means $2.50 per Unit.

 

Purchaser ” or “ Purchasers ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Purchaser Deliverables ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) .

 

Purchaser Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6 .

 

“Registration Rights Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).

 

Regulation D ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Repayment Event ” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Required Approvals ” means (i) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) filings required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign securities laws, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities Act, (iv) the filing of any requisite notices and/or application(s) to the Principal Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Securities for trading or quotation, as the case may be, thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (v) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.5 of this Agreement and (vi) those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

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

 

SEC Report s” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h) .

 

Secretary’s Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(vii) .

 

Securities ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Securities Act ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Short Sales ” include, without limitation, (i) all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and (ii) sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Ordinary Shares).

 

Stock Certificates ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(ii) .

 

Subscription Amount ” means, with respect to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Shares and related Warrants purchased hereunder as indicated on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount)” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)  of the Disclosure Schedules, and shall, where applicable, include any subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(h) .

 

Trading Day ” means (i) a day on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Ordinary Shares are not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Ordinary Shares are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Ordinary Shares are not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Ordinary Shares are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event that the Ordinary Shares are not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

 

Trading Market ” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Alternext and the NYSE MKT (formerly the American Stock Exchange), the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions and any other documents or agreements explicitly contemplated hereunder.

 

Transfer Agent ” means Computershare, Inc., or any successor transfer agent for the Company.

 

VWAP ” shall mean, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Ordinary Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)) or (b) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Ordinary Shares as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith and mutually agreed upon between the Company and the Investor, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Warrants ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1        Closing .

 

(a)           Amount .  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, such number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (i) the Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (ii) the Purchase Price, rounded down to the nearest whole Share.  In addition, each Purchaser shall receive a Warrant to purchase a number of Warrant Shares equal to fifty percent (50%) of the number of Shares purchased by such Purchaser, as indicated below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page to this Agreement. The Warrants shall have an exercise price equal to $2.50 per Warrant Share.

 

(b)           Closing .  The Closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities shall take place at the offices of Reed Smith LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, 22 nd  Floor, New York, New York on the Closing Date or at such other locations or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means as the parties may mutually agree.

 

(c)           Form of Payment .  Except as may otherwise be agreed to among the Company and one or more of the Purchasers, on or prior to the Business Day immediately prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall wire its Subscription Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, to the account of the Company, in accordance with instructions delivered to the Purchasers on or prior to the Closing Date.  On the Closing Date, (a) the Company shall deliver, in immediately available funds: to the Placement Agent, the fees and reimbursable expenses payable to the Placement Agent (which fees and expenses shall be set forth in instructions from the Placement Agent to the Company), (b) the Company shall irrevocably instruct the Transfer Agent to deliver to each Purchaser one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b)  hereof), evidencing the number of Shares such Purchaser is purchasing as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Number of Shares to be Acquired”, within three (3) Trading Days after the Closing and (c) the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser one or more Warrants, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b)  hereof), evidencing the number of Warrants such Purchaser is purchasing as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Underlying Shares Subject to Warrant”, within three (3) Trading Days after the Closing.

 

2.2        Closing Deliveries .    (a)        On or prior to the Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following (the “ Company Deliverables ”):

 

(i)            this Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii)           facsimile copies of one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as provided in Section 4.1(b)  hereof), evidencing the Shares subscribed for by such Purchaser hereunder, registered in the name of such Purchaser (the “ Stock Certificate ”), with the original Stock Certificates delivered within three (3) Trading Days of Closing;

 

(iii)          Warrants, executed by the Company and registered in the name of such Purchaser pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire such number of Warrant Shares equal to fifty percent (50%) of the number of Shares issuable to such Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii) , rounded up to the nearest whole share, on the terms set forth therein, facsimile copies of which shall be provided to each Purchaser prior to Closing, with the original Warrants delivered within three (3) Trading Days of Closing;

 

(iv)          a legal opinion from each of Company Counsel and Irish Counsel, dated as of the Closing Date and in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit B , executed by such counsel and addressed to the Purchasers and the Placement Agent;

 

(v)           the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

 

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(vi)          duly executed Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions acknowledged in writing by the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, the Stock Certificate;

 

(vii)         a certificate of the Secretary of the Company (the “ Secretary’s Certificate ”), dated as of the Closing Date, (a) certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities, (b) certifying the current versions of the certificate or articles of incorporation, as amended, and by-laws of the Company, (c) certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company and (d) certifying the good standing of the Company in Ireland, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E ;

 

(viii)        the Compliance Certificate referred to in Section 5.1(i) ;

 

(ix)          a legal opinion of Irish Counsel, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Principal Trading Market, opining that the Company’s home-country laws do not require shareholder approval for the issuance of the Securities; and

 

(x)           such other information, certificates and documents as the Purchasers may reasonably request.

 

(b)           On or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following (the “ Purchaser Deliverables ”):

 

(i)            this Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(ii)           its Subscription Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, in the amount set forth as the “Purchase Price” indicated below such Purchaser’s name on the applicable signature page hereto under the heading “Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount)” by wire transfer to the Company;

 

(iii)          the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser; and

 

(iv)          a fully completed and duly executed Accredited Investor Questionnaire, satisfactory to the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .

 

ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1        Representations and Warranties of the Company .  Except as set forth in the correspondingly numbered Section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date), to each of the Purchasers and to the Placement Agent:

 

(a)           Good Standing of Subsidiaries .  Each Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (or such equivalent concept, as applicable under the laws of such jurisdiction), has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Materials and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required (or such equivalent concept, as applicable under the laws of such jurisdiction), whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing (or such equivalent concept) would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, all of the issued and outstanding share capital or capital stock, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and are not subject to calls for any additional payments (non-assessable) and is owned by the Company, directly or through its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.  None of the outstanding share capital or capital stock, as the case may be, of any Subsidiary was issued in

 

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violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.  The only Subsidiaries of the Company are the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3.1(a)  of the Disclosure Schedules.

 

(b)           Due Incorporation and Foreign Qualification of the Company .  The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a public company limited by shares under the laws of Ireland and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Materials and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required (or such equivalent concept, as applicable under the laws of such jurisdiction), whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)           Authorization; Enforcement; Validity .  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The Company’s execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, but not limited to, the sale and delivery of the Shares and the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and the subsequent issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and no further corporate action is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals.  Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(d)           Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its memorandum and articles of association, charter, bylaws or similar organizational document, (B) other than as set forth in Schedule 3.1(d)  of the Disclosure Schedules, in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject (collectively, “ Agreements and Instruments ”), or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations, except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the memorandum and articles of association, charter, bylaws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any governmental entity.

 

(e)           Absence of Further Requirements .  No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, waiver, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity, court or other person or entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, including the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder other than the Required Approvals.

 

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(f)            Authorization, Issuance and Description of Securities .  The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all Liens, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of shareholders.  The Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, free and clear of all Liens, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of shareholders. The Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of shareholders.  Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in this Agreement, the Securities will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local securities laws.  As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).  The Company shall, so long as any of the Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued capital stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the Warrants, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).  The Ordinary Shares conform to all statements relating thereto contained in the Disclosure Materials and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same.  No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.

 

(g)           Capitalization .  The authorized, issued and outstanding share capital of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g)  of the Disclosure Schedules, which Schedule 3.1(g)  shall also include the number of Ordinary Shares owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof.  The outstanding share capital of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid, not subject to calls for any additional payments (non-assessable) and were issued in compliance with all federal, state and local securities laws.  None of the outstanding share capital of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.  No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities or as set forth in the Disclosure Materials or Schedule 3.1(g)  of the Disclosure Schedules, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any Ordinary Shares, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional Ordinary Shares.  The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue Ordinary Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities.  No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the Company’s Board of Directors or other person or entity is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.  No approval of the shareholders of the Company under the rules or regulations of the Commission, the rules of the Principal Trading Market or any other applicable law is required for the Company to issue and deliver the Securities to the Purchasers. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Materials, there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the Company’s Knowledge, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

(h)           SEC Reports; Disclosure Materials .  The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”, and the SEC Reports, together with the Form 6-K required to be filed pursuant to Section 4.5, being collectively referred to as the “ Disclosure Materials ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension.  As of their respective filing dates, or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact

 

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or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act.  Each of the Material Contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or to which the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are subject has been filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports.  The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.

 

(i)            Financial Statements .  The financial statements included in the Disclosure Materials, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly, in all material respects, (A) the financial position of the Company, its consolidated Subsidiaries and its acquired businesses at the dates indicated and (B) the statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company, its consolidated Subsidiaries and its acquired businesses for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except in the case of unaudited, interim financial statements, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the exclusion of certain footnotes as permitted by the applicable rules of the Commission.  The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein.

 

(j)            No Material Adverse Change in Business .  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(j)  of the Disclosure Schedules, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Materials, (A) there have been no events, occurrence or developments that have had or would be reasonably to have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which are material with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its share capital.

 

(k)           Absence of Proceedings .  Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity or any other person or entity now pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, directors or officers which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

 

(l)            Compliance .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received written notice of a claim that it is in default under, or that it is in violation of, any Material Contract (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is in violation of, or in receipt of written notice that it is in violation of, any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)           Possession of Licenses and Permits .  The Company and its Subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities (collectively, “ Governmental Entities ”) necessary to conduct the current business of the Company or as proposed to be conducted or operated by it, each as set forth in the Disclosure Materials, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.  All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental License.

 

(n)            Title to Property .  The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real and personal property owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security

 

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interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Disclosure Materials or (B) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases relating to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the Disclosure Materials, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any notice of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease, except to the extent that any claim or adverse effect on the Company’s rights thereto would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries own any real property.

 

(o)            Possession of Intellectual Property .  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns, possesses or has licenses to all patents, patent applications, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them and as currently proposed to be conducted (the “ Company Intellectual Property ”), each as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Company Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render invalid any Company Intellectual Property, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.  To the Company’s Knowledge:  (i) except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, there are no third parties who have any ownership or license rights to any Company Intellectual Property, except for customary reversionary rights of third-party licensors with respect to the Intellectual Property that is disclosed in the Disclosure Materials as exclusively licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries; and (ii) there is no infringement by third parties of any Company Intellectual Property.  There is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others: (A) challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Company Intellectual Property; (B) challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any Company Intellectual Property; or (C) asserting that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates, or would, upon the commercialization of any product or service under development by the Company, infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate, any Intellectual Property rights of others.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and, to the Company’s knowledge, all such agreements are in full force and effect.  To the Company’s Knowledge, there are no material defects in any of the patents or patent applications included in the Company Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of Company Intellectual Property, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)           Insurance .  The Company and its Subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect.  The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

 

(q)           Transactions With Affiliates and Employees .  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Materials, none of the officers, directors or Affiliates of the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act for any reporting period.

 

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(r)            Foreign Private Issuer . The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.  No shareholder approval is required under the laws of the Company’s country of domicile for the issuance of the Securities or any other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(s)            Internal Accounting Controls .  The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

(t)            Certain Fees .   No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or a Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company, other than the Placement Agent with respect to the offer and sale of the Shares and Warrants (which placement agent fees are being paid by the Company). The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this paragraph (t) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company shall indemnify, pay, and hold each Purchaser harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such right, interest or claim.

 

(u)           Investment Company .   The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares and Warrants, will not be, or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(v)           Disclosure .  The Company confirms that neither it nor any of its officers or directors, nor any Person acting on its behalf has provided, and it has not authorized the Placement Agent to provide, any Purchaser or its respective agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes material, non-public information except insofar as the existence, provisions and terms of the Transaction Documents and the proposed transactions hereunder may constitute such information, all of which will be disclosed by the Company in the Press Release as contemplated by Section 4.5 hereof. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.  All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2.

 

(w)          Payment of Taxes .  All United States federal, Irish and other material non-U.S. income tax returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all material taxes whether or not shown on such returns, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. Except as described in the Disclosure Materials, no tax return filed by the Company is currently subject to an audit or other administrative or judicial proceeding, and no such audit or other proceeding is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all other material tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law, and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company. To the Company’s Knowledge, the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income, corporation or other tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional tax for any years not finally determined.

 

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(x)           Transfer Taxes .  There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Irish or federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, or any other foreign jurisdiction required to be paid by the Company or the Placement Agent in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein (including the issue and sale of the Shares and Warrants).

 

(y)           Validity of Choice of Law .  The choice of the law of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of Ireland and, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, will be honored by courts in Ireland. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each United States federal court and New York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, New York, United States, and the Company has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and authorized an agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Securities in any New York federal or state court.

 

(z)           No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.

 

(aa)         Foreign Corrupt Practices .  None of the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, officers or directors or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any agent, employee, Affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

(bb)         Money Laundering Laws .  The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened.

 

(cc)         Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities .  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.  The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(dd)         Absence of Manipulation .  Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any Affiliate take, directly or indirectly any action which is designed, or would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

 

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(ee)         OFAC .  None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is an individual or entity currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

(ff)          Regulatory Matters .  Except as described in the Disclosure Materials, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect:  (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of adverse filing, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other relevant regulatory authorities, or any other court or arbitrator or federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority, alleging or asserting material noncompliance with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) (the “ FFDCA ”), or similar state, federal or foreign law or regulation; (ii) the Company and any Subsidiary, and to the Company’s Knowledge, their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, are and since January 1, 2012 have been in compliance with applicable health care laws, including without limitation, the FFDCA and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), the U.S. Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq.), 18 U.S.C. §§286 and 287, and the health care fraud criminal provisions under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“ HIPAA ”) (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7), HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (42 U.S.C. §17921 et seq.), the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.), each as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and all other comparable local, state, federal, national, supranational and foreign laws, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (collectively, “ Health Care Laws ”); (iii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written notice of any ongoing claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Entity or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Health Care Laws or has any knowledge that any such Governmental Entity or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (iv) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written notice that any Governmental Entity has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any applicable Permit or has any knowledge that any such Governmental Entity is considering such action; (v) the Company and each Subsidiary has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Health Care Laws and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete, correct and not misleading on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); (vi) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted, or issued or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post-sale warning, “dear doctor” letter, or other notice or action relating to the alleged lack of safety or efficacy of any product or any alleged product defect or violation and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no third party has initiated or conducted any such notice or action; and (vii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents is or has been debarred, suspended or excluded, or has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that would result in a debarment, suspension or exclusion from any federal or state government health care program.

 

(gg)         Clinical Matters . The preclinical and clinical studies and tests described in the Disclosure Materials conducted by or, to the Company’s Knowledge, on behalf of the Company, have been and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to all Health Care Laws and applicable Governmental Licenses; the descriptions of the results of such preclinical and clinical studies and tests contained in the Disclosure Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data derived from such preclinical and clinical studies and tests; except to the

 

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extent disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, the Company is not aware of any preclinical or clinical studies or tests, the results of which the Company believes reasonably call into question the preclinical or clinical study or test results described or referred to in the Disclosure Materials when viewed in the context in which such results are described; and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any written notices or correspondence from any Governmental Entity requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of any preclinical or clinical study or test conducted by or on behalf of the Company.

 

(hh)         Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.  The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Trading Market.

 

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

 

(jj)           Compliance with Rule 506 .  None of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering contemplated hereby, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale is disqualified from relying on Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“ Rule 506 ”) for any of the reasons stated in Rule 506(d) in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement.  The Company has exercised reasonable care, including without limitation, conducting a factual inquiry that is appropriate in light of the circumstances, into whether any such disqualification under Rule 506(d) exists, but has assumed the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties.  The Company has furnished to each Purchaser, a reasonable time prior to the date hereof, a description in writing of any matters that would have triggered disqualification under Rule 506(d), in compliance with the disclosure requirements of Rule 506(e).  The Company has exercised reasonable care, including without limitation, conducting a factual inquiry that is appropriate in light of the circumstances, into whether any such disqualification under Rule 506(d) would have existed and whether any disclosure is required to be made to the Purchasers under Rule 506(e).  Any outstanding securities of the Company (of any kind or nature) that were issued in reliance on Rule 506 have been issued in compliance with Rule 506(d) and (e) and no party has any reasonable basis for challenging any such reliance on Rule 506 in connection therewith.

 

(kk)         Bank Holding Company Act .  The Company is not subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “ BHCA ”) or to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “ Federal Reserve ”).  The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.  The Company does not exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA or to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

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

 

(mm)      Listing and Maintenance Requirements .  The Ordinary Shares were registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to the Company’s Knowledge, is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.  The Company has not received notice from the Trading Market to the effect that the Company is

 

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not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of the Trading Market.  The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not upon issuance of the Securities and for the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.  The issuance of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules of the Trading Market.

 

(nn)         Sarbanes-Oxley .  The Company is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.  The Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “ JOBS Act ”), and has taken advantage of relief from certain reporting requirements and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. The Company has taken the exemption from auditor attestation on the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting as permitted under the JOBS Act.

 

(oo)         U.S. Real Property Holdings Corporation .  The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation, within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.

 

(pp)         Books and Records .  The minute books of the Company contain records that are in all material respects accurate of all meetings and other actions of its directors and shareholders from the time of incorporation of the Company to the Closing Date.  The other books and records of the Company have in all material respects been maintained in accordance with prudent business practices and are accurate in all material respects.

 

(qq)         No Additional Agreements .  The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.

 

(rr)           Use of Form F-3 . The Company meets the registration and transaction requirements for use of Form F-3 for the registration of the Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale by the Purchasers.

 

(ss)          No Integrated Offering . Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering to be integrated with prior offerings  by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

(tt)           No Registration Rights . Other than (i) each of the Purchasers, (ii) each Person set forth in Schedule 3.1(tt) of the Disclosure Schedules, pursuant to that certain Cortendo AB Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated February 10, 2015 (the “ Prior Registration Rights Agreement ”), and except as otherwise described on Schedule 3.1(tt) , no person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company’s entry into the Transaction Documents, and the taking of any action to effect any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, do not and will not violate or conflict with, or create any further rights of other holders under, the Prior Registration Rights Agreements. All required consents under the Prior Registration Rights Agreement necessary to effect any of the actions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, if any, have been obtained by the Company.

 

3.2           Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers .  Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company and the Placement Agent as follows:

 

(a)           Organization; Authority .  Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Purchaser and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this

 

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Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or, if such Purchaser is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable like action, on the part of such Purchaser.  Each Transaction document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

 

(b)           Conflicts .  The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Purchaser, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment  or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Purchaser, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(c)           Investment Intent .  Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Shares and Warrants as principal for its own account and not with a view to, or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, provided, however , that by making the representations herein, such Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum period of time and reserves the right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.  Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of any of the Securities (or any securities which are derivatives thereof) to or through any person or entity; such Purchaser is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered as a broker-dealer.

 

(d)           Purchaser Status .  At the time such Purchaser was offered the Shares and Warrants, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. Purchaser hereby represents that neither it nor any of its Rule 506(d) Related Parties is a “bad actor” within the meaning of Rule 506(d) promulgated under the Securities Act. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Rule 506(d) Related Party ” shall mean a person or entity covered by the “Bad Actor disqualification” provision of Rule 506(d) of the Securities Act.

 

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

 

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

 

(g)           Access to Information .  Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about

 

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the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents.  Such Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

 

(h)           Certain Trading Activities .  Other than with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, since the time that such Purchaser was first contacted by the Company, the Placement Agent or any other Person regarding the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the Purchaser nor any Affiliate of such Purchaser which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Purchaser’s investments or trading or information concerning such Purchaser’s investments, including in respect of the Securities, and (z) is subject to such Purchaser’s review or input concerning such Affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “ Trading Affiliate s”) has directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser or Trading Affiliate, effected or agreed to effect any purchases or sales of the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser and/or Trading Affiliate that is, individually or collectively, a multi-managed investment bank or vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s or Trading Affiliate’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s or Trading Affiliate’s assets, the representation set forth above shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement.  Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement and Purchaser’s advisors, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

(i)            Brokers and Finders .  With the exception of the Placement Agent, no Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or any Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Purchaser.

 

(j)            Independent Investment Decision .  Such Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other Purchaser’s business and/or legal counsel in making such decision.  Such Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice.  Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Securities.  Such Purchaser understands that the Placement Agent has acted solely as the agent of the Company in this placement of the Securities and such Purchaser has not relied on the business or legal advice of the Placement Agent or any of its agents, counsel or Affiliates in making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none of such persons has made any representations or warranties to such Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(k)           Reliance on Exemptions .  Such Purchaser understands that the Securities being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities.

 

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(l)             No Governmental Review .   Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

 

(l)             Regulation M .  Such Purchaser is aware that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of Ordinary Shares and other activities with respect to the Ordinary Shares by the Purchasers.

 

(m)          Beneficial Ownership .     The purchase by such Purchaser of the Shares and Warrants issuable to it at the Closing will not result in such Purchaser (individually or together with any other Person with whom such Purchaser has identified, or will have identified, itself as part of a “group” in a public filing made with the Commission involving the Company’s securities) acquiring, or obtaining the right to acquire, in excess of 29.999% of the outstanding shares of Ordinary Shares or the voting power of the Company on a post transaction basis that assumes that such Closing shall have occurred.  Such Purchaser does not presently intend to, alone or together with others, make a public filing with the Commission to disclose that it has (or that it together with such other Persons have) acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, as a result of such Closing (when added to any other securities of the Company that it or they then own or have the right to acquire), in excess of 29.999% of the outstanding shares of Ordinary Shares or the voting power of the Company on a post transaction basis that assumes that each Closing shall have occurred.

 

(n)           Residency .  Such Purchaser’s residence (if an individual) or offices in which its investment decision with respect to the Securities was made (if an entity) are located at the address immediately below such Purchaser’s name on its signature page hereto.

 

The Company and each of the Purchasers acknowledge and agree that no party to this Agreement has made or makes any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Article III and the Transaction Documents.

 

ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1          Transfer Restrictions .

 

(a)            Compliance with Laws .  Except as specifically provided for elsewhere in this Article IV , each Purchaser covenants that the Securities may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state and federal securities laws.  In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) to the Company, (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 ( provided that the Purchaser provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and, if applicable, broker representation letters) that the securities may be sold pursuant to such rule) or (iv) in connection with a bona fide pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b) , the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act.

 

(b)           Legends .  Certificates evidencing the Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form, until such time as they are not required under Section 4.1(c) :

 

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION

 

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STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge, and/or grant a security interest in, some or all of the legended Securities in connection with applicable securities laws, pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in compliance with a bona fide margin loan.  Such a pledge would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion shall be required in connection with a subsequent transfer or foreclosure following default by the Purchaser transferee of the pledge.  No notice shall be required of such pledge, but Purchaser’s transferee shall promptly notify the Company of any such subsequent transfer or foreclosure.  Each Purchaser acknowledges that the Company shall not be responsible for any pledges relating to, or the grant of any security interest in, any of the Securities or for any agreement, understanding or arrangement between any Purchaser and its pledgee or secured party.  At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.  Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, except as otherwise provided in Section 4.1(c) , any Securities subject to a pledge or security interest as contemplated by this Section 4.1(b)  shall continue to bear the legend set forth in this Section 4.1(b)  and be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4.1(a) .

 

(c)            Removal of Legends .

 

(i)            The legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)  above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend or any other legend to the holder of the applicable Securities upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), if (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the Securities Act (provided that, if the Purchaser is selling pursuant to the effective registration statement registering the Securities for resale, the Purchaser agrees to only sell such Securities during such time that such registration statement is effective and not withdrawn or suspended, and only as permitted by such registration statement), (ii) such Securities are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) such Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions.  Following the earlier of (i) the Effective Date or (ii) Rule 144 becoming available for the resale of Securities, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, the Company shall cause Company Counsel to issue to the Transfer Agent the legal opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions.  Any fees (with respect to the Transfer Agent, Company Counsel or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinion or the removal of such legend shall be borne by the Company.  Following the Effective Date, or at such earlier time as a legend is no longer required for certain Securities, the Company will no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company (with notice to the Company) of  a (i) legended certificate representing Shares or Warrant Shares (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer) or (ii) an Exercise Notice in the manner provided in the Warrants to effect the exercise of such Warrant in accordance with its terms, and an opinion of counsel to the extent required by Section 4.1(a) , deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends.  The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1(c) .  Certificates for Shares subject

 

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to legend removal hereunder may be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchasers by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with DTC as directed by such Purchaser.

 

(ii)           The Company agrees that following such time as the legend is no longer, it will, no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Transfer Agent of a (i) certificate representing Shares or Warrant Shares issued with a restrictive legend if such Shares or Warrant Shares are certificated, or (ii) written notice requesting the removal of any restrictive legend from the entry in the applicable balance account evidencing such Shares or Warrant Shares, as the case may be, (such third Trading Day, the “ Legend Removal Date ”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser such Shares or Warrant Shares, free from all restrictive and other legends, by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser.  The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Article IV.  In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares or Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date such Shares or Warrant Shares are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend, $5 per Trading Day for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such Shares or Warrant Shares are delivered without a legend.  The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.1(c)(ii) are referred to herein as “ Legend Removal Failure Payments .”  Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver any Shares or Warrant Shares as required by this Section 4.1, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

(iii)          If a Purchaser shall make a sale or transfer of any Shares or Warrant Shares either pursuant to (x) Rule 144 or (y) a registration statement, and in each case shall have delivered to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent the certificate representing the applicable Shares or Warrant Shares containing a restrictive legend which are the subject of such sale or transfer and a representation letter in customary form (the date of such sale or transfer and delivery being the “ Share Delivery Date ”) and (1) the Company shall fail to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such Shares or Warrant Shares that is free from all restrictive or other legends by 6:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Trading Day on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading following the Share Delivery Date and (2) following such third Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date and prior to the time such Shares or Warrant Shares are received free from restrictive legends, the Purchaser, or any third party on behalf of such Purchaser, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Purchaser of such Shares or Warrant Shares (a “ Buy-In ”), then, in addition to any other rights available to the Purchaser under the Transaction Documents and applicable law, the Company shall pay in cash to the Purchaser (for costs incurred either directly by such Purchaser or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total purchase price paid for the Ordinary Shares as a result of the Buy-In (including brokerage commissions, if any) exceed the proceeds received by such Purchaser as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Purchaser shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Purchaser in respect of the Buy-In. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth herein.

 

(d)            Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions .     The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto (the “ Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions ”). The Company represents and warrants that  no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 4.1(d)  (or instructions that are consistent therewith) will be given by the Company to its transfer agent in connection with this Agreement, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and applicable law. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations under this Section 4.1(d)  will cause irreparable harm to a Purchaser.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 4.1(d)  will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 4.1(d) , that a Purchaser shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

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(e)            Acknowledgement .  Each Purchaser hereunder acknowledges its primary responsibilities under the Securities Act and accordingly will not sell or otherwise transfer the Securities or any interest therein without complying with the requirements of the Securities Act.  While the Registration Statement remains effective, each Purchaser hereunder may sell the Shares and Warrant Shares in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the Registration Statement and if it does so it will comply therewith and with the related prospectus delivery requirements unless an exemption therefrom is available.  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that if it is notified by the Company in writing at any time that the Registration Statement registering the resale of the Shares and Warrant Shares is not effective or that the prospectus included in such Registration Statement no longer complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, the Purchaser will refrain from selling such Shares or Warrant Shares until such time as the Purchaser is notified by the Company that such Registration Statement is effective or such prospectus is compliant with Section 10 of the Securities Act, unless such Purchaser is able to, and does, sell such Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.  Both the Company and its Transfer Agent, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, may rely on this Section 4.1(e)  and each Purchaser hereunder will indemnify and hold harmless each of such persons from any breaches or violations of this Section 4.1(e) .

 

(f)            Transfer to Affiliates .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV to the contrary, no registration statement or opinion of counsel shall be required for a transfer of the Securities by a Purchaser to an Affiliate of such Purchaser so long as the transferee of such Securities is an “accredited investor” and agrees to be subject to the terms hereof to the same extent as transferor in its capacity as a Purchaser herein.

 

4.2          Furnishing of Information .  In order to enable the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144, until such time as no Purchaser holds Securities, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. During such twelve (12) month period, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144.

 

4.3          Acknowledgment of Dilution .  The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.

 

4.4           Integration .  The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

4.5          Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity .  By 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release (the “ Press Release ”) reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby.  On or before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second (2 nd) Trading Day immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 6-K with the Commission describing the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Asset Purchase Agreement and Loan and Security Agreement (and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 6-K, this Agreement, the form of Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser or an Affiliate of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser or an Affiliate of any Purchaser in any press release or filing with the Commission (other than the Registration Statement) or any regulatory agency or Trading

 

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Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (B) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, request of the Staff of the Commission or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with two (2) days prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii).  From and after the issuance of the Press Release, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the Press Release unless a Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are required to be publicly disclosed by the Company as described in this Section 4.5 , such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

 

4.6           Indemnification of Purchasers .  Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.6 , the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “ Purchaser Party ”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). Promptly after receipt by any Person (the “ Indemnified Person ”) of notice of any demand, claim or circumstances which would or might give rise to a claim or the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 4.6 , such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, and shall assume the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses;  provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless: (i) the Company and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel; (ii) the Company shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in such proceeding; or (iii) in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such Indemnified Person, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, the Company shall not effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such proceeding.

 

4.7           Principal Trading Market Listing .  In the time and manner required by the Principal Trading Market, the Company shall prepare and file with such Principal Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering all of the Shares and Warrant Shares and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all steps necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be approved for listing on the Principal

 

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Trading Market as promptly as possible thereafter.  In addition, if required by the rules of the Principal Trading Market, including, without limitation, as a result of the Company’s ineligibility to qualify as a Foreign Private Issuer under Rule 405 of the Securities Act, at any such time as the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall hold a special meeting of shareholders (which may also be the annual meeting of shareholders) at the earliest practical date after the date that the number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement on a fully exercised basis (ignoring for such purposes any exercise limitation therein) exceeds 20% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares on the Closing Date, for the purpose of obtaining shareholder approval for the issuance of the Securities described herein, with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors that such proposal be approved, and the Company shall solicit proxies from its shareholders in connection therewith in the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such proposal. If the Company does not obtain shareholder approval at the first meeting, the Company shall call a meeting every four months thereafter to seek shareholder approval until the earlier of the date shareholder approval is obtained or the Warrants are no longer outstanding.

 

4.8           Form D; Blue Sky .  The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon the written request of any Purchaser.  The Company, on or before the Closing Date, shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Purchasers under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification) and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon the written request of any Purchaser.

 

4.9           Delivery of Shares and Warrants After Closing . The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the respective Shares and Warrants purchased by each Purchaser to such Purchaser within three (3) Trading Days of the Closing Date.

 

4.10       Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof .  Such Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in any transactions in the Company’s securities (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities) during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of such time as (i) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as required by and described in Section 4.5 or (ii) this Agreement is terminated in full pursuant to Section 6.18 .  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.5 , such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction Documents and Disclosure Schedules.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4.5.

 

4.11        Non-Public Information .  Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Loan and Security Agreement and the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agents or counsel, with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information.  The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

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

 

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4.13        Participation in Future Financing .

 

(a)           Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, from the date hereof until the date that is the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing Date, upon (i) any issuance by the Company of un-registered Ordinary Shares or securities convertible or exercisable into Ordinary Shares (a “ Private Offering ”) or (ii) any issuance by the Company of registered Ordinary Shares or securities convertible or exercisable into Ordinary Shares (a “ Public Offering ” and together with the Private Offering, a “ Subsequent Financing ”), in each case for cash consideration, indebtedness or a combination thereof, then for a Private Offering each Purchaser shall have the right to participate, and with respect to a Public Offering the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts (which must include multiple attempts, on multiple dates, with multiple representatives of the underwriter, including the most senior underwriter personnel devoting time to the Public Offering, orally and in writing) to cause the managing underwriter(s) of the Public Offering, or the placement agent(s) of the Private Offering, to provide the Purchaser the opportunity to participate, in an amount of the Subsequent Financing up to such Purchaser’s Pro-Rata Share (as defined below) on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing.  For purposes of this Agreement, each Purchaser’s “Pro-Rata Share” shall be equal to the number of Ordinary Shares deemed to be beneficially owned by such Purchaser immediately prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing (based upon documentation or written representation reasonably satisfactory to the Company), divided by the total number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.13 and unless otherwise agreed to by all Purchasers, the Company shall either confirm in writing to each Purchaser that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to effect the Subsequent Financing, in either case, in such a manner such that a Purchaser will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the Purchaser’s notification by the Company of such Subsequent Financing. If by such fifth (5th) Trading Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by a Purchaser, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Purchaser shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such notice period may be extended by mutual agreement in accordance with the requirements to amend this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance.

 

4.14        Tax Matters .

 

(a)           PFIC Reporting .  The Company hereby agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Purchasers in order to permit the Purchasers to determine whether the Company is at any time a “passive foreign investment company” (as defined in Section 1297(a) of the Code (a “ PFIC ”).  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company shall, within ninety (90) days after the end of each taxable year, notify the Investor of its good faith belief as to whether the Company or any current or future direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company was a PFIC for such taxable year.  If the Company or any Subsidiary thereof is determined to be a PFIC, the Company (i) shall promptly after the determination thereof notify the Purchasers, (ii) shall timely provide such information to the Purchasers as the Purchasers may reasonably request to enable each Purchaser to complete its U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 8621 with respect to such entity and (iii) shall use reasonable best efforts, to provide such statements, information and documentation as a Purchaser reasonably believes is necessary for it to make an election to treat such subsidiary as a “qualified electing fund” under Section 1295 of the Code.  The Company shall not be liable to the Purchasers if its statement of belief, or any information provided pursuant to this Section 4.14(a), is found to be incorrect, unless such statement of belief or information was not reached or provided in good faith by the Company or was the result of the Company’s gross negligence.

 

(b)           Controlled Foreign Corporation . If a Purchaser is an “United States shareholder” within the meaning of Section §951(b) of the Code (a “ 10% U.S. Shareholder ”) of the Company at any point during a taxable year, then the Company hereby agrees to reasonably cooperate with such Purchaser in order to permit such Purchaser to determine whether the Company is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code (“ CFC ”).  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company shall, within ninety (90) days after the end

 

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of such taxable year, notify the Purchasers of its good faith belief, based on the information available to the Company, as to whether the Company is or is likely to have become a CFC for such taxable year.  In making the annual determination described above, the Company agrees to inquire of any of its shareholders that hold 10% or more of its voting stock and is not a 10% U.S. Shareholder whether such shareholder has any direct or indirect owners that could be a 10% U.S. Shareholder of the Company, but shall not be responsible for whether any such shareholder replies, or replies accurately, to such inquiry.  If the Company is or is likely to have become a CFC, then the Company shall use reasonable best efforts, to provide a Purchaser all information reasonably requested by a Purchaser so that such Purchaser may timely comply with its filing obligations under the Code, including but not limited to Internal Revenue Service Form 5471.  The Company shall not be liable to the Purchasers if its statement of belief, or any information provided pursuant to this Section 4.14(b), is found to be incorrect, unless such statement of belief or information was not reached or provided in good faith by the Company or was the result of gross negligence.

 

4.15        Reservation of Ordinary Shares .  The Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance from and after the Closing Date, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issued at the Closing (without taking into account any limitations on exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).

 

4.16        Subsequent Equity Sales .  From the date hereof until the earlier of (i) one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date or (ii) thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents (other than the Securities); provided, however , the thirty (30) day period set forth in this Section 4.16 shall be extended for the number of Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Ordinary Shares is suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) following the Effective Date, the Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus included in the Registration Statement may not be used by the Purchasers for the resale of the Shares and Warrant Shares.  The foregoing sentence shall not apply to any Exempt Issuance.  If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) Ordinary Shares is less than 130% of (i) the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including the Warrant Shares (ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein) (the “ Required Minimum ”) minus (ii) the number of Ordinary Shares previously issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s Articles of Association to increase the number of authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares to at least the Required Minimum at such time (minus the number of Ordinary Shares previously issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents), as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 75th day after such date; provided that the Company will not be required at any time to authorize a number of Ordinary Shares greater than the maximum remaining number of Ordinary Shares that could possibly be issued after such time pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

 

ARTICLE V.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING

 

5.1           Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Purchasers to Purchase Securities .  The obligation of each Purchaser to acquire Shares and Warrants at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Purchaser (as to itself only):

 

(a)            Representations and Warranties .  The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.

 

(b)            Performance .  The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.

 

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(c)            No Injunction .  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(d)            Consents .  The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities (including all Required Approvals), all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.

 

(e)            Adverse Changes .  Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)             Listing .  The NASDAQ Global Select Market shall have approved the listing of additional shares application for the Shares and Warrant Shares.

 

(g)            No Suspensions of Trading in Ordinary Shares .  The Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market from trading on the Principal Trading Market nor shall suspension by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Trading Market.

 

(h)            Company Deliverables .  The Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(a) .

 

(i)             Compliance Certificate .  The Company shall have delivered to each Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 5.1(a)  and (b)  in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F .

 

(j)            Debt Financing .  All of the pre-closing conditions required to be satisfied pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement shall have been satisfied other than the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(k)           Drug Acquisition .  The Asset Purchase Agreement shall have been signed by the parties thereto and the transactions contemplated thereby shall have been consummated.

 

(l)            Minimum Investment Amount .   The aggregate Purchase Price for the Shares and Warrants at the Closing shall be at least $25,000,000.

 

(m)           Termination .  This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.18 herein.

 

5.2           Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to sell Securities .  The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Shares and Warrants at the Closing to the Purchasers is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:

 

(a)            Representations and Warranties .  The representations and warranties made by the Purchasers in Section 3.2 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made, and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.

 

(b)            Performance .  Such Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(c)            No Injunction .  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(d)            Consents .  The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.

 

(e)            Purchasers Deliverables .  Such Purchaser shall have delivered its Purchaser Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b) .

 

(f)             Listing .  The NASDAQ Global Select Market shall have approved the listing of additional shares application for the Securities.

 

(g)            Termination .  This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.18 herein.

 

ARTICLE VI.
MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1           Fees and Expenses .  The Company and the Purchasers shall each pay the fees and expenses of their respective advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall reimburse (i) CAM Capital or its affiliates for its expenses for counsel in an amount not to exceed $15,000, (ii) Vivo Capital or its affiliates for its expenses for counsel in an amount not to exceed $15,000, and (iii) HealthCap VI, L.P. or its affiliates for its expenses for counsel in an amount not to exceed $5,000.  The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale and issuance of the Securities to the Purchasers.

 

6.2           Entire Agreement .  The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.  At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Company and the Purchasers will execute and deliver to the other such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents.

 

6.3           Notices .  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via electronic mail or facsimile (provided the sender receives a machine-generated confirmation of successful transmission) at the e-mail address or facsimile number specified in this Section 6.3 prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via electronic mail or facsimile at the email address or facsimile number specified in this Section 6.3 on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:

 

If to the Company:

 

Strongbridge Biopharma plc

 

 

900 Northbrook Drive

 

 

Trevose, PA 19053

 

 

Telephone No.: (610) 254-9200

 

 

Attention: A. Brian Davis

 

 

E-mail: b.davis@strongbridgebio.com

 

 

Strongbridge Biopharma plc

 

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With a copy to:

 

Reed Smith LLP

 

 

599 Lexington Avenue

 

 

22 nd  Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10022

 

 

Telephone No.: (212) 521-5400

 

 

Facsimile No.: (212) 521-5450

 

 

Attention: Aron Izower

 

 

E-mail: aizower@reedsmith.com

 

 

 

If to a Purchaser:

 

To the address set forth under such Purchaser’s name on the signature page hereof; or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.

 

6.4           Amendments; Waivers; No Additional Consideration .  No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers of at least a majority in interest of the Shares and Warrant Shares underlying Warrants (disregarding for this purpose any and all limitations of any kind on exercise of any Warrants) still held by Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought; provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser, the consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser shall also be required.  No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Purchaser to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document unless the same consideration is also offered to all Purchasers who then hold Securities.

 

6.5           Construction .  The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.  This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

 

6.6           Successors and Assigns .  The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.  This Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of each Purchaser.  Any Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities in compliance with the Transaction Documents and applicable law, provided such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the terms and conditions of this Agreement that apply to the “Purchasers”.

 

6.7           No Third-Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except (i) the Placement Agent are intended third party beneficiaries of Article III hereof and (ii) each Purchaser Party is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 4.9 .

 

6.8           Governing Law .  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts.  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including

 

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with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum.  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

6.9    Survival .  Subject to applicable statute of limitations, the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

 

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

 

6.11   Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

 

6.12   Rescission and Withdrawal Right .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

 

6.13   Replacement of Securities .  If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent of such loss, theft or destruction and the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit of that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Transfer Agent for any losses in connection therewith or, if required by the Transfer Agent, a bond in such form and amount as is required by the Transfer Agent.  The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.  If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a replacement.

 

6.14   Remedies .  In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents.  The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation (other than in connection with any action for a temporary restraining order) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

6.15   Payment Set Aside .  To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such

 

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

 

6.16         Adjustments in Share Numbers and Prices . In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Ordinary Shares (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Ordinary Shares), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof and prior to the Closing, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of shares or a price per share shall be deemed to be amended to appropriately account for such event.

 

6.17         Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights .  The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document.  The decision of each Purchaser to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary which may have been made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser and any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Purchaser (or any other Person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statement or opinions.  Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents.  Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents.

 

6.18         Termination . This Agreement may be terminated and the sale and purchase of the Shares and Warrants abandoned at any time prior to the Closing by either the Company or any Purchaser (with respect to itself only) upon written notice to the other, if the Closing has not been consummated on or prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Outside Date; provided, however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.18 shall not be available to any Person whose failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such time.  Nothing in this Section 6.18 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.  In the event of a termination pursuant to this Section 6.18 , the Company shall promptly notify all non-terminating Purchasers.  Upon a termination in accordance with this Section 6.18 , the Company and the terminating Purchaser(s) shall not have any further obligation or liability (including arising from such termination) to the other, and no Purchaser will have any liability to any other Purchaser under the Transaction Documents as a result therefrom.

 

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

 

 

Strongbridge Biopharma plc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ A. Brian Davis

 

 

Name:

A. Brian Davis

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

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NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

PIMA A/S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Esten Løkkebakken

 

Name:

Esten Løkkebakken

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

 

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Eugene C. Burger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eugene Burger

 

Name:

Eugene Burger

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Yuriy Shteinbuk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Yuriy Sheinbuk

 

Name:

Yuriy Sheinbuk

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

 

(if different than above)

 

 

 

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Scott D. Morenstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott D. Morenstein

 

Name:

Scott D. Morenstein

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

 

 

 Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

 

(if different than above)

 

 

 

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Kenneth Glennon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth Glennon

 

Name:

Kenneth Glennon

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

 

(if different than above)

 

 

 

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Karen Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Cross

 

Name:

Karen Cross

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Heath N. Weisburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Heath N. Weisburg

 

Name:

Heath N. Weisburg

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Daniel P. Klein

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daniel P. Klein

 

Name:

Daniel P. Klein

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

David Ben-Ur

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Ben-Ur

 

Name:

David Ben-Ur

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

CDK Associates, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Cross

 

Name:

Karen Cross

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

H5 Vekst AS

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eivind Haugan

 

Name:

Eivind Haugan

 

Title:

CIO

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Vivo Capital Fund VIII, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Vivo Capital Fund VIII, LLC

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Albert Cha

 

Name:

Albert Cha

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Vivo Capital Surplus Fund VIII, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Vivo Capital VIII, LLC

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Albert Cha

 

Name:

Albert Cha

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Abraxas AS

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eivind Haugan

 

Name:

Eivind Haugan

 

Title:

Owner / CIO

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

AS Mascot Holding

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alexander Munch-Thore

 

Name:

Alexander Munch-Thore

 

Title:

Chairman

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Zinober Invest A/S

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tore Eiklid

 

Name: Tore Eiklid

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Fougner Invest

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Reidar Fougner

 

Name: Reidar Fougner

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Eigil Spetalen

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eigil Spetalen

 

Name: Eigil Spetalen

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Boxer Capital, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Aaron Davis

 

Name: Aaron Davis

 

Title: C.E.O.

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Broadfin Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin Kotler

 

Name: Kevin Kotler

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Growth Equity Opportunities Fund III, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Louis Citron

 

Name: Louis Citron

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

Opaleye L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James Silverman

 

Name: James Silverman

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

 

NAME OF

 

 

PURCHASER:

HealthCap VI, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

HealthCap VI GP S.A.

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dag Richter

 

Name: Dag Richter

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $

 

 

 

Number of Shares to be Acquired:

 

Number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants to be Acquired:

 

 

 

Tax ID No.:

 

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile No.:

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail
Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Delivery Instructions:

(if different than above)

 

c/o

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone
No.:

 

 

 



 

EXHIBITS :

 

A:             Form of Registration Rights Agreement

B:             Form of Opinion of Company Counsel

C:             Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

D:             Accredited Investor Questionnaire

E:            Form of Secretary’s Certificate

F:             Form of Officer’s Certificate

G:            Form of Warrant

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY COUNSEL

 

To be given by Irish Company Counsel:

 

1.               The Company is a public limited company, is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Ireland with the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate properties and assets, and to conduct its business as described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2016, to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder, including, without limitation, to issue, sell and deliver the Shares and Warrants under the Agreement and to issue the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

2.               The Securities will, on: (i) the allotment and issuance of the Securities (by the entry of the name of the registered owner thereof in the register of members of the Company confirming that such Securities have been issued credited as fully paid), and (ii) the subscription and payment therefor, by the relevant subscribers in accordance with the constitution of the Company and in the manner provided for by the Purchase Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (which term, when used herein, means that the holders of such Securities are not liable, solely by virtue of holding such Securities, for additional assessments or calls on such Securities by the Company or its creditors); and

 

3.               All corporate action on the part of the Company necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of the Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants by the Company, the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants has been taken by the Company. The Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants have been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and each of them constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.

 

4.               No approval of the shareholders of the Company is required for the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the offer, sale or issuance of the Securities, or the consummation by the Company of any other transaction contemplated by the Agreement.

 

To be given by U.S. Company Counsel:

 

5.               The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement do not and will not (A) contravene or violate any provision of New York or federal law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in each case that, in our experience, is typically applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and is applicable to the Company, (B) to our knowledge, result in any breach of, violation of or constitute a default under any currently effective decree, judgment or order currently applicable to the Company, or (C) result in any breach of or constitute a default under any of the Material Contracts.

 

6.               No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any federal, New York court, other governmental or regulatory authority or agency is required for the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the offer, sale or issuance of the Securities, or the consummation by the Company of any other transaction contemplated by the Agreement, except for the Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or filings as may be required under applicable state securities laws, as to which we express no opinion, from FINRA (as to which we express no opinion).

 



 

7.               Subject to the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations in Section 3.2 of the Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the Securities in conformity with the terms of the Agreement constitute transactions exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

8.               The Company is not, and, immediately after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and Warrants, will not be an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

9.               Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Materials or Disclosure Schedules, to such counsel’s knowledge, there are no written contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right (other than rights which have been waived in writing or otherwise satisfied) to require the Company to include any securities of the Company in any registration statement contemplated by Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement

 



 

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

 



 

[STRONGBRIDGE LETTERHEAD]

 

December   , 2016

 

Computershare

Transfer Agent and Registrar

ATTN: Paul Amante

480 Washington Blvd

Jersey City, NJ 07310

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

You are hereby authorized and requested, as Registrar and Transfer Agent of the ordinary shares of Strongbridge Biopharma plc (the “Corporation”), to issue share certificates representing an aggregate of 14,000,000 ordinary shares (the “Shares”) in such names and amounts set forth on Schedule A hereto.

 

Please issue and countersign share certificates in the names of the individuals and entities set forth on Schedule A, and deliver such certificates by certified overnight delivery to the addresses corresponding to such individuals and entitles, set forth in Schedule A hereto.  Please also update the records on Computershare’s system for the Shares at the time of sale of the Shares on December    , 2016.

 

The Shares should bear a restrictive legend acknowledging that, among other things, the Shares are restricted under U.S. securities laws.  The required legend that should appear on the Shares is set forth in the attached Schedule B.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 



 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

Received and Acknowledged:

 

 

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 



 

SCHEDULE A

 

Ordinary Share Recipients

 

Purchaser Exact
Name

 

Address for Notice

 

Address for Delivery

 

Tax ID

 

Share Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

SCHEDULE B

 

Share Certificate Legend

 

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 



 

EXHIBIT D

 

ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

 



 

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA PLC

ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned hereby represents that the undersigned has read the definition of “Accredited Investor” from Rule 501 of Regulation D attached hereto as Exhibit A and certifies that either (check one):

 

o             The undersigned is an “Accredited Investor” (please check the appropriate box on Exhibit A to indicate which of the categories listed describes the investing entity or individual); or

 

o             The undersigned is not an “Accredited Investor.”

 

The foregoing representation is true and accurate as of the date first written below. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Strongbridge Biopharma plc will be entitled to rely on the truth and accuracy of the foregoing.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[NAME OF INVESTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: December    , 2016

By:

 

 

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

Its:

 

 

 

Print Title (if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

Address (at the State of Domicile):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daytime Telephone Number:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daytime Fax Number:

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

Rule 501.     Definitions and Terms Used in Regulation D .

 

As used in Regulation D, the following terms have the meaning indicated:

 

(a)           Accredited Investor .   “Accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the following categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the following categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person:

 

o                                     Any natural person whose individual net worth(1), or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000 (excluding the value of such person’s primary residence);

 

 

o                                     Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

o                                     Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any insurance company as defined in section 2(13) of the Act; any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;

 

o                                     Any private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;

 

o                                     Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 


(1)   In calculating net worth, an individual may include equity in his or her personal property and real estate (other than his or her primary residence), cash, short-term investments, stock and securities.  Inclusion of equity in personal property and real estate (other than an individual’s primary residence) should be based on the fair market value of such property less debt secured by such property.  An individual may not include the value of his or her primary residence in calculating net worth and may exclude the amount of any indebtedness secured by his or her primary residence up to the fair market value of the residence. The amount of any indebtedness secured by an individual’s primary residence in excess of fair market value of the residence must be included as a liability in calculating net worth.  An individual must also include as a liability any increase in the amount of debt secured by his or her primary residence incurred within 60 days prior to the date of his or her subscription for the Securities unless such debt is incurred in connection with the acquisition of the primary residence.

 



 

o                                     Any director, executive officer or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;

 

o                                     Any trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii);

 

o                                     Any entity in which all of the equity owners are Accredited Investors.

 



 

EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

 



 

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA PLC

 

SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

 

I, Stephen Long, the duly elected, qualified and acting Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Strongbridge Biopharma plc, an Irish public limited company (registered no. 562659) (the “Company”), do hereby certify that:

 

(a)                                  A true and complete copy of resolutions relating to the issuance of         ordinary shares of the Company to those persons identified in the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December   , 2016, by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein, as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company by unanimous written consent dated as of December   , 2016, is attached hereto as Exhibit A ; and such resolutions have not been amended or revoked and are in full force and effect on the date hereof;

 

(b)                                  Attached hereto as Exhibit B are true and complete copies of the Company’s (i) Certificate of Incorporation and (ii) Memorandum and Articles of Association.  Such Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association have not been amended or modified in any way and each remains in full force and effect on and as of the date hereof; and

 

(c)                                   The persons listed below have been duly elected to, and presently hold, the office or offices in the Company set opposite his or her name and each signature set opposite each name is a true and correct copy of such officer’s signature.

 

Name

 

Office

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew Pauls

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Brian Davis

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen J. Long

 

Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

(d)                                  Attached hereto is a letter of status from the Irish companies registration office dated as of December    , 2016, confirming the Company’s subsistence as of such date.

 

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Certificate this     day of December 2016.

 

 

 

 

Stephen Long

 

Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary

 

The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, does hereby certify that Stephen Long is, and at all times since March 2015 has been, the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of the Company and that the signature appearing above is his genuine signature.

 

 

 

 

Matthew Pauls

 

Chief Executive Officer

 



 

EXHIBIT F

 

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 



 

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA PLC

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

December   , 2016

 

Reference is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December   , 2016, by and among Strongbridge Biopharma plc, an Irish public limited company (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages thereto (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).  Capital Terms used herein and not defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

I, A. Brian Davis, in my capacity as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify as follows:

 

1)              The representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects) as of the date made and as of the date hereof, as though made on and as of the date hereof, except that such representations and warranties that relate to an earlier date were true and correct on and as of such earlier date.

 

2)              The Company has performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the date hereof.

 

3)              The execution and delivery of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares and Warrants to the Purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Warrants, do not and will not result in any breach of, violation of, or constitute a default under, any currently effective decree, judgment or order currently applicable to the Company.

 

4)              The undersigned is a duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting officer of the Company, holding the office of Chief Financial Officer; said officer has been authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Company any instruments, consents or agreements required under the Securities Purchase Agreement to which the Company is a party that he has executed and delivered.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Officers’ Certificate as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

A. Brian Davis

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of December 22, 2016, by and among Strongbridge Biopharma plc, an Irish public limited company (the “ Company ”), and the several purchasers signatory hereto (each a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof between the Company and each Purchaser (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

 

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

 

1.                                       Definitions .  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Advice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) .

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

Closing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Effective Date ” means the date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a)  is first declared effective by the Commission.

 

Effectiveness Deadline ” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, the sixtieth (60 th) calendar day following the Closing Date (or, in the event the Commission reviews and has written comments to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, the ninetieth (90th) calendar day following the Closing Date); provided, however , that if the Company is notified by the Commission that the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Deadline as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above; provided, further , that if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business.

 

Effectiveness Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) .

 

Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) .

 

Event Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) .

 



 

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

 

Filing Deadline ” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) , the thirtieth (30 th) calendar day following the Closing Date, provided, however , that if the Filing Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the next business day on which the Commission is open for business.

 

Holder ” or “ Holders ” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.

 

Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) .

 

Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) .

 

Initial Registration Statement ” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a)  of this Agreement.

 

“Liquidated Damages” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) .

 

“Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) .

 

New Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) .

 

Ordinary Shares ” means the ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any securities into which such ordinary shares may hereinafter be reclassified.

 

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

 

Principal Market ” means the Trading Market on which the Ordinary Shares are primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the Closing Date, shall be the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 

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

 

Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

Purchase Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Purchaser ” or “ Purchasers ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Registrable Securities ” means (i) all of the Shares, (ii) all of the Warrant Shares (disregarding for this purpose any and all limitations of any kind on exercise of any Warrants), (iii) any other Ordinary Shares held by a Purchaser that beneficially owns at least 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares following the Closing (subject to appropriate adjustment for share splits, share dividends, combination of shares, recapitalizations or other such events relating to the Ordinary Shares from time to time) (collectively, “ Existing Shares ”) and (iv) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing, provided , that the Holder has completed and delivered to the Company a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire; and

 

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provided, further , that with respect to a particular Holder, such Holder’s Shares and Warrant Shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) a sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in which case, only such security sold by the Holder shall cease to be a Registrable Security); or (B) two (2) years from the Closing Date but only if such Holder’s Shares or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale without restriction under Rule 144 (in which case, only such security eligible to be sold by the Holder without restriction under Rule 144 shall cease to be a Registrable Security); provided, further , that with respect to a particular Holder, such Holder’s Existing Shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) a sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or (B) the date such Existing Shares are eligible for sale without restriction under Rule 144.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, Warrant Shares shall be Registrable Securities for at least six months from the date of exercise of the Warrant whether or not the Warrant Shares could be freely tradable without restriction pursuant to Rule 144.

 

Registration Statements ” means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation the Initial Registration Statement, the New Registration Statement and any Remainder Registration Statements), amendments and supplements to such Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statements.

 

Remainder Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) .

 

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

 

Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

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

 

SEC Guidance ” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

 

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

 

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ” means a questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B hereto, or such other form of questionnaire as may reasonably be adopted by the Company from time to time.

 

Shares ” means the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

Trading Day ” means (i) a day on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Ordinary Shares are not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Ordinary Shares are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Ordinary Shares are not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Ordinary Shares are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event that the Ordinary Shares are not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

 

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Trading Market ” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Alternext and NYSE MKT (formerly the American Stock Exchange), the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

 

Warrants ” means the Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

Warrant Shares ” means the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

2.                                       Registration .

 

(a)                                  On or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 or, if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Registrable Securities, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Securities as the Holders may reasonably specify (the “ Initial Registration Statement ”).  The Initial Registration Statement shall be on Form F-3 (except if the Company is then ineligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form F-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering) subject to the provisions of Section 2(e)  and shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Annex A (which may be modified to respond to comments, if any, provided by the Commission).  Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2 , in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “ New Registration Statement ”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however , that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages in Section 2(c) , if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by Registrable Securities not acquired pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (whether pursuant to registration rights or otherwise) and second by Registrable Securities represented by Shares (applied, in the case that some Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Shares held by such Holders).  In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement (the “ Remainder Registration Statements ”).

 

(b)                                  The Company shall use its best efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable and, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, no later than the Effectiveness Deadline (including filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act), and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act for so long as Registrable Securities remain outstanding (the “ Effectiveness Period ”).  The

 

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Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 P.M. New York City time on a Trading Day.  The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via facsimile or electronic mail of a “.pdf” format data file of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which date of confirmation shall initially be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 A.M. New York City time on the first Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a final Prospectus with the Commission, as required by Rule 424(b).  Failure to so notify the Holders on or before the second Trading Day after such notification or effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as aforesaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(c) .

 

(c)                                   If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the Filing Deadline, (ii) the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, is not declared effective by the Commission (or otherwise does not become effective) for any reason on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline or (iii) after its Effective Date, (A) such Registration Statement ceases for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement), to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or (B) the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities for any reason for more than an aggregate of either ten (10) consecutive calendar days or thirty (30) calendar days in the aggregate (which need not be consecutive days) during any twelve (12) month period, or (iv) the Company fails to satisfy the current public information requirement pursuant to Rule 144(c)(1) as a result of which the Holders who are not affiliates are unable to sell Registrable Securities without restriction under Rule 144 (or any successor thereto), (any such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (iv) above being referred to as an “ Event ,” and, for purposes of clauses (i), (ii) or (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (iii), the date on which either such ten (10) or thirty (30) calendar day period is exceeded, being referred to as an “ Event Date ”), then in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each additional ten (10) consecutive day or thirty (30) day aggregate period following such Event Date until the earlier of (1) the applicable Event is cured or (2) the two-year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty (“ Liquidated Damages ”), equal to one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder.  The parties agree that (1)  notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Purchase Agreement, no Liquidated Damages shall be payable with respect to any period after the expiration of the Effectiveness Period (except in respect of an Event described in Section 2(c)(iv)  herein), (it being understood that this sentence shall not relieve the Company of any Liquidated Damages accruing prior to the Effectiveness Deadline) and in no event shall, the aggregate amount of Liquidated Damages (excluding Liquidated Damages payable in respect of an Event described in Section 2(c)(iv)  herein) payable to a Holder exceed, in the aggregate, eight percent (8%) per calendar year of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (2) in no event shall the Company be liable in any ten (10) consecutive day period or aggregate, non-consecutive, thirty (30) day period for Liquidated Damages under this Agreement in excess of one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate purchase price paid by the Holders pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.  The Liquidated Damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of an applicable period prior to the cure of an Event, except in the case of the first Event Date.  The Company shall not be liable for Liquidated Damages under this Agreement as to any Registrable Securities which are not permitted by the Commission to be included in a Registration Statement due solely to SEC Guidance from the time that it is determined that such Registrable Securities are not permitted to be registered until such time as the provisions of this Agreement as to the Remainder Registration Statements required to be filed hereunder are triggered, in which case the provisions of this Section 2(c)  shall once again apply, if applicable.  In such case, the Liquidated Damages shall be calculated to only apply to the percentage of Registrable Securities which are permitted in accordance with SEC Guidance to be included in such Registration Statement. The Effectiveness Deadline for a Registration Statement shall be extended without default or Liquidated Damages hereunder in the event that the Company’s failure to obtain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on a timely basis results from the failure of a Purchaser to timely provide the Company with information requested by the Company and necessary to complete the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act (in which the Effectiveness Deadline would be extended with respect to Registrable Securities held by such Purchaser).

 

(d)                                  Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire not more than five (5) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement. At least five (5) Trading

 

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Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder other than the information contained in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, if any, which shall be completed and delivered to the Company promptly upon request and, in any event, within two (2) Trading Days prior to the applicable anticipated filing date.  Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire and a response to any requests for further information as described in the previous sentence. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or a request for further information, in either case, after its respective deadline, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the information in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information as described in this Section 2(d)  will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.

 

(e)                                   In the event that Form F-3 is not  available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form F-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form F-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.

 

3.                                       Registration Procedures

 

In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise set forth in Section 2(d), above, not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for Annual Reports on Form 20-F and Current Reports on Form 6-K and any similar or successor reports), (i) furnish to the Holder copies of such Registration Statement, Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, as proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holder (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such three (3) Trading Day or two (2) Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and approved the use of such documents) and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act.  The Company shall not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which a Holder reasonably objects in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing within the three (3) Trading Day or two (2) Trading Day period described above, as applicable.

 

(b)                                  (i)  Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its Effectiveness Period; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” but not any comments that would result in the disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of (subject to the terms of this Agreement) in accordance with the intended methods of

 

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disposition by the Holders thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented; provided, however , that each Purchaser shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus to the Persons to whom such Purchaser sells any of the Shares (including in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act), and each Purchaser agrees to dispose of Registrable Securities in compliance with the “Plan of Distribution” described in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b) ) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 20-F or Form 6-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the Commission on the same day on which the Exchange Act report which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed.

 

(c)                                   Notify the Holders (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably practicable (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day: (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on any Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide to each of the Holders true and complete copies of all comments that pertain to the Holders as a “Selling Stockholder” or to the “Plan of Distribution” and all written responses thereto, but not information that the Company believes would constitute material and non-public information); and (C) with respect to each Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” or the “Plan of Distribution”; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided that, any and all such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law; and provided , further , that notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential, each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is material, non-public information.

 

(d)                                  Use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as practicable.

 

(e)                                   If requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided , that the Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system.

 

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(f)                                    Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided , that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(g)                                   If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement and under law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may reasonably request.

 

(h)                                  Following the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c) , as promptly as reasonably practicable (taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event), prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the affected Registration Statements or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement nor any Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading.  If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(c)  above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus.  The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.  The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(h)  to suspend the availability of a Registration statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial Liquidated Damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(c) , for a period not to exceed forty (40) calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any twelve (12) month period.

 

(i)                                      The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”) affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of Ordinary Shares and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA or any state securities commission. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of Registrable Securities because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three (3) Trading Days of the Company’s request, any Liquidated Damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.

 

(j)                                     The Company shall cooperate with any registered broker through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 2710 as requested by any such Holder and the Company shall pay the filing fee required for the first such filing within two (2) Business Days of the request therefor.

 

4.                                       Registration Expenses .  All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement (excluding any underwriting discounts and selling commissions and all legal fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Holder) shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement.  The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on

 

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which the Ordinary Shares are then listed for trading, (B) with respect to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders) and (C) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with Section 3(j)  above, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to the FINRA Rule 2710, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.  In no event shall the Company be responsible for any underwriting, broker or similar fees or commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

5.              Indemnification .

 

(a)            Indemnification by the Company .  The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, Affiliates and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (A) such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved  in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that each Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii) - (vi) , related to the use by a Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated and defined in Section 6(d)  below, to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected or (C) to the extent that any such Losses arise out of the Purchaser’s (or any other indemnified Person’s) failure to send or give a copy of the Prospectus or supplement (as then amended or supplemented), if required, pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) to the Persons asserting an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities to such Person if such statement or omission was corrected in such Prospectus or supplement.  The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.  Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an

 

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Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 5(c) ) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders.

 

 

(b)           Indemnification by Holders . Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, based solely upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein or (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii) - (vi) , to the extent related to the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d) .  In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(c)            Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “ Indemnified Party ”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided , that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless:  (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest exists if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party); provided , that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties.  The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.  No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 5 ) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within twenty (20) Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided , that the Indemnified

 

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Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification hereunder). The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 5 , except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

(d)            Contribution .  If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a)  or 5(b)  is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission.  The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d)  were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d) , (A) no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (B) no contribution will be made under circumstances where the maker of such contribution would not have been required to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the fault standards set forth in this Section 5 .  No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement.

 

6.              Miscellaneous .

 

(a)            Remedies .  In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.  The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b)           No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements .  Except and to the extent specified in the Disclosure Schedules to the Purchase Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in a Registration Statement other than the Registrable Securities and the Company shall not prior to the Effective Date enter into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders. The Company shall not file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities other than a registration statement in connection with employee equity awards or

 

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in connection with an acquisition until the earlier of (i) the date that is thirty (30) days after the Initial Registration Statement or New Registration Statement, as the case may be, is declared effective or (ii) the date that all Registrable Securities are eligible for resale by non-affiliates without volume or manner of sale restrictions under Rule 144 and without the requirement for the company to be in compliance with the current public information requirements under Rule 144. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be prohibited from preparing and filing with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering of Ordinary Shares by existing stockholders of the Company or pursuant to an obligation disclosed in the Disclosure Schedules to the Stock Purchase Agreement under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms of registration rights held by such stockholder or from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(c)            Compliance .  Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method of distribution described in the Registration Statement

 

(d)           Discontinued Disposition .  By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(iii) - (vi) , such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed.    The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.  The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(c) .

 

(e)           Payment of Nominal Value for Warrant Shares on Net Exercise .  Strongbridge U.S. Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, shall pay to the Company the nominal value ($0.01 per Warrant Share) for all Warrant Shares issued pursuant to and promptly following a Holder’s election to net exercise all or any portion of a Warrant.

 

(f)             No Inconsistent Agreements .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date hereof, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

(g)           Amendments and Waivers .  The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, or waived unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding no less than a majority of the then outstanding Shares and Warrant Shares underlying the then outstanding Warrants (disregarding for this purpose any and all limitations of any kind on exercise of any Warrants), to the extent in each case that the such Shares and Warrant Shares constitute Registrable Securities hereunder, provided that any party may give a waiver as to itself, provided further that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder, the consent of such disproportionately impact Holder shall also be required.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided , however , that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(h)            Notices .  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

(h)            Successors and Assigns .  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.  The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger or in connection with another entity acquiring all or substantially all of the Company’s assets) or obligations

 

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hereunder without the prior written consent of all the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities.  Each Holder may assign its respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement; provided in each case that (i) the Holder agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights and related obligations under this Agreement, and for the transferee or assignee to assume such obligations, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (iii) at or before the time the Company received the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein and (iv) the transferee is an “accredited investor,” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D.

 

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

 

(j)             Governing Law .  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

(k)            Cumulative Remedies .  The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

 

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

 

(m)           Headings .  The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not limit or otherwise affect  the meaning hereof.

 

(n)           Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights .  The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder.  The decision of each Purchaser to purchase the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made independently of any other Purchaser. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose.  The Company acknowledges that each of the Purchasers has been provided with the same Registration Rights Agreement for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Purchasers and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser.

 

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

 

 

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA plc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ A. Brian Davis

 

 

Name:

A. Brian Davis

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

STRONGBRIDGE U.S. INC.

 

 

 

(solely with respect to Section 6(e) of this Registration Rights Agreement)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ A. Brian Davis

 

 

Name:

A. Brian Davis

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

PIMA A/S

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Esten Løkkebakken

 

Name:

Esten Løkkebakken

 

Title:

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Eugene Burger

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eugene Burger

 

Name:

Eugene Burger

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Yuriy Shteinbuk

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Yuriy Shteinbuk

 

Name:

Yuriy Shteinbuk

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Scott D. Morenstein

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott D. Morenstein

 

Name:

Scott D. Morenstein

 

Title:

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Kenneth Glennon

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth Glennon

 

Name:

Kenneth Glennon

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Karen Cross

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Cross

 

Name:

Karen Cross

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Heath N. Weisburg

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Heath N. Weisburg

 

Name:

Heath N. Weisburg

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Daniel P. Klein

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daniel P. Klein

 

Name:

Daniel P. Klein

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

David Ben-Ur

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Ben-Ur

 

Name:

David Ben-Ur

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

CDK Associates, LLC

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Cross

 

Name:

Karen Cross

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

H5 Vekst AS

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eivind Haugan

 

Name:

Eivind Haugan

 

Title:

CIO

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Vivo Capital Fund VIII, L.P.

 

By: Vivo Capital Fund VIII, LLC

 

Its:  General Partner

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Albert Cha

 

Name:

Albert Cha

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Vivo Capital Surplus Fund VIII, L.P.

 

By: Vivo Capital VIII, LLC

 

Its:  General Partner

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Albert Cha

 

Name:

Albert Cha

 

Title:

Managing Member

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Abraxas AS

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eivind Haugan

 

Name:

Eivind Haugan

 

Title:

Owner / CIO

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

AS Mascot Holding

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alexander Munch-Thore

 

Name:

Alexander Munch-Thore

 

Title:

Chairman

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Zinober Invest A/S

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tore Eiklid

 

Name:

Tore Eiklid

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Fougner Invest

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Reidar Fougner

 

Name:

Reidar Fougner

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Eigil Spetalen

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eigil Spetalen

 

Name:

Eigil Spetalen

 

Title:

 

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Boxer Capital, LLC

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Aaron Davis

 

Name:

Aaron Davis

 

Title:

C.E.O.

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Brondfin Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin Kotler

 

Name:

Kevin Kotler

 

Title:

Director

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Growth Equity Opportunities Fund III, LLC

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Louis Citron

 

Name:

Louis Citron

 

Title:

Chief Legal Officer

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

Opaleye L.P.

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James Silverman

 

Name:

James Silverman

 

Title:

General Partner

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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

 

 

NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY

 

 

 

HealthCap VI, L.P.

 

By: HealthCap VI GP SA

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dag Richter

 

Name:

Dag Richter

 

Title:

Director

 

By:

/s/ Fransis Kaiser

 

Name:

Fransis Kaiser

 

Title:

Director

 

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street:

 

 

 

 

 

City/State/Zip:

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

 

 

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ANNEX A

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering the Ordinary Shares issued to the selling stockholders and issuable upon the exercise of the warrants issued to the selling stockholders to permit the resale of these Ordinary Shares by the holders of the Ordinary Shares and warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus.  We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the Ordinary Shares.  We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the Ordinary Shares.

 

The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents.  If the Ordinary Shares are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions.  The Ordinary Shares may be sold on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, in the over-the-counter market or in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market and in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions.  The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 

·                   ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

·                   block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

·                   purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

·                   an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

·                   privately negotiated transactions;

 

·                   settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;

 

·                   broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

·                   through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;

 

·                   a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

·                   any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, or Section 4(1) under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of those provisions.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling Ordinary Shares to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of

 

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discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the Ordinary Shares for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal. Such commissions will be in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction will not be in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.

 

In connection with sales of the Ordinary Shares or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Ordinary Shares in the course of hedging in positions they assume.  The selling stockholders may also sell Ordinary Shares short and if such short sale shall take place after the date that this Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, the selling stockholders may deliver Ordinary Shares covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales.  The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge Ordinary Shares to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selling stockholders have been advised that they may not use shares registered on this registration statement to cover short sales of our Ordinary Shares made prior to the date the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Ordinary Shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Ordinary Shares from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus.  The selling stockholders also may transfer and donate the Ordinary Shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer or agents participating in the distribution of the Ordinary Shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act in connection with such sales.  In such event, any commissions paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer or agent and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Selling Stockholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder and may be subject to certain statutory liabilities of, including but not limited to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

Each selling stockholder has informed the Company that it is not a registered broker-dealer and does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Ordinary Shares.  Upon the Company being notified in writing by a selling stockholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of Ordinary Shares through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such selling stockholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the number of shares involved, (iii) the price at which such the Ordinary Shares were sold, (iv) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (v) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and (vi) other facts material to the transaction.  In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups, which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8.0%).

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the Ordinary Shares may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers.  In addition, in some states the Ordinary Shares may not be sold unless

 

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such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the Ordinary Shares registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Each selling stockholder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Ordinary Shares by the selling stockholder and any other participating person.  To the extent applicable, Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Ordinary Shares to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Ordinary Shares.  All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the Ordinary Shares and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Ordinary Shares.

 

We will pay all expenses of the registration of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to the registration rights agreement, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided , however , that each selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any and any related legal expenses incurred by it.  We will indemnify the selling stockholders against certain liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreement, or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution.  We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling stockholders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.

 

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ANNEX B

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE

 

The undersigned holder of Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share of Strongbridge Biopharma plc (the “ Company ”) issued pursuant to a certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Purchasers named therein, dated as of                         (the “ Agreement ”), understands that the Company intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form F-3 (the “ Resale Registration Statemen t”) for the registration and the resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

 

In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement, a holder of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling stockholder in the related prospectus or a supplement thereto (as so supplemented, the “ Prospectus ”), deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities (including pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) and be bound by the provisions of the Agreement (including certain indemnification provisions, as described below).  Holders must complete and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire in order to be named as selling stockholders in the Prospectus.  Holders of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire within five (5) Trading Days following the date of the Agreement (1) will not be named as selling stockholders in the Resale Registration Statement or the Prospectus and (2) may not use the Prospectus for resales of Registrable Securities.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus.  Holders of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned holder (the “ Selling Stockholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item (3), unless otherwise specified in Item (3), pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement.  The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands and agrees that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1.                                       Name.

 

(a)                                  Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder:

 

(b)                                  Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held:

 

(c)                                   Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire):

 

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2.  Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:

 

Telephone:

Fax:

Contact Person:

E-mail address of Contact Person:

 

3.  Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities Issuable Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement:

 

(a)                                  Type and Number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned and issued pursuant to the Agreement:

 

(b)                                  Number of Ordinary Shares to be registered pursuant to this Notice for resale:

 

4.  Broker-Dealer Status:

 

(a)                                  Are you a broker-dealer?

 

Yes o

 

No o

 

(b)                                  If “yes” to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for   investment banking services to the Company?

 

Yes o

 

No o

 

Note:                   If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

(c)                                   Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

Yes o

 

No o

 

Note:                   If yes, provide a narrative explanation below:

 

(c)                                   If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

Yes o

 

No o

 

Note:                   If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

5.  Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.

 

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Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned:

 

6.  Relationships with the Company:

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

State any exceptions here:

 

7.  Plan of Distribution:

 

The undersigned has reviewed the form of Plan of Distribution attached as Annex A to the Registration Rights Agreement, and hereby confirms that, except as set forth below, the information contained therein regarding the undersigned and its plan of distribution is correct and complete.

 

State any exceptions here:

 

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The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the effective date of any applicable Resale Registration Statement. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand delivery, confirmed or facsimile transmission, first-class mail or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery at the address set forth below.  In the absence of any such notification, the Company shall be entitled to continue to rely on the accuracy of the information in this Notice and Questionnaire.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (7) above and the inclusion of such information in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus.  The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of any such Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

By signing below, the undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement.  The undersigned also acknowledges that it understands that the answers to this Questionnaire are furnished for use in connection with Registration Statements filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and is advised of the following Interpretation A.65 of the July 1997 SEC Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations regarding short selling:

 

“An Issuer filed a Form S-3 registration statement for a secondary offering of common stock which is not yet effective.  One of the selling stockholders wanted to do a short sale of common stock “against the box” and cover the short sale with registered shares after the effective date.  The issuer was advised that the short sale could not be made before the registration statement become effective, because the shares underlying the short sale are deemed to be sold at the time such sale is made.  There would, therefore, be a violation of Section 5 if the shares were effectively sold prior to the effective date.”

 

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By returning this Questionnaire, the undersigned will be deemed to be aware of the foregoing interpretation.

 

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I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foregoing statements (including without limitation the answers to this Questionnaire) are correct.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Dated:

 

 

Beneficial

 

 

 

 

Owner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:

 

 

Strongbridge Biopharma plc

 

 

900 Northbrook Drive

 

 

Trevose, PA 19053

 

 

Telephone No.: (610) 254-9200

 

 

Attention: A. Brian Davis

 

 

E-mail: b.davis@strongbridgebio.com

 

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.  THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT

 

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA PLC

 

Warrant Shares:

Initial Exercise Date: June    , 2017

 

Issue Date: December   , 2016

 

THIS ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received,               or its assigns (the “ Holder ”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after June   , 2017 (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on the five (5) year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Strongbridge Biopharma plc, an Irish public limited company (the “ Company ”), up to        ordinary shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “ Warrant Shares ”).  The purchase price of one ordinary share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1 .              Definitions .  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated as of December 22, 2016, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.

 

Section 2 .              Exercise .

 

a)            Exercise of Warrant .  Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency that the Company may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by electronic (or e-mail

 

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attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto.  Within the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise.  No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased.  The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice.  The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b)            Exercise Price .  The exercise price per Ordinary Share under this Warrant shall be $2.50, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

c)             Cashless Exercise .  On or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date, this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

(A) = the last Closing Price immediately preceding the time of delivery of the Notice of Exercise giving rise to the applicable “cashless exercise”, as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise (to clarify, the “last Closing Price” such that, in the event that this Warrant is exercised at a time that the Trading Market is open, the prior Trading Day’s Closing Price shall be used in this calculation);

 

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

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If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant.  The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).  Further, the Company will take all necessary actions required by Irish law to permit such net exercise as promptly as practicable following delivery of the Notice of Exercise.  In no event will the Holder be required to pay any exercise price for the Warrant in the event the Holder has elected to make a net exercise of the Warrant.

 

Closing Price ” means, for any date, the closing trading price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Company’s ordinary shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the closing trading price, (b)  if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the closing trading price on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the ordinary shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the ordinary shares are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the closing trading price so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of an ordinary share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

d)                                      Mechanics of Exercise .

 

i.      Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise .  Warrant Shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“ DWAC ”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”).

 

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Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise.  If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Company’s ordinary shares on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “ Standard Settlement Period ” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the ordinary shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

ii.           Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise .  If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii.        Rescission Rights .  If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv.        Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise .  In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, ordinary shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant

 

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Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the ordinary shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of ordinary shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder.  For example, if the Holder purchases ordinary shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of ordinary shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver ordinary shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

v.         No Fractional Shares or Scrip .  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.  As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi.        Charges, Taxes and Expenses .  Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided , however , that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any

 

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transfer tax incidental thereto.  The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii.       Closing of Books .  The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e)             Holder’s Exercise Limitations .  The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “ Attribution Parties ”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of ordinary shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of ordinary shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other  Ordinary Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith.   To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.   In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules

 

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and regulations promulgated thereunder.  For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding ordinary shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding ordinary shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of ordinary shares outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of ordinary shares then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding ordinary shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding ordinary shares was reported.  The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 4.99% of the number of ordinary shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant or the Maximum Percentage if the Holder beneficially owns greater than 4.99% of the number of ordinary shares outstanding notwithstanding the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.  The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% (the “ Maximum Percentage ”) of the number of ordinary shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply.  Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61 st  day after such notice is delivered to the Company.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder who opted out of the exercise limitation described in this Section 2(e) at the time the Purchase Agreement was entered into shall be permitted to increase the Beneficial Ownership Limitation above the Maximum Percentage, provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall in no event exceed 29.999% of the number of ordinary shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder.

 

Section 3 .              Certain Adjustments .

 

a)            Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its ordinary shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in ordinary shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any ordinary

 

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shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding ordinary shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding ordinary shares into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of ordinary shares any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of ordinary shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b)            Subsequent Rights Offerings .  In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Ordinary Share Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of ordinary shares (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of ordinary shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of ordinary shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such ordinary shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

c)             Pro Rata Distributions .  During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of its ordinary shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of ordinary shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of ordinary shares are to be determined for the

 

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participation in such Distribution ( provided , however , to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any ordinary shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).  To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.

 

d)            Treatment Upon an Acquisition .

 

i.        In the event of an Acquisition (as defined below) prior to the Termination Date (other than, for the purposes of this provision, an Acquisition consummated by way of an unsolicited third-party offer), the Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Holder shall thereafter continue to have the right to subscribe for Ordinary Shares in lieu of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Holder, such number of shares, where the value of each new warrant to purchase one share in the surviving or acquiring entity (“ Acquirer ”) is determined in accordance with the Black-Scholes Option Pricing formula set forth in Appendix (A)  hereto, that is equivalent to the aggregate value of the Warrants held by such Holder, where the value of each Warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share in the Company is determined in accordance with the Black-Scholes Option Pricing formula set forth Appendix (B)  hereto. Furthermore, the new warrants to purchase shares in the Acquirer referred to herein shall have the same expiration date as the Warrants, and shall have a strike price, K Acq , that is calculated in accordance with Appendix (A)  hereto.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Acquirer surviving or acquiring entity, as the case may be, is a member of a consolidated group for financial reporting purposes, the “Acquirer” shall be deemed to be the parent of such consolidated group for purposes of this Section 3(d) and Appendix (A)  hereto.

 

ii.       Moreover, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of each Holder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Exercise Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares (or ADSs) thereafter deliverable upon the exercise thereof. The Company shall not effect any such Acquisition unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor corporation resulting from such consolidation or merger, or the corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall assume by written instrument, reasonably deemed by the Board of Directors of the Company and the

 

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Holder to be satisfactory in form and substance, the obligation to deliver to the holder of the Warrants, at the last address of such holder appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to purchase, and the other obligations under these Warrants. The provisions of this Section 3(d) shall similarly apply to successive Acquisitions.

 

iii.      If the Company, in spite of using its commercially reasonable efforts, is unable to cause these Warrants to continue in full force and effect until the expiration of the Termination Date in connection with any Acquisition, then the Company shall pay the Holders an amount per Warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share that is calculated in accordance with the Black-Scholes Option Pricing formula set forth in Appendix (B)  hereto (the “ Black-Scholes Value ”). Such payment shall be made in cash in the event that the Acquisition results in the shareholders of the Company receiving cash from the Acquirer at the closing of the transaction, and shall be made in shares of the Company (with the value of each Ordinary Share determined according to S Corp  in Appendix (B)  hereto) in the event that the Acquisition results in the shareholders of the Company receiving shares in the Acquirer or other entity at the closing of the transaction. In the event that the shareholders of the Company receive both cash and shares at the closing of the transaction, such payment to the Holders shall also be made in both cash and shares in the same proportion as the consideration received by the shareholders.  Following any payment required pursuant to this 3(d)(iii), the Warrant shall terminate, without payment of any additional consideration therefor.

 

iv.      Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that as a result of the Acquisition the Warrants will be exercisable for anything other than shares or securities that are listed on a regulated market (within the meaning of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (2004/39(EC))) or a United States national securities exchange, the Holder shall be entitled to demand to receive a cash payment in an amount equal to the Black-Scholes Value per Warrant (calculated in accordance with Appendix B attached hereto) contemporaneously with or promptly after the consummation of such Acquisition.  Following any such demand, the Warrant shall terminate, without payment of any consideration other than the Black-Scholes Value therefor, effective upon the payment of such amount.

 

v.       Acquisition ” means any of the following: (i) any sale, lease, license, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (ii) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, demerger or sale of shares of the Company (including, without limitation, a public tender offer for the shares in the Company) where the holders of the Company’s outstanding shares as of immediately before the transaction (or series of related transactions) beneficially own less than a

 

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majority by voting powers of the outstanding shares of the surviving or successor entity as of immediately after the transaction; (iii) a scheme of arrangement under Part 9 of the Companies Act of 2014 pursuant to which all of the securities  or shares in the Company become vested in a third party; (iv) a takeover offer pursuant to which all of the securities or shares in the Company become vested in a third party; or (v) the acquisition by any “person” (together with his, her or its Affiliates) or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) acquires, directly or indirectly, the beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of outstanding shares of capital stock and/or other equity securities of the Company, in a single transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, one or more tender offers or exchange offers), representing at least 50% of the voting power of or economic interests in the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company.

 

e)             Calculations . All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of ordinary shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

f)             Notice to Holder .

 

i.      Adjustment to Exercise Price . Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii.     Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder . If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on its ordinary shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the ordinary shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the ordinary shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the ordinary shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the ordinary shares are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant

 

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Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the ordinary shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the ordinary shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their ordinary shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Report on Form 6-K.  The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice  except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

Section 4 .              Transfer of Warrant .

 

a)            Transferability .  Subject to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer.  Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant full.  The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b)            New Warrants . This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be

 

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issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney.  Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Issue Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c)             Warrant Register . The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d)            Representation by the Holder .  The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5 .              Miscellaneous .

 

a)            No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise .  This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

 

b)            Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant . The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c)             Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc .  If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d)            Authorized Shares .

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued ordinary shares a

 

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sufficient number of ordinary shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the ordinary shares may be listed.  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e)             Jurisdiction . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

f)             Restrictions .  The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered and the Holder does not utilize

 

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cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g)             Nonwaiver and Expenses .  No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date.  If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h)            Notices .  Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

i)              Limitation of Liability .  No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any ordinary shares or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j)             Remedies .  The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant.  The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k)            Successors and Assigns .  Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder.  The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l)              Amendment .  This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the Warrant Shares underlying the then outstanding Warrants (disregarding for this purpose any and all limitations of any kind on exercise of any Warrants).  Any amendment effected in the accordance with the foregoing shall be binding on all Warrants and holders thereof.

 

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m)           Severability .  Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n)            Headings .  The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

 

STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA PLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO:         STRONGBRIDGE BIOPHARMA PLC

 

(1)   The undersigned hereby elects to purchase          Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2)   The Holder intends that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be made as follows (check applicable box):

 

[     ]        A Cash Exercise pursuant to subsection 2(b) with respect to                  Warrant Shares for an aggregate Exercise Price of $              (equal to $2.50 per Warrant Share)

 

[     ]        A Cashless Exercise pursuant to subsection 2(c) with respect to                  Warrant Shares through the cancellation of a number of Warrant Shares in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3)   Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

 

 

(4)  Accredited Investor .  The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

 

 

Name of Investing Entity:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity :

 

 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

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Title of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information.  Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

(Please Print)

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

(Please Print)

 

 

 

Phone Number:

 

 

 

 

 

Email Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:                                      ,

 

 

 

 

Holder’s Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

Holder’s Address:

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

 

Black-Scholes Option Pricing formula to be used when calculating the value of each new warrant to purchase one share in the Acquirer shall be:

 

C Acq  = S Acq e -λ(TAcq-tAcq) N(d 1 ) — K Acq e -r(TAcq-tAcq) N(d 2 ), where

 

C Acq  = value of each warrant to purchase one share in the Acquirer

 

S Acq  = price of Acquirer’s stock as determined by reference to the average of the closing prices on the securities exchange or Nasdaq over the 20-day period ending three trading days prior to the closing of the Acquisition described in Section 2.12 if the Acquirer’s stock is then traded on such exchange or system, or the average of the closing bid or sale prices (whichever is applicable) in the over-the-counter market over the 20-day period ending three trading days prior to the closing of the Acquisition if the Acquirer’s stock is then actively traded in the over-the-counter market, or the then most recently completed financing if the Acquirer’s stock is not then traded on a securities exchange or system or in the over-the-counter market.

 

T Acq  = expiration date of new warrants to purchase shares in the Acquirer = T Corp

 

t Acq  = date of issue of new warrants to purchase shares in the Acquirer

 

T Acq -t Acq  = time until warrant expiration, expressed in years

 

σ = volatility = annualized standard deviation of daily log-returns (using a 262-day annualization factor) of the Acquirer’s stock price on the securities exchange or Nasdaq over a 20-day trading period, determined by the Warrantholders, that is within the 100-day trading period ending on the trading day immediately after the public announcement of the Acquisition described in Section 2.12 if the Acquirer’s stock is then traded on such exchange or system, or the annualized standard deviation of daily-log returns (using a 262-day annualization factor) of the closing bid or sale prices (whichever is applicable) in the over-the-counter market over a 20-day trading period, determined by the Warrant Holder, that is within the 100-day trading period ending on the trading day immediately after the public announcement of the Acquisition if the Acquirer’s stock is then actively traded in the over-the-counter market, or 0.5 (or 50%) if the Acquirer’s stock is not then traded on a securities exchange or system or in the over-the-counter market. In no event will the volatility variable be more than 0.5 (or 50%).

 

N = cumulative normal distribution function

 

d 1 = (ln(S Acq /K Acq ) + (r- λ + σ 2 /2)(T Acq -t Acq )) ÷ ( σ √(T Acq -t Acq ))

 

ln = natural logarithm

 

λ = dividend rate of the Acquirer for the most recent 12-month period at the time of closing of the Acquisition.

 

K Acq  = strike price of new warrants to purchase shares in the Acquirer = K Corp * (S Acq / S Corp )

 

r = annual yield, as reported by Bloomberg at time t Acq , of the United States Treasury security measuring the nearest time T Acq

 

d 2 = d 1 - σ √(T Acq -t Acq )

 

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APPENDIX B

 

Black-Scholes Option Pricing formula to be used when calculating the value of each Warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share in the Company shall be:

 

C Corp  = S Corp e -λ(TCorp-tCorp) N(d 1 ) — K Corp e -r(TCorp-tCorp) N(d 2 ), where

 

C Corp  = value of each Warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share in the Company

 

S Corp  = price of Company stock as determined by reference to the average of the closing prices on Nasdaq over the 20-day period ending three trading days prior to the closing of the Acquisition if the Company’s stock is then traded on Nasdaq, or the average of the closing bid or sale prices (whichever is applicable) in the over-the-counter market over the 20-day period ending three trading days prior to the closing of the Acquisition if the Company’s stock is then actively traded in the over-the-counter market, or on the AIM market, if the Company’s stock is not then traded on a securities exchange or system or in the over-the-counter market, or the most recently completed financing if the Company’s stock is not then traded on AIM.

 

T Corp  = expiration date of Warrants to purchase shares in the Company

 

t Corp  = date of public announcement of transaction

 

T Corp -t Corp  = time until Warrant expiration, expressed in years

 

σ = volatility = the annualized standard deviation of daily log-returns (using a 262-day annualization factor) of the Company’s stock price on the securities exchange or Nasdaq Global Select Market over a 20-day trading period, determined by the Warrant Holders, that is within the 100-day trading period ending on the trading day immediately after the public announcement of the Acquisition if the Company’s stock is then traded on such exchange or system, or the annualized standard deviation of daily-log returns (using a 262-day annualization factor) of the closing bid or sale prices (whichever is applicable) in the over-the-counter market over a 20-day trading period, determined by the Warrant Holder, that is within the 100-day trading period ending on the trading day immediately after the public announcement of the Acquisition if the Company’s stock is then actively traded in the over-the-counter market, or 0.5 (or 50%) if the Company’s stock is not then traded on a securities exchange or system or in the over-the-counter market. In no event will the volatility variable be more than 0.5 (or 50%).

 

N = cumulative normal distribution function

 

d 1 = (ln(S Corp /K Corp ) + (r-λ+σ 2 /2)(T Corp -t Corp )) ÷ (σ√(T Corp -t Corp ))

 

ln = natural logarithm

 

λ = dividend rate of the Company for the most recent 12-month period at the time of closing of the Acquisition.

 

K Corp  = strike price of Warrant

 

r = annual yield, as reported by Bloomberg at time t Corp , of the United States Treasury security measuring the nearest time T Corp

 

d 2 = d1- σ√(T Corp -t Corp )

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Strongbridge Biopharma plc Announces $ 35 Million Equity Financing

 

Dublin, Ireland and Trevose, Pa., December 23, 2016 — Strongbridge Biopharma plc, (Nasdaq: SBBP), a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for rare diseases with significant unmet needs, today announced that it has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement for a placement of its ordinary shares and warrants, which is expected to generate total gross proceeds to the Company of $35 million. The financing is being led by CAM Capital and Vivo Capital, with additional participation from Broadfin Capital, Boxer Capital of the Tavistock Group and HealthCap, as well as several new and existing institutional and individual investors. Stifel is acting as the lead placement agent, JMP Securities is acting as the lead co-placement agent, and H.C. Wainwright & Co., and Arctic Securities are acting as co-placement agents for the private placement.

 

According to the terms of the definitive agreement, the Company will issue 14,000,000 ordinary shares to the investors at a price of $2.50 per ordinary share as well as warrants to purchase 7,000,000 shares. The warrants are exercisable at a price of $2.50 per share and expire five years from the date of issuance. The Company expects the closing of the private placement to occur on or about December 28, 2016, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions and the closing of the Company’s planned $40 million credit facility. Proceeds from the private placement will be used primarily to fund the Company’s separately announced acquisition of the U.S. rights to KEVEYIS® (dichlorphenamide), from a subsidiary of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., as well as the clinical development of the Company’s programs and other general corporate purposes.

 

The offer and sale of the foregoing securities are being made in a transaction not involving a public offering and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state securities laws, and will be sold in a private placement pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act. The ordinary shares and warrants may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the ordinary shares and warrants acquired by the investors in the private placement.

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state.  Any offering of the securities under the resale registration statement will only be by means of a prospectus.

 

About Strongbridge Biopharma

 

Strongbridge Biopharma is a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for rare diseases with significant unmet needs.

 



 

Strongbridge’s first commercial product is KEVEYIS® (dichlorphenamide), the first and only FDA-approved treatment for hyperkalemic, hypokalemic, and related variants of Primary Periodic Paralysis. KEVEYIS has orphan drug exclusivity status in the U.S. through August 7, 2022. In addition to establishing this neuromuscular disease franchise, the Company has a clinical-stage pipeline of therapies for rare endocrine diseases. Strongbridge’s lead compounds include COR-003 (levoketoconazole), a cortisol synthesis inhibitor currently being studied for the treatment of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome, and COR-005, a next-generation somatostatin analog (SSA) being investigated for the treatment of acromegaly, with potential additional applications in Cushing’s syndrome and neuroendocrine tumors. Both COR-003 and COR-005 have received orphan designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency. For more information, visit www.strongbridgebio.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this press release, are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events and involve known and unknown risks, including, without limitation, uncertainties regarding Strongbridge’s strategy, plans, costs, anticipated investments and objectives of management for future operations. The words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and are not guarantees of future performance or development and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Strongbridge Biopharma does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.

 

Contacts:

 

Corporate and Media Relations
Elixir Health Public Relations
Lindsay Rocco
+1 862-596-1304
lrocco@elixirhealthpr.com

 

Investor Relations
The Trout Group
Marcy Nanus
+1 646-378-2927
mnanus@troutgroup.com

 

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