UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 31, 2019

 


 

Egalet Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

001-36295

 

46-3575334

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

600 Lee Road, Suite 100

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

(610) 833-4200

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


 

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

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. x

 

 

 


 

Explanatory Notes

 

As previously announced, on October 30, 2018, Egalet Corporation (the “ Company ” or “ Egalet ”) and Egalet US Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Egalet (“ Egalet US ”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Purchase Agreement ”) with Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“ Iroko ”) pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Egalet US would acquire certain assets and rights of Iroko, referred to in the Purchase Agreement as the “ Transferred Assets ,” and assume certain liabilities of Iroko, referred to in the Purchase Agreement as the “ Assumed Liabilities ,” including assets related to Iroko’s marketed products VIVLODEX®, TIVORBEX®, ZORVOLEX®  and INDOCIN® (indomethacin) oral suspension and suppositories (“ INDOCIN ”) (collectively, the “ Iroko Acquisition ”). As further described therein, the Iroko Acquisition was to be effectuated pursuant to, and was conditioned upon, the occurrence of the effective date of the Joint Plan of Reorganization (as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Plan ”) related to the voluntary petitions for reorganization (the “ Bankruptcy Petitions ”) under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code filed by the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Debtors ”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Court ”). As also previously announced, on January 14, 2019, the Court entered an order (the “ Confirmation Order ”) confirming the Plan under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

As further described herein, on January 31, 2019 (the “ Effective Date ”), the Company completed the Iroko Acquisition and consummated the transactions contemplated by the Plan.  In connection with the Iroko Acquisition, the Company issued to Iroko and certain of its affiliates an aggregate of 4,586,875 shares of the Company’s common stock and, as a result thereof, Iroko and its affiliates owned approximately 49.0% of the Company’s common stock immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Plan.  The full text of the Purchase Agreement and the Plan are attached as Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein. We also refer to the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on October 31, 2018 and January 16, 2019 related to certain matters described herein, which are also incorporated by reference herein

 

Item 1.01                                            Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

13% Senior Secured Notes Indenture

 

On the Effective Date, the Company issued $95.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 13% senior secured notes (the “ Notes ”) and entered into an indenture (the “ Indenture ”) governing the Notes with the guarantors party thereto (the “ Guarantors ”) and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”).  The Notes were issued in two series: (x) $50 million of “ Series A-1 Notes, ” issued pursuant to the Plan to former holders of First Lien Secured Notes Claims (as defined below) and which will be subject to an interest holiday from the Effective Date through November 1, 2019 and (y) $45 million of “ Series A-2 Notes ,” issued to Iroko and certain of its affiliates and which are subject to the rights of set-off and recoupment and related provisions set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes are unconditionally guaranteed on a secured basis by the Guarantors.

 

Interest on the Notes accrues at a rate of 13% per annum and is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 1 st  and November 1 st  of each year (each, a “ Payment Date ”) commencing on May 1, 2019 (subject to the interest holiday referred to above with respect to the Series A-1 Notes). On each Payment Date, the Company will also pay an installment of principal on the Notes in an amount equal to 15% of the aggregate net sales of OXAYDO® (oxycodone HCI, USP) tablets for oral use only —CII, SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray, ARYMO® ER, Egalet-002, VIVLODEX®, TIVORBEX®, ZORVOLEX®  and INDOCIN® (indomethacin) oral suspension and suppositories (collectively, the “ Products ”) for the two consecutive fiscal quarter period most recently ended, less the amount of interest paid on the Notes on such Payment Date.

 

The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and will be equal in right of payment to all existing and future pari passu indebtedness of the Company, will be senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of the Company, will have the benefit of a security interest in the Notes collateral and

 

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will be junior in lien priority in respect of any collateral that secures any first priority lien obligations incurred from time to time in accordance with the Indenture. The stated maturity date of the Notes is January 31, 2024.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, subject to certain conditions, or certain Asset Sales events (each, as defined in the Indenture), holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of their Notes at a repurchase price equal to 101.00% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase.

 

The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part from time to time, prior to January 31, 2020, at a redemption price equal to 100.00% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, through the redemption date, plus a make-whole premium computed using a discount rate equal to the treasury rate in respect of such redemption date plus 100 basis points. The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part from time to time, on or after January 31, 2020, at a redemption price equal to: (i) from and including January 31, 2020 to and including January 30, 2021, 103.00% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) from and including January 31, 2021 and thereafter, 100.00% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. In addition, prior to January 31, 2020, the Company may redeem, at its option, up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the proceeds of one or more public or private equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 113.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption in accordance with the Indenture; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after each such redemption and provided further that each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each such equity offering.  No sinking fund is provided for the Notes, which means that the Company is not required to periodically redeem or retire the Notes.

 

Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company and its restricted subsidiaries must also comply with certain affirmative covenants, such as furnishing financial statements to the holders of the Notes, and negative covenants, including limitations on the following: the incurrence of debt; the issuance of preferred and/or disqualified stock; the payment of dividends, the repurchase of shares and under certain conditions making certain other restricted payments; the prepayment, redemption or repurchase of subordinated debt; the merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Company; engaging in certain transactions with affiliates; and the making of investments other than those permitted by the Indenture.  In addition, commencing December 31, 2019, the Company must maintain a minimum level of consolidated liquidity, based on unrestricted cash on hand and availability under any revolving credit facility, equal to the greater of (1) the quotient of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes divided by 9.5 and (2) $7,500,000.

 

The Indenture governing the Notes contains customary events of default with respect to the Notes (including the Company’s failure to make any payment of principal or interest on the Notes when due and payable or the Company’s failure to comply with the minimum consolidated liquidity covenant described above), and upon certain events of default occurring and continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may (subject to the provisions of the Indenture) declare 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, as well as the then-applicable optional redemption premium under the Indenture, will be due and payable immediately. In the case of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization involving the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture), the Notes will automatically become due and payable.  With respect to any event of default due to the Company’s non-compliance with the minimum liquidity covenant, the Company may, within ten business days, cure such default through the issuance of equity securities, subordinated debt securities or certain other capital contributions.

 

The description of the Indenture contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Royalty Rights Agreements

 

On the Effective Date, the Company (i) entered into royalty rights agreements with Iroko and certain of its affiliates and (ii) amended and restated its existing royalty rights agreements with each of the other holders of the Notes

 

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(collectively, the “ Royalty Rights Agreement ”). Pursuant to the Royalty Rights Agreements, the Company sold the right to receive, in the aggregate, a payment equal to 1.5% of the aggregate net sales of the Products through December 31, 2022, inclusive (the “ Royalty Rights ”).  The Royalty Rights Agreements also include other terms and conditions customary in agreements of this type.

 

The description of the Royalty Rights Agreements contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Royalty Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Collateral Agreement

 

On the Effective Date and in connection with its entry into the Indenture, the Company entered into a collateral agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, with the Collateral Agent and the subsidiary parties from time to time party thereto (the “ Collateral Agreement ”). Pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Agreement, the Notes and the related guarantees are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ assets, in each case, subject to certain prior liens and other exclusions, and a pledge of 65% of the voting equity interests and 100% of the non-voting equity interests of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries (other than Egalet Limited and any Specified IP Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture), of which 100% of the voting equity interests have been pledged) to the extent and only for so long as the Company determines in good faith that permitting a pledge of 100% of such voting Equity Interests would result in material adverse tax consequences for the Company or any of its subsidiaries, it being understood that, if a percentage less than 100% but greater than 65% of such voting equity interests may be pledged without any such material adverse tax consequences, then such percentage shall be pledged.

 

The description of the Collateral Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Collateral Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

iCeutica License Agreement

 

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on the Effective Date, the Company assumed the rights and obligations of Iroko and its subsidiaries pursuant to the Amended and Restated Nano-Reformulated Compound License Agreement, dated October 30, 2018 (the “ iCeutica License ”), with iCeutica Inc. and iCeutica Pty Ltd. (collectively, “ iCeutica ”) to license certain technology, intellectual property and expertise related to iCeutica’s SoluMatrix ® technology, meloxicam and certain other rights of iCeutica.

 

Pursuant to the iCeutica License, iCeutica grants to the Company (as the assignee of Iroko) a sole and exclusive, world-wide right and license under certain iCeutica intellectual property to make, use, sell, offer and import certain products made from the compounds indomethacin, diclofenac, naproxen and meloxicam.  In consideration of the grant of the iCeutica License, the Company is obligated to pay to iCeutica a mid-single digit royalty on all Net Sales of any licensed products, including pro rata portions of any combination products that include a licensed product.

 

The iCeutica License will terminate on a country-by-country basis until the expiration of the last-to-expire of any patent rights in such country, and otherwise twenty years after the date of the first commercial introduction of a licensed product in such country.  Either party may terminate the license in its entirety if the other party materially breaches the License Agreement, subject to applicable cure periods.   The iCeutica License also contains customary provisions for an agreement of this type related to intellectual property matters, confidentiality, representations and warranties and indemnification.

 

The foregoing description of the iCeutica License does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the iCeutica License, which the Company expects to file as exhibits to a report filed under the Exchange Act and intends to seek confidential treatment for certain terms and provisions of the License Agreement.

 

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Stockholders’ Agreement

 

On the Effective Date, the Company entered into a stockholders’ agreement (the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”) with Iroko and certain of its affiliates.  Pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, Iroko and the other stockholder parties have agreed to a customary lock-up with respect to their shares of common stock for a period of 90 days following the Effective Date and a customary standstill provision for a period of 24 months following the Effective Date, in each case, subject to certain exceptions.  In addition, pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, the stockholder parties are entitled to designate two nominees to the Company’s board of directors for so long as such entities hold 25% of the equity consideration received on the Effective Date.  The Stockholders’ Agreement also provides for customary preemptive rights in favor of the stockholder parties with respect to certain future issuance of equity securities by the Company, subject to certain exceptions.

 

The description of the Stockholders’ Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Interim Promissory Note

 

On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued a $4.5 million subordinated promissory note to an affiliate of Iroko in respect of certain inventory purchases by Iroko during the pendency of the Iroko Acquisition (the “ Interim Promissory Note ”).  The Interim Promissory Note bears interest at a rate of 8% per annum (payable by way of increasing the principal amount of the Interim Promissory Note on each interest payment date), is expressly subordinate to the Notes, and matures on July 31, 2020.

 

A copy of the Interim Promissory Note is attached as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference , and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby .

 

Warrant Agreements

 

On the Effective Date, the Company entered into warrant agreements (the “ Warrant Agreements ”) with Iroko, certain of Iroko’s affiliates and certain other parties entitled to receive shares of the Company’s common stock as consideration pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or in satisfaction of certain claims pursuant to the Plan. Pursuant to the Warrant Agreements, the Company issued warrants (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,972,365 shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants are exercisable at any time at an exercise price of $0.001 per share, subject to certain ownership limitations including, with respect to Iroko and its affiliates, that no such exercise may increase the aggregate ownership of such parties above 49% of the number of shares of common stock then outstanding.

 

Copies of the forms of Warrant Agreement are attached as Exhibits 4.3 and 4.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference , and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby .

 

Preemptive Rights Agreements

 

On the Effective Date, the Company entered into preemptive rights agreements (the “ Preemptive Rights Agreements ”) with certain of the Supporting Noteholders. The Preemptive Rights Agreements provide for customary preemptive rights in favor of the stockholder parties thereto with respect to certain future issuances of debt or equity securities by the Company, subject to certain exceptions, for so long as such stockholder party continues to hold at least 2.5% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

The description of the Preemptive Rights Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form thereof, which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Transition Services Agreement

 

On the Effective Date, the Company and Iroko Pharmaceuticals LLC (“ Iroko LLC ”), a subsidiary of Iroko, entered into a transition services agreement (the “ Transition Services Agreement ”) pursuant to which Iroko LLC will provide or cause to be provided certain services related to the Transferred Assets and the related business for a

 

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period of time following the Effective Date.  The Transition Services Agreement includes customary provisions regarding fees, reimbursement of expenses, confidentiality and indemnification.

 

A copy of the form of Transition Services Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference , and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby .

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

On the Effective Date, the Company entered into lock-up agreements (the “ Lock-Up Agreements ”) with Iroko, certain of Iroko’s Affiliates and certain of the Supporting Noteholders (as defined in the Plan) pursuant to which such entities agreed, for 90 days after the Effective Date, not to sell, pledge, encumber or take certain other actions with respect to 50% of the shares of common stock issued to such entity on the Effective Date, subject to certain customary exceptions.

 

A copy of the form of Lock-Up Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference , and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby .

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

On the Effective Date, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) with Iroko pursuant to which the Company agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), upon Iroko’s request at any time following the date which is 180 days following the date on which any equity securities of the Company are accepted for listing on any national securities exchange, a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and thereafter to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective as promptly as practicable, one or more registration statements for the offer and resale of the common stock of the Company held by Iroko and certain of its affiliates. The Registration Rights Agreement contains other customary terms and conditions, including, without limitation, provisions with respect to blackout periods, underwrite cutbacks, reimbursement of expenses and indemnification.

 

A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference , and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby .

 

Employment Agreement Amendments

 

On the Effective Date, the Company entered into amendments to the employment agreements of each of Robert S. Radie, Mark Strobeck, Barbara Carlin, Megan Timmins and Patrick Shea (the “ Employment Agreement Amendments ”).  The Employment Agreement Amendments provide that, as consideration for such employee’s ability to participate in the Management Incentive Plan (as defined in the Plan), such employee waives any increased benefits pursuant to such employment agreement as a result of any “Change in Control” (as defined in the applicable employment) effected as a result of the consummation of the Iroko Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated by the Plan.

 

A copy of the form of Employment Agreement Amendment is attached as Exhibit 10.8 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference , and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby .

 

Item 1.02                                            Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

 

In connection with the effectiveness of and pursuant to the terms of the Plan, on the Effective Date, the obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries (as applicable) under the following agreements (in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) have been satisfied and discharged:

 

·                   Indenture dated April 7, 2015 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;

·                   Indenture, dated as of August 31, 2016, among the Company, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent;

·                   Indenture, dated as of December 27, 2017, by and among Egalet Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto as of the date thereof and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;

 

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·                   Collateral Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2016, among the Company, the Subsidiary Parties from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association as trustee and collateral agent;

·                   Purchase Agreement, dated April 1, 2015, by and among the Company and the initial purchasers of the Company’s previously outstanding 5.50% Convertible Notes due 2020 named therein;

·                   Purchase Agreements, dated August 31, 2016, by and between the Company and the initial purchasers of the Old 13% Notes (as defined below) named therein;

·                   Exchange Agreements, dated December 20, 2017, by and between the Company and the former holders of the Company’s previously outstanding 6.50% Convertible Notes due 2024 named therein;

·                   Warrants, dated July 11, 2017, by and between the Company and the other parties thereto;

·                   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2015, by and among Egalet Corporation and the stockholders party thereto;

·                   Controlled Equity Offering SM Sales Agreement, dated July 2, 2015, by and between Egalet Corporation and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.;

·                   Egalet Corporation 2013 Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plan and any related award agreements;

·                   Egalet Corporation 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and any related purchase agreements; and

·                   Egalet Corporation 2017 Inducement Plan and any related award agreements.

 

Item 1.03                                            Bankruptcy or Receivership

 

As previously announced and noted above, on January 14, 2019, the Court entered the Confirmation Order confirming the Plan under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.  On the Effective Date, and substantially concurrent with the consummation of the Iroko Acquisition, the Plan became effective.

 

Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, among other things, the following transactions occurred:

 

·                   payment in full, in cash, of all administrative claims, statutory fees, professional fee claims and certain priority claims, other secured claims, and general unsecured claims (or, to the extent not so paid, such amounts shall be paid as soon as practicable after the Effective Date or in the ordinary course of business, subject to the reorganized company’s claims and defenses);

·                   the cancellation of all of the Company’s common stock and all other equity interests in the Company outstanding on the Effective Date prior to the consummation of the transactions;

·                   the conversion of approximately $80.0 million of claims (the “ First Lien Secured Notes Claims ”) related to the Company’s old 13% Senior Secured Notes (the “ Old 13% Notes ”) into (1) $50.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Series A-1 Notes, (2) a number of shares of common stock of the Company (or Warrants) representing, in the aggregate, 19.38% of the shares outstanding as of the Effective Date (subject to dilution only on account of the Management Incentive Plan (as defined in the Plan)) (the “ First Lien Equity Distribution ”), (3) $20.0 million in cash less certain amounts related to adequate protection payments, and (4) cash in an amount equal to certain unpaid fees and expenses of the trustee under the indenture governing the Old 13% Notes;

·                   the conversion of $48.6 million of claims (the “ Convertible Notes Claims ”) related to the Company’s old 5.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 and its old 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 into a number of shares of common stock of the Company (or Warrants) representing, in the aggregate, 31.62% of the shares outstanding as of the Effective Date (subject to dilution only on account of the Management Incentive Plan);

·                   the consummation of the Iroko Acquisition and other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; and

·                   the effectiveness of the discharge, release, exculpation and injunction provisions for the benefit of the Debtors’, certain of the Debtors’ claimholders and certain other parties in interest, each in their capacities as such, from various claims and causes of action.

 

Each of the foregoing percentages of equity in the Company is subject to dilution solely from the shares issued or reserved for issuance under the Management Incentive Plan (as defined in the Plan). On the Effective Date, following the consummation of the Iroko Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated by the Plan, there were 9,360,968 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

 

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The foregoing is a summary of certain transactions that occurred pursuant to the Plan. This summary only highlights certain of the substantive provisions of the Plan and is not intended to be a complete description of, or a substitute for a full and complete reading of, the Plan. A copy of the Plan is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference , and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby .

 

Item 2.01                                            Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

 

The information required by this Item 2.01 relating to the Iroko Acquisition set forth under the Explanatory Note or Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03                                            Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

The information required by this Item 2.03 relating to the Notes, the Indenture and the Interim Promissory Note set forth under the Explanatory Note or Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02                                            Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities

 

On the Effective Date, all existing equity interests, including all existing shares of old common stock, of the Company were cancelled pursuant to the Plan.

 

On the Effective Date, the Company issued (i) an aggregate of 4,774,093 shares of common stock to the former holders of First Lien Secured Notes Claims and Convertible Notes Claims and (ii) Warrants issuable for an aggregate of 2,535,905 shares of common stock to certain holders of First Lien Secured Notes Claims and Convertible Notes Claims. Based on the Confirmation Order and the Plan, the issuance of such shares of common stock of the Company and the Warrants (including shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise thereof) are exempt from registration requirements of the Securities Act, in reliance on Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Also on the Effective Date, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,586,875 shares of common stock to Iroko and certain of its affiliates pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.  The issuance of the common stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

The information required by this Item 3.02 relating to foregoing and set forth under the Explanatory Note, Item 1.01 or Item 1.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.03                                            Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

 

The information required by this Item 3.03 and set forth under the Explanatory Note, Item 1.01, Item 1.02, Item 1.03 or Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.01                                            Changes in Control of Registrant

 

Upon the effectiveness of the Plan and the Iroko Acquisition, (i) Iroko, together with certain of its affiliates, owns approximately 49% of the outstanding common stock of the Company and (ii) the former holders of First Lien Secured Notes Claims and Convertible Notes Claims own, in the aggregate, approximately 51% of the outstanding common stock of the Company. Pursuant to the Plan and as described below, Iroko and the Supporting Noteholders (as defined in the Plan) have designated certain new members of the board of directors of the Company.

 

The information required by this Item 5.01 and set forth under the Explanatory Note, Item 1.01, Item 1.02, Item 1.03 or Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

Board of Directors

 

Pursuant to the Plan, a new board of directors of the Company took office as of the Effective Date, consisting of: Robert S. Radie; Andrea Heslin Smiley; Timothy P. Walbert (collectively with Mr. Radie and Ms. Smiley, the “ Continuing Directors ”); Joseph McInnis; Luke Düster; Todd Holmes; and Matthew Pauls.  Upon the effectiveness of the Plan, on the Effective Date, the following members of the Company’s prior board of directors were deemed to have resigned as directors of the Company: Elaine Hochberg; Nicholas C. Nicolaides; John E. Osborn; Robert P. Roche, Jr.; John Varian; and Gregory Weaver.

 

Information concerning the Continuing Directors has been previously disclosed in the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2018 and is incorporated herein by reference. Information concerning the newly appointed directors of the Company is set forth below:

 

Joseph McInnis, 43, is a Principal at Murrin Construction, a position he has held since July 2015.  Prior to joining Murrin Construction, Mr. McInnis served as Managing Director and Investment Analyst at Greywolf Capital from 2004 to 2015 and as an Investment Analyst in Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Investing Group from 2001 to 2004.  Mr. McInnis currently serves on the boards of Aspire Oil & Gas, a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company, and the Washington Mutual, Inc. Liquidating Trust, a liquidating trust for a former bank holding company and the owner of Washington Mutual Bank, positions he has held since November 2015.  Mr. McInnis previously served on the board of Lumara Healthcare, a provider of women’s specialty pharmaceuticals, from September 2013 to November 2014.  Mr. McInnis earned his Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of British Columbia.

 

Luke Düster is a member of the Founders Group at CRG, a healthcare-focused investment firm, and serves as Partner and member of CRG’s investment committee. Prior to CRG, Mr. Düster was an investment banker at Harris Williams & Co., an investment firm.  Mr. Düster also held investment banking roles at the Wallach Company, a regional investment banking boutique, and at the Nord Companies, a healthcare advisory firm. Mr. Düster received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1997, where he graduated summa cum laude. He received an M.B.A with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004.

 

Todd Holmes serves as a Principal at CRG, a healthcare-focused investment firm. Prior to joining CRG, Todd was an investor and founding member of Gurnet Point Capital, where he led investments and acquisitions and was actively involved on company boards.  Previously, Mr. Holmes was a member of Third Rock Ventures where he held investment and operational roles and was part of the founding team at Ember Therapeutics, an investor at BVF Partners, a biotechnology-focused hedge fund, and a member of the commercial lending practice at Silicon Valley Bank.  Mr. Holmes received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Colgate University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Matthew Pauls, 47,  has served as Chief Executive Officer of Strongbridge Biopharma plc since August 2014 and as a member of its board of directors since September 2015. Mr. Pauls has served as a member of the board of directors of Savara Inc. (formerly Mast Therapeutics, Inc.), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since October 2015. Prior to joining Strongbridge, Mr. Pauls was Chief Commercial Officer of Insmed, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from April 2013 to August 2014. Prior to Insmed, Mr. Pauls worked at Shire Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded specialty biopharmaceutical company, beginning in 2007 until March 2013, most recently as Senior Vice President, Head of Global Commercial Operations. Mr. Pauls also held positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, in Brand Management and Payor Marketing, and at Johnson & Johnson, a publicly traded medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer, in various U.S. and global commercial roles. He is a volunteer board member of the Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia. Mr. Pauls holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Central Michigan University and a J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law.

 

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

 

On February 1, 2019, in accordance with the Plan, the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated, the “ A&R Charter ”) was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, at which time the A&R Charter became effective.  Among other things, the A&R Charter decreases the

 

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number of shares of authorized common stock of the Company from 275,000,000 to 100,000,000 and decreases the maximum number of directors that may serve on the Board to seven.  A copy of the A&R Charter is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby.

 

On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “ A&R Bylaws ”) became effective.  Among other things, the A&R Bylaws provide for special director nomination procedures, related party transaction approval procedures and independence requirements with respect to certain directors appointed by the Supporting Noteholders pursuant to the Plan (or such directors successors), in each case, for a two-year period following the Effective Date. A copy of the A&R Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety thereby.

 

Item 7.01.                                         Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The Company is currently engaged in discussions with potential lenders to provide financing to the Company in the form of a revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar debt facility of approximately $20 million in aggregate principal amount.  However, such discussions are preliminary and non-binding, the Company has not yet reached a definitive agreement with respect to any such matters and it is unable to predict the outcome of these or any future discussions, and no assurance can be given that the Company will reach a definitive agreement with respect to any such matters, the terms on which any such financing may be available or that the Company will enter into any such facility.

 

Item 9.01                                            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

 

The audited financial statements of Iroko as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 required to be filed pursuant to Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K will be included in an amendment to this current report on Form 8-K, to be filed with the SEC within the required time period.

 

(b) Pro forma financial information.

 

The unaudited pro forma financial information as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018 required to be filed pursuant to Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K will be included in an amendment to this current report on Form 8-K, to be filed with the SEC within the required time period.

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

2.1

 

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 30, 2018, by and among Egalet Corporation, Egalet US Inc. and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 31, 2018).

3.1

 

Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Egalet Corporation.

3.2

 

Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Egalet Corporation.

4.1

 

Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2019, among the Company, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent.

4.2

 

Promissory Note, dated as of January 31, 2019, by and between Egalet Corporation and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc.

4.3

 

Form of Iroko Warrant Agreement.

4.4

 

Form of Non-Iroko Warrant Agreement.

10.1

 

Form of Royalty Rights Agreement.

10.2

 

Collateral Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2019, among the Company, the Subsidiary Parties from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association as trustee and collateral agent.

10.3

 

Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2019, among the Company and the stockholder(s) of the Company from time to time party thereto.

 

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10.4

 

Form of Preemptive Rights Agreement.

10.5

 

Transition Services Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2019, by and between the Company and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc.

10.6

 

Form of Lock-Up Agreement.

10.7

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2019, by and between the Company and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc.

10.8

 

Form of Employment Agreement Amendment.

99.1

 

Debtors’ First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization, filed with the Court on January 10, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 16, 2019).

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “seek to” and “ongoing,” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that it has a reasonable basis for each such forward-looking statement, the Company cautions you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by the Company and its expectations of the future, about which it cannot be certain.  You should refer to the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC, which are incorporated herein by reference, for a discussion of additional important factors that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements.  As a result of these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements included herein or that may be made elsewhere from time to time by, or on behalf of, the Company.  Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

Dated: February 1, 2019

Egalet Corporation

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Radie

 

 

Name: Robert Radie

 

 

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

EGALET CORPORATION

 


 

PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 242, 245 AND 303 OF THE

DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

 

Egalet Corporation (the “ Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may be amended from time to time (the “ DGCL ”), does hereby certify as follows:

 

1.                                       The name of the Corporation is Egalet Corporation.  The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 21, 2013.

 

2.                                       This Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the DGCL and is being filed as required by that certain First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Corporation and its affiliated debtors, dated December 3, 2018, as amended and modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code (the “ Plan of Reorganization ”), which was confirmed by order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware pursuant to Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) on [ · ], 2019 (the “ Plan Effective Date ”).  This Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates, integrates, amends and supersedes the provisions of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as heretofore amended and supplemented.

 

3.                                       The text of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

ARTICLE I - NAME

 

The name of the corporation is Egalet Corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

 

ARTICLE II - REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the state of Delaware is to be located at c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

ARTICLE III - PURPOSE

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may be amended from time to time (the “ DGCL ”).

 


 

ARTICLE IV - CAPITALIZATION

 

(a)                                  Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred Five Million (105,000,000), consisting of One Hundred Million (100,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), and Five Million (5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”). Such stock may be issued from time to time by the Corporation for such consideration as may be fixed by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”).

 

(b)                                  Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series, from time to time, with each such series to consist of such number of shares and to have such voting powers relative to other classes or series of Preferred Stock, if any, or Common Stock, full or limited or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series adopted by the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors is hereby expressly vested with the authority, to the full extent now or hereafter provided by applicable law, to adopt any such resolution or resolutions. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of incorporation, no vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock or Common Stock shall be a prerequisite to the designation or issuance of any shares of any series of the Preferred Stock authorized by and complying with the conditions of this Certificate of Incorporation, the right to have such vote being expressly waived by all present and future holders of the capital stock of the Corporation. Any shares of Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law or this Certificate of Incorporation. Different series of Preferred Stock shall not be construed to constitute different classes of shares for the purposes of voting by classes unless expressly provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors. The holders of the Preferred Stock shall, in respect of such shares, have no voting rights except as set forth in the applicable certificate of designation as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 151(g) of the DGCL.

 

(c)                                   Common Stock. Subject to the powers, preferences and rights of any Preferred Stock, including any series thereof, having any preference or priority over, or rights superior to, the Common Stock and except as otherwise provided by law and this Article IV , the holders of Common Stock shall have and possess all powers and voting and other rights pertaining to the stock of the Corporation.

 

(i)                                      Voting. Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote; provided, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including, but not limited to, any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including, but not limited to, any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL. There shall be no cumulative voting.

 

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(ii)                                   Dividends. Dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock from funds lawfully available therefor as and when determined by the Board of Directors and subject to any preferential dividend rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock. Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of record of Common Stock shall share ratably in all dividends payable in cash, stock or otherwise and other distributions, whether in respect of liquidation or dissolution (voluntary or involuntary) or otherwise.

 

(iii)                                Preemptive Rights.  Subject to any agreements with the stockholders of the Corporation entered into by the Corporation from time to time and approved by the Board of Directors, the holders of Common Stock shall have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation whether now or hereafter authorized pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

(iv)                               Liquidation Rights. Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Common Stock will be entitled to receive all assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, subject to any preferential rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock. A merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity or a sale or conveyance of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation, in any such case which shall not in fact result in the liquidation of the Corporation and the distribution of assets to its stockholders, shall not be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Article IV(c) (iv).

 

(d)                                  Uncertificated Shares. Nothing in this Certificate of Incorporation limits or will be interpreted to limit the power of the Board of Directors under the DGCL to provide that some or all of any or all classes or series of capital stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated.

 

(e)                                   Nonvoting Equity Securities. The Corporation shall not issue nonvoting equity securities; provided, however, the foregoing restriction shall (i) have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section 1123(a)(6) of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”), (ii) only have such force and effect for so long as Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Corporation and (iii) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable laws as may be in effect from time to time.  The prohibition on the issuance of nonvoting securities is included in this Certificate of Incorporation in compliance with Section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

ARTICLE V - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

(a)                                  Number. Subject to the special rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors and the number so fixed shall comprise the entire Board of Directors, which such number shall not be fewer than three (3) and not more than seven (7), each of whom shall be a natural person.

 

(b)                                  Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until such director’s earlier resignation, removal from office, death or incapacity.

 

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(c)                                   Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Subject to the provisions of the bylaws of the Corporation (including, without limitation, Article IX thereof) and any agreements with shareholders of the Corporation entered into by the Corporation and approved pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization or by the Board of Directors, vacancies (including, but not limited to, those resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause) and newly-created directorships shall be filled exclusively by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office, and a director chosen to fill a position resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office until the next election of directors, subject, in each case, to the election and qualification of his or her successor and to his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

ARTICLE VI - LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

 

The directors of the Corporation shall be entitled to the benefits of all limitations on the liability of directors generally that are now or hereafter become available under the DGCL or any other law of the State of Delaware. Without limiting the generality of foregoing, no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL or any other law of the State of Delaware is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article VI to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or any other law of the State of Delaware as so amended. Any repeal or modifications of this Article VI shall be prospective only, and shall not affect, to the detriment of any director, any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VII - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

(a)                                  No Action by Written Consent. Subject to the special rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation or under applicable law may be effected only with a vote at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by consent in writing; provided, that, solely with respect to the initial approval of the Egalet Corporation 2019 Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plan in the form attached to the Corporation’s First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Corporation and its affiliated debtors, dated December 3, 2018, as amended and modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code (the “Incentive Compensation Plan”), such action to approve such Incentive Compensation Plan may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a

 

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meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation.

 

(b)                                  Special Meetings of Stockholders. Subject to any special rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors pursuant to a written resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

 

(c)                                   Election of Directors by Written Ballot. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

 

(a)                                  Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, subject to the provisions of the bylaws of the Corporation (including, without limitation, Article IX thereof), the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws.

 

(b)                                  Amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9.5 of the bylaws of the Corporation on the Plan Effective Date, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the DGCL, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. The number of authorized shares of any such class or classes of stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote in any amendment thereto which created such class or classes of stock or which was adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of such class or classes of stock, or in any amendment thereto which was authorized by a resolution or resolutions adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of such class or classes of stock.

 

ARTICLE IX - EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS

 

The Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive form for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any

 

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interest in the shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article IX.

 

ARTICLE X - INDEMNIFICATION

 

(a)                                  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification (and advancement of expenses) to directors, officers and agents of the Corporation (and any other persons to which the DGCL permits the Corporation to provide indemnification) through bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, subject only to limits created by applicable provisions of the DGCL (statutory or non-statutory), with respect to actions for breach of duty to the Corporation and its stockholders.

 

(b)                                  Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article X shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director, officer, agent or other person existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director of the Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director, officer or agent occurring prior to, such amendment, repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE XI - SEVERABILITY

 

If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE XII - EFFECTIVE DATE

 

The effective date of this Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be upon its filing with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 31 st  day of January, 2019.

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

Name: Robert S. Radie

 

 

Title:  President & CEO

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
EGALET CORPORATION

 

ARTICLE I.

 

OFFICES

 

1.1.                             Registered Office . The registered office of Egalet Corporation (the “ Corporation ”) in the State of Delaware shall be established and maintained at c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801 and The Corporation Trust Company shall be the registered agent of the corporation in charge thereof.

 

1.2.                             Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1.                             Place of Meetings . All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 

2.2.                             Annual Meetings . An annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at the place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware, on the date and at the time that the Board of Directors shall each year fix. No annual meeting of the stockholders need be held if not required by the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), as the same may be amended from time to time or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), as the same may be amended and supplemented. At the annual meeting, the stockholders shall elect a Board of Directors by plurality vote, and shall transact any other business as may properly come before the meeting, in each case in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

 

2.3.                             Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors pursuant to a written resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

 

2.4.                             Notice of Meetings .

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, written notice of each meeting of stockholders, annual or special, stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Such notice shall be given in accordance with, and shall be deemed effective as set forth in, Sections 222 and 232 (or any successor section or sections) of the DGCL.

 

(A)                                Advance Notice of Stockholder Business at Annual Meetings . Unless otherwise provided herein:

 


 

(1)                                  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only:

 

(a)                                  pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto),

 

(b)                                  by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or

 

(c)                                   by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.4 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4.

 

(2)                                  For any nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 2.4, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, and any such proposed business other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the sixtieth (60th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty days before or more than sixty days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(3)                                  The stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.4 shall set forth:

 

(a)                                  as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director:

 

(i)                                      such person’s name, age, business address and, if known, residence address;

 

(ii)                                   such person’s principal occupation or employment;

 

(iii)                                the class and series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially or of record, by such person;

 

(iv)                               a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder;

 

(v)                                  any other information concerning such person that must be disclosed as to nominees in proxy solicitations pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), as if the nominee had been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board of Directors; and

 

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(vi)                               such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected;

 

(b)                                  as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these bylaws (these “ Bylaws ”), the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and any other information concerning such matter that must be disclosed in proxy solicitations pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, as if the matter had been proposed, or intended to be proposed, by the Board of Directors;

 

(c)                                   as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:

 

(i)                                      the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner;

 

(ii)                                   the class, series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner;

 

(iii)                                a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with the foregoing;

 

(iv)                               a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder and such beneficial owners, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder and such beneficial owner, with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation;

 

(v)                                  any other information relating to such stockholder and such beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

(vi)                               a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination; and

 

(vii)                            a representation as to whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination; and

 

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(d)                                  such other information that the Board of Directors may request in its discretion.

 

(4)                                  The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.4 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.

 

(5)                                  Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.4 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased effective at the annual meeting and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.4 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

(B)                                Advance Notice of Stockholder Business at Special Meetings . Unless otherwise provided herein:

 

(1)                                  Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.

 

(2)                                  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, or (2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.4 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4.

 

(3)                                  In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.4 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(C)                                Advance Notice of Stockholder Business in General . Unless otherwise provided herein:

 

(1)                                  Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4.

 

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(a)                                  to determine whether a nomination, or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting, was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by clause (A)(3)(c)(vi) of this Section 2.4); and

 

(b)                                  if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.4, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.

 

(3)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded, and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

 

(4)                                  For purposes of this Section 2.4, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

(5)                                  For purposes of this Section 2.4, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(6)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.4; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.4 (including paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) of this Section 2.4 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the first sentence of paragraph (A)(4), matters brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act, or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

2.5.                             Quorum . The holders of a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.6.                             Organization . The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of meetings of the stockholders. The Board of Directors may designate any other officer or director of the Corporation to act as chairman of any meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors may further

 

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provide for determining who shall act as chairman of any stockholders meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and such designee.

 

The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of any meeting.

 

2.7.                             Voting .  Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any question (other than the election of directors) brought before any meeting of stockholders shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock represented and entitled to vote. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. Each stockholder represented at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

2.8.                             Proxies; Inspectors .

 

(a)                                  A stockholder, any other person entitled to vote on behalf of a stockholder pursuant to Section 212 of the DGCL or any attorney in fact for a stockholder may vote the stockholder’s shares in person or by proxy. A stockholder, any other person entitled to vote on behalf of a stockholder pursuant to Section 212 of the DGCL, or any attorney in fact for a stockholder may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for the stockholder by signing an appointment form or by electronic transmission. An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the Secretary or other officer or agent of the Corporation authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for up to eleven (11) months unless a longer period of time is expressly provided in the appointment. The death or incapacity of the stockholder appointing a proxy does not affect the right of the Corporation to accept the proxy’s authority unless notice of the death or incapacity is received by the Secretary or other officer or agent of the Corporation authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his or her authority under the appointment. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the stockholder unless the appointment form or electronic transmission conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest. If the appointment form expressly provides, any proxy holder may appoint, in writing, a substitute to act in his or her place.

 

(b)                                  Prior to a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the Corporation shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at a meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by applicable law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before beginning the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of inspectors. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by applicable law.

 

2.9.                             Action of Stockholders Without Meeting . Unless otherwise provided herein or by the Certificate of Incorporation, no action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, and no action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote; provided, that, solely with respect to the initial approval of the Egalet Corporation 2019 Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plan in the form attached to the Corporation’s First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Corporation and its affiliated debtors, dated December 3, 2018, as amended and modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code (the “Incentive Compensation Plan”), such action to approve such Incentive Compensation Plan may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation.

 

2.10.                      Voting List . The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any

 

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purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held. The list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of election during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder of the Corporation who is present.

 

2.11.                      Stock Ledger . The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 2.10 or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

2.12.                      Adjournment . Any meeting of the stockholders, including one at which directors are to be elected, may be adjourned for such periods as the presiding officer of the meeting or the stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall direct.

 

2.13.                      Ratification . Any transaction questioned in any stockholders’ derivative suit, or any other suit to enforce alleged rights of the Corporation or any of its stockholders, on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of any director, officer or stockholder, nondisclosure, miscomputation or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting may be approved, ratified and confirmed before or after judgment by the Board of Directors or by the holders of common stock and, if so approved, ratified or confirmed, shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized, and said approval, ratification or confirmation shall be binding upon the Corporation and all of its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

 

2.14.                      Judges . All votes by ballot at any meeting of stockholders shall be conducted by one or more judges appointed for that purpose by the directors. The judges shall decide upon the qualifications of voters, count the votes and declare the result.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

DIRECTORS

 

3.1.                             Powers; Number; Qualifications . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation. The number of directors shall be fixed from time to time within the limits specified in the Certificate of Incorporation by the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.

 

3.2.                             Election; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies . Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until such director’s earlier resignation, removal from office, death or incapacity. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or herein (including, without limitation, pursuant to Article IX hereof), vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or from any other cause may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

 

3.3.                             Nominations . Unless otherwise provided herein (including, without limitation, pursuant to Article IX hereof), nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be made at such meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, by any committee or persons appointed by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.4 of these Bylaws.

 

3.4.                             Meetings . The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held immediately after and at the same place as the meeting of the stockholders at which it is elected and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and

 

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place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone, facsimile, telegram or electronic mail on twenty-four (24) hours notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.

 

3.5.                             Quorum . Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

3.6.                             Organization of Meetings . The Board of Directors shall elect one of its members to be Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall lead the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities as set forth in these Bylaws, including its responsibility to oversee the performance of the Corporation, and shall determine the agenda and perform all other duties and exercise all other powers which are or from time to time may be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors.

 

Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or in his or her absence, by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer by such other person as the Board of Directors may designate or the members present may select.

 

3.7.                             Actions of Board of Directors Without Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

3.8.                             Removal of Directors by Stockholders . Unless otherwise provided herein (including, without limitation, pursuant to Article IX hereof), the entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office with cause by a majority vote of the holders of the outstanding shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. In case the Board of Directors or any one or more directors be so removed, new directors may be elected at the same time for the unexpired portion of the full term of the director or directors so removed.

 

3.9.                             Resignations . Any director may resign at any time by submitting his or her written resignation to the Board of Directors or Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time of its receipt by the Corporation unless another time be fixed in the resignation, in which case it shall become effective at the time so fixed. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective.

 

3.10.                      Committees . The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution or amending the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a

 

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certificate of ownership and merger. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

 

3.11.                      Compensation . Unless restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed amount (in cash or other form of consideration) for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director, as determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for service on such committees, as determined by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

3.12.                      Interested Directors . No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if (i) the material facts as to his, her or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum, (ii) the material facts as to his, hers or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

3.13.                      Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone . Members of the Board of Directors or any committee designed by the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee of the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.13 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

OFFICERS

 

4.1.                             General . The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and may consist of: a Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also elect one or more Vice Presidents (including Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents), Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, a Controller and such other officers as in the judgment of the Board of Directors may be necessary or desirable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person and more than one person may hold the same office, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation, nor need such officers be directors of the Corporation.

 

4.2.                             Election . The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Except as otherwise provided in this Article IV , any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers who are directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

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4.3.                             Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation . Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President, and any such officer may, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

 

4.4.                             Chief Executive Officer . Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and to the control of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the chief executive officer of a Corporation, including general supervision, direction and control of the business and supervision of other officers of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

 

4.5.                             President . Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and to the control of the Board of Directors, the President shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the president of a Corporation, including general supervision, direction and control of the business and supervision of other officers of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

 

4.6.                             Chief Financial Officer . The Chief Financial Officer shall have general supervision, direction and control of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties and exercise such other powers which are or from time to time may be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as established by and subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a named Treasurer, the Chief Financial Officer shall also have the powers and duties of the Treasurer as hereinafter set forth and shall be authorized and empowered to sign as Treasurer in any case where such officer’s signature is required.

 

4.7.                             Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors, or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform all the duties of the chief executive officer and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Chief Executive Officer. The Vice Presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors, these Bylaws, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

4.8.                             Secretary . The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, then any Assistant Secretary shall perform such actions. If there be no Assistant Secretary, then the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

 

4.9.                             Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his

 

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transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation.

 

4.10.                      Assistant Secretaries . Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his or her disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.

 

4.11.                      Assistant Treasurers . Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his or her disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation.

 

4.12.                      Controller . The Controller shall establish and maintain the accounting records of the Corporation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, maintain proper internal control of the assets of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President of the Corporation may prescribe.

 

4.13.                      Other Officers . Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

 

4.14.                      Vacancies . The Board of Directors shall have the power to fill any vacancies in any office occurring from whatever reason.

 

4.15.                      Resignations . Any officer may resign at any time by submitting his or her written resignation to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time of its receipt by the Corporation, unless another time be fixed in the resignation, in which case it shall become effective at the time so fixed. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective.

 

4.16.                      Removal . Subject to the provisions of any employment agreement approved by the Board of Directors, any officer of the Corporation may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

5.1.                             Certificates of Stock . The Board of Directors shall determine whether shares of the capital stock of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided in the DGCL. If certificated shares are issued, stock certificates shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, (i) the chairman of the Board (if any) or the vice-chairman of the Board (if any), the President or a Vice President, and (ii) the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Chief Financial Officer, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder. Any signatures on a certificate may be by facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer

 

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agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he or she were said officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

5.2.                             Lost Certificates . The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his, her or its legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

5.3.                             Transfers . Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person or entity named in the certificate or by his, her or its attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, which shall be canceled before a new certificate shall be issued. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transactions upon its books, unless the Corporation has a duty to inquire as to adverse claims with respect to such transfer which has not been discharged. The Corporation shall have no duty to inquire into adverse claims with respect to such transfer unless (i) the Corporation has received a written notification of an adverse claim at a time and in a manner which affords the Corporation a reasonable opportunity to act on it prior to the issuance of a new, reissued or re-registered share certificate and the notification identifies the claimant, the registered owner and the issue of which the share or shares is a part and provides an address for communications directed to the claimant or (ii) the Corporation has required and obtained, with respect to a fiduciary, a copy of a will, trust, indenture, articles of co-partnership, Bylaws or other controlling instruments, for a purpose other than to obtain appropriate evidence of the appointment or incumbency of the fiduciary, and such documents indicate, upon reasonable inspection, the existence of an adverse claim. The Corporation may discharge any duty of inquiry by any reasonable means, including notifying an adverse claimant by registered or certified mail at the address furnished by him, her or its, if there be no such address, at his, her or its residence or regular place of business that the security has been presented for registration of transfer by a named person, and that the transfer will be registered unless within thirty days from the date of mailing the notification, either (i) an appropriate restraining order, injunction or other process issues from a court of competent jurisdiction or (ii) an indemnity bond, sufficient in the Corporation’s judgment to protect the Corporation and any transfer agent, registrar or other agent of the Corporation involved from any loss which it or they may suffer by complying with the adverse claim, is filed with the Corporation.

 

5.4.                             Fixing Record Date . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

 

In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which

 

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shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

5.5.                             Registered Stockholders . Prior to due presentment for transfer of any share or shares, the Corporation shall treat the registered owner thereof as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and to all other benefits of ownership with respect to such share or shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

NOTICES

 

6.1.                             Form of Notice . Notices to directors and stockholders other than notices to directors of special meetings of the Board of Directors which may be given by any means stated in Section 3.4, shall be in writing and delivered personally, mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the corporation, transmitted to the directors or stockholders via electronic mail to an electronic mail address at which the director or stockholder has consented to receive notice or transmitted to the directors or stockholders via facsimile to a number at which the director or stockholder has consented to receive notice. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be mailed. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.

 

6.2.                             Waiver of Notice . Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of law or the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular, or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE VII.

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

7.1.                             Indemnification . The Corporation shall promptly indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of an amendment of the DGCL, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), any person (an “ Indemnitee ”) who was or is made, or is threatened to be made, a party or witness or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed investigation, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether external or internal to the Corporation (a “ Proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or, while a director or an officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or the like, officer or the like, employee, member, trustee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, nonprofit entity or other enterprise or association (including, but not limited to, service with respect to employee benefit plans) (any such entity, an “ Other Entity ”), against all liability and loss (including, but not limited to, expenses (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Indemnitee (i) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, (ii) relates to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by a person seeking indemnification in an action brought against such person, (iii) relates to any proceeding brought by a person seeking indemnification or payment under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering such person or (iv) the Proceeding (or part thereof) relates to the enforcement of the Corporation’s obligations under this Article VII . The Board of Directors in its sole discretion shall have power on behalf of the

 

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Corporation to indemnify any person, other than a director or officer, made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation.

 

7.2.                             Advancement of Expenses . The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law (but, in the case of an amendment to the applicable law, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide additional or broader advancement of expenses than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) pay, on an as-incurred basis, all expenses (including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by an Indemnitee in defending or appearing in or preparing to defend or appear in any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition. Such advancement shall be unconditional, unsecured and interest free and shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay any expenses advanced; provided, however, that to the extent required by law (but, in the case of an amendment to the applicable law, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide additional or broader advancement of expenses than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an unsecured undertaking by the Indemnitee to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VII or otherwise.

 

7.3.                             Service for Subsidiaries . Any person serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other enterprise, at least fifty percent of whose equity interests are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall be conclusively presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation.

 

7.4.                             Claims . If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article VII is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the Indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the Indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the reasonable and documented expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law. The right of indemnification pursuant to this Article VII is conferred in order to attract and retain services of highly qualified directors and officers and to encourage them to make corporate decisions without fear of suits and legal harassment. Indemnification pursuant to this Article VII is therefore declared to be consistent with the fiduciary duty of the Corporation’s Board of Directors. Except as specifically provided in this Section 7, such indemnification shall be made by the Corporation without any requirement that any determination be made or any action be taken by the Board of Directors, stockholders or legal counsel. A failure of the Board of Directors, stockholders or legal counsel to make a determination or take action favorable to the claim of an Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to this Section 7, or the making of a determination or taking of action adverse to such a claim, shall not preclude indemnification under this Article VII or create any presumption that the Indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification.

 

7.5.                             Insurance . The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee, member, trustee or agent of the Corporation, or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of an Other Entity, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VII or the DGCL.

 

7.6.                             Non-Exclusivity of Rights . The rights conferred on any Indemnitee by this Article VII are not exclusive of other rights arising under any bylaw, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of such Indemnitee.

 

7.7.                             Amounts Received from an Other Entity . The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Indemnitee who was or is serving at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of an Other Entity shall be reduced by any amount such Indemnitee may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such Other Entity.

 

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7.8.                             Amendment or Repeal . Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Indemnitee arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of this Article VII after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the Proceeding or other matter for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

 

7.9.                             Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses . This Article VII shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Indemnitees when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

 

7.10.                      Reliance . Indemnitees who after the date of the adoption of this Article VII become or remain an Indemnitee described in Section 7.1 will be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advancement of expenses and other rights contained in this Article VII in entering into or continuing the service. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VII will apply to claims made against any Indemnitee described in Section 7.1 arising out of acts or omissions that occurred or occur either before or after the adoption of this Article VII in respect of service as a director or officer of the corporation or other service described in Section 7.1.

 

7.11.                      Contract Rights . The provisions of this Article VII shall be deemed to be a contract right between the Corporation and each Indemnitee who serves in any such capacity at any time while this Article VII and the relevant provisions of the DGCL or other applicable law are in effect, and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of such Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any repeal or modification of this Article VII or any such law that adversely affects any right of any Indemnitee, shall be prospective only and shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts or proceeding then existing.

 

7.12.                      Merger or Consolidation . For the purposes of this Article VII , references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnity its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this Article VII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

7.13.                      Successful Defense . In the event that any proceeding to which an Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against the Indemnitee (including, without limitation, settlement of such proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that the Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such proceeding for purposes of Section 145(c) of the DGCL. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.

 

7.14.                      Funding to Meet Indemnification Obligations . The Board of Directors, without approval of the stockholders, shall have the power to borrow money on behalf of the Corporation, including the power to pledge the assets of the Corporation, from time to time to discharge the Corporation’s obligations with respect to indemnification, the advancement and reimbursement of expenses, and the purchase and maintenance of insurance referred to in this Article VII . The Corporation may, in lieu of or in addition to the purchase and maintenance of insurance referred to in this Article VII , establish and maintain a fund of any nature or otherwise secure or insure in any manner its indemnification obligations, whether arising under or pursuant to this Article VII or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

8.1.                             Reliance on Books and Records . Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation, shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation, including reports made to the

 

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Corporation by any of its officers, by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care.

 

8.2.                             Maintenance and Inspection of Records . The Corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the Board of Directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws, as may be amended to date, minute books, accounting books and other records.

 

Any such records maintained by the Corporation may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. When records are kept in such manner, a clearly legible paper form produced from or by means of the information storage device or method shall be admissible in evidence, and accepted for all other purposes, to the same extent as an original paper form accurately portrays the record.

 

Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal executive office.

 

8.3.                             Inspection by Directors . Any director shall have the right to examine the Corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his or her position as a director.

 

8.4.                             Dividends . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

8.5.                             Annual Statement . The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation.

 

8.6.                             Checks . All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

8.7.                             Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as determined by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors shall fail to do so, the Chief Executive Officer shall fix the fiscal year.

 

8.8.                             Seal . The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.

 

8.9.                             Amendments . Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or herein (including but not limited to Section 9.15 herein for the time period in which such section remains in effect), the original or other Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon at any regular or special

 

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meeting or, if the Certificate of Incorporation so provides, by the Board of Directors. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the Board of Directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws.

 

8.10.                      Interpretation of Bylaws . All words, terms and provisions of these Bylaws shall be interpreted and defined by and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended, and as amended from time to time hereafter.

 

ARTICLE IX.

 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

 

9.1.                             Generally . The terms, conditions and provisions of this Article IX shall expire at 11:59 New York City time on [  ], 2021  (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, all other terms, conditions and provisions of these Bylaws shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms).(1) In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the terms, conditions and provisions of this Article IX and the other terms, conditions and provisions of these Bylaws, the terms, conditions and provisions of this Article IX shall govern and control, but only to the extent that such term, condition or provision is inconsistent or in conflict with the other terms, conditions and provisions of these Bylaws. For the further avoidance of doubt, the expiration of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Article IX shall have no effect on the respective rights of any stockholder with respect to stockholder nominations, voting or otherwise in his, her or its capacity as a holder of common stock.

 

9.2.                             Annual Meeting . Subject to applicable law and in accordance with Section 2.2 of these Bylaws, the first annual meeting of the stockholders following the Effective Date (the “ First Annual Meeting ”) shall be held at the time that the Board of Directors shall fix on a date that is no fewer than 30 days prior to and no more than 135 days following the 12-month anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

9.3.                             Director Nominations .

 

(A)                                Prior to the First Annual Meeting:

 

(1)                                  the Secured Director shall nominate his or her successor for election at the First Annual Meeting (such successor, and such successor’s replacements, if any, the “ First Independent Director ,” and which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same Person as the Secured Director) and, in the event of any vacancy prior to the First Annual Meeting or if the Secured Director is otherwise unable to nominate his or her successor for any reason, such vacancy shall be filled by the vote of a majority of the Board of Directors in effect on the date of such vote other than the Secured Director and the Iroko Directors;

 

(2)                                  the Convertible Director shall nominate his or her successor for election at the First Annual Meeting (such successor, and such successor’s replacements, if any, the “ Second Independent Director ,” and which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same Person as the Convertible Director) and, in the event of any vacancy prior to the First Annual Meeting or if the Convertible Director is otherwise unable to nominate his or her successor for any reason, such vacancy shall be filled by the vote of a majority of the Board of Directors in effect on the date of such vote other than the Convertible Director and the Iroko Directors; and

 

(3)                                  the Joint Director shall nominate his or her successor for election at the First Annual Meeting (such successor, and such successor’s replacements, if any, the “ Third Independent Director ,” and which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same Person as the Joint Director) and, in the event of any vacancy prior to the First Annual Meeting or if the Joint Director is otherwise unable to nominate his or her successor for any reason, such vacancy shall be filled by the vote of a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation in effect on the date of such vote.

 


(1)  Note to Draft : Date that is the two year anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

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(B)                                Following the First Annual Meeting:

 

(1)                                  any appointments, designations, nominations, removals or replacements of any director or nominee to the Board of Directors shall be undertaken in accordance with Articles II and III of these Bylaws and the Certificate of Incorporation;

 

(2)                                  none of the Secured Director, the Convertible Director, the Joint Director, the First Independent Director, the Second Independent Director or the Third Independent Director shall have any rights with respect to such appointments, designations, nominations, removals or replacements, other than in their respective capacities as holders of common stock, provided that, prior to the Second Annual Meeting (defined below), each of the First Independent Director, the Second Independent Director and the Third Independent Director may only be removed from the Board of Directors by the Board of Directors with cause; and

 

(3)                                  the next subsequent annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the First Annual Meeting shall, subject to applicable law, be held at the time that the Board of Directors shall fix on a date that is no fewer than 30 days prior to and no more than 30 days following the 12-month anniversary of the First Annual Meeting (the “ Second Annual Meeting ”).

 

9.4.                             Related Party Transactions . Other than transactions and agreements contemplated and approved pursuant to the Plan and any other agreements entered into on the Effective Date, none of the Corporation, Egalet US Inc. and Egalet Ltd., or any of their successors thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise shall enter into any transaction with Iroko, any Highbridge Entity, Honeywell Capital Management LLC, Signature Global Asset Management, Broadfin Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd., Riva Ridge Master Fund, Ltd., Telemetry Securities LLC or any of their respective Affiliates (collectively, the “ Investors ”) unless the terms of such transaction are approved by a majority of the “disinterested directors” on the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

9.5.                             Amendments . Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws or in the Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, neither the Certificate of Incorporation nor these Bylaws shall be amended by the Board of Directors unless such amendment is approved by (A) Iroko and (B) two out of three of the following: (1) prior to the First Annual Meeting, the Secured Director, the Convertible Director and the Joint Director; and (2) following the First Annual Meeting, the First Independent Director, the Second Independent Director and the Third Independent Director.

 

9.6.                             Independent Directors .  Only individuals who in each case have been affirmatively determined by the Board of Directors to be qualified as an “independent director” within the meaning of the listing standards of the NASDAQ stock market and relevant securities and other laws and regulations regarding the definition of “independent” shall be eligible to serve as the Secured Director, the Convertible Director and the Joint Director.

 

9.7.                             Defined Terms . For purposes of this Article IX, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

(A)                                Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, and the term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided , that as such term relates to Highbridge Capital Management, LLC (together with its subsidiaries and investment funds advised by such entities, the “ Highbridge Entities ” and each individually a “ Highbridge Entity ”), “ Affiliate ” shall be deemed to exclude J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and its Affiliates, other than the Highbridge Entities.

 

(B)                                “Board Majority Appointment” means, s ubject to the exceptions set forth in Sections 9.3(A)(1), (2) and (3) hereof, any appointment, designation or nomination of a director pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.3.

 

(C)                                Convertible Director ” means Joseph McInnis.

 

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(D)                                disinterested director ” means, with respect to any transaction, any director that is a “disinterested director” with respect to such transaction under applicable law; provided that (i) with respect to any transaction to which Iroko or any of its Affiliates are a party, the Iroko Directors, the Joint Director and the Third Independent Director shall not be “disinterested directors”, (ii) with respect to any transaction to which any Highbridge Entity, Honeywell Capital Management LLC, Signature Global Asset Management or any of their respective Affiliates is a party, the Secured Director, the First Independent Director, the Joint Director and the Third Independent Director shall not be “disinterested directors”, and (iii) with respect to any transaction to which Broadfin Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd., Riva Ridge Master Fund, Ltd., Telemetry Securities LLC or any of their respective Affiliates is a party, the Convertible Director, the Second Independent Director, the Joint Director and the Third Independent Director shall not be “disinterested directors”; provided further that the foregoing proviso and Sections 9.7(d)(i), 9.7(d)(ii) and 9.7(d)(iii) shall not apply to a First Independent Director, a Second Independent Director or a Third Independent Director who is appointed pursuant to a Board Majority Appointment.

 

(E)                                 Effective Date ” means [  ], 2019.

 

(F)                                  Iroko ” means Iroko Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and [     ].(2)

 

(G)                                Iroko Directors ” means Luke Düster and Todd Holmes, and their respective successors.

 

(H)                               Joint Director ” means the seventh member of the Board of Directors (other than Robert S. Radie, Andrea Heslin Smiley, Timothy P. Walbert, Joseph McInnis, Luke Düster and Todd Holmes) appointed on or about the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan.

 

(I)                                    Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, indenture trustee, organization, joint stock company, joint venture, estate, trust, Governmental Unit (as defined in the chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, as amended) or any political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.

 

(J)                                    Plan ” means the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Egalet Corp. et al., filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on December 3, 2018, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time.

 

(K)                                Secured Director ” means Andrea Heslin Smiley.

 


(2)  Note to Draft :  To include other applicable Iroko entities once Effective Date allocation schedule has been finalized.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION,

 

as Issuer,

 

the Guarantors party hereto as of the date hereof

 

and any Guarantor that becomes party hereto pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof

 

13% Senior Secured Notes due 2024

 


 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of January 31, 2019

 


 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee and as Collateral Agent

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

1

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

Definitions

1

 

 

 

SECTION 1.02.

Other Definitions

45

 

 

 

SECTION 1.03.

Rules of Construction

46

 

 

 

SECTION 1.04.

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

47

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES

48

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

Amount of Securities

48

 

 

 

SECTION 2.02.

Form and Dating

48

 

 

 

SECTION 2.03.

Execution and Authentication

48

 

 

 

SECTION 2.04.

Registrar and Paying Agent

49

 

 

 

SECTION 2.05.

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

49

 

 

 

SECTION 2.06.

Holder Lists

50

 

 

 

SECTION 2.07.

Transfer and Exchange

50

 

 

 

SECTION 2.08.

Replacement Securities

51

 

 

 

SECTION 2.09.

Outstanding Securities

51

 

 

 

SECTION 2.10.

Temporary Securities

52

 

 

 

SECTION 2.11.

Cancellation

52

 

 

 

SECTION 2.12.

Defaulted Interest

52

 

 

 

SECTION 2.13.

CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc.

53

 

 

 

SECTION 2.14.

Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities

53

 

 

 

SECTION 2.15.

Statement to Holders

53

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION

54

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

Redemption

54

 

 

 

SECTION 3.02.

Applicability of Article

54

 

 

 

SECTION 3.03.

Notices to Trustee

54

 

 

 

SECTION 3.04.

Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed

54

 

 

 

SECTION 3.05.

Notice of Optional Redemption

55

 

 

 

SECTION 3.06.

Effect of Notice of Redemption

55

 

 

 

SECTION 3.07.

Deposit of Redemption Price

56

 

 

 

SECTION 3.08.

Securities Redeemed in Part

56

 

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(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

 

56

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

Payment of Securities

56

 

 

 

SECTION 4.02.

Reports and Other Information

57

 

 

 

SECTION 4.03.

Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock

61

 

 

 

SECTION 4.04.

Limitation on Restricted Payments

67

 

 

 

SECTION 4.05.

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

72

 

 

 

SECTION 4.06.

Asset Sales

74

 

 

 

SECTION 4.07.

Transactions with Affiliates

78

 

 

 

SECTION 4.08.

Change of Control

81

 

 

 

SECTION 4.09.

Further Instruments and Acts

83

 

 

 

SECTION 4.10.

Future Guarantors

83

 

 

 

SECTION 4.11.

Liens

84

 

 

 

SECTION 4.12.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

85

 

 

 

SECTION 4.13.

After-Acquired Property

86

 

 

 

SECTION 4.14.

Intellectual Property

86

 

 

 

SECTION 4.15.

Line of Business

87

 

 

 

SECTION 4.16.

Minimum Liquidity

87

 

 

 

SECTION 4.17.

Existence

87

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR COMPANY

87

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

When Issuer May Merge or Transfer Assets

87

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

89

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

Events of Default

89

 

 

 

SECTION 6.02.

Acceleration

92

 

 

 

SECTION 6.03.

Other Remedies

93

 

 

 

SECTION 6.04.

Waiver of Past Defaults

93

 

 

 

SECTION 6.05.

Control by Majority

94

 

 

 

SECTION 6.06.

Limitation on Suits

94

 

 

 

SECTION 6.07.

Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment

94

 

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Page

 

 

 

SECTION 6.08.

Collection Suit by Trustee

94

 

 

 

SECTION 6.09.

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

95

 

 

 

SECTION 6.10.

Priorities

95

 

 

 

SECTION 6.11.

Undertaking for Costs

95

 

 

 

SECTION 6.12.

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

96

 

 

 

SECTION 6.13.

Holder Request

96

 

 

 

SECTION 6.14.

Equity Cure

96

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE

97

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

Duties of Trustee

97

 

 

 

SECTION 7.02.

Rights of Trustee

98

 

 

 

SECTION 7.03.

Individual Rights of Trustee

99

 

 

 

SECTION 7.04.

Trustee’s Disclaimer

100

 

 

 

SECTION 7.05.

Notice of Defaults

100

 

 

 

SECTION 7.06.

Compensation and Indemnity

100

 

 

 

SECTION 7.07.

Replacement of Trustee

101

 

 

 

SECTION 7.08.

Successor Trustee by Merger

102

 

 

 

SECTION 7.09.

Eligibility; Disqualification

103

 

 

 

SECTION 7.10.

Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer

103

 

 

 

SECTION 7.11.

Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Securities

103

 

 

 

SECTION 7.12.

Confidential Information

103

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

105

 

 

 

SECTION 8.01.

Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance

105

 

 

 

SECTION 8.02.

Conditions to Defeasance

106

 

 

 

SECTION 8.03.

Application of Trust Money

107

 

 

 

SECTION 8.04.

Repayment to Issuer

107

 

 

 

SECTION 8.05.

Indemnity for Government Obligations

108

 

 

 

SECTION 8.06.

Reinstatement

108

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

108

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01.

Without Consent of the Holders

108

 

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Page

 

 

 

SECTION 9.02.

With Consent of the Holders

110

 

 

 

SECTION 9.03.

Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Amended or Supplemented Indenture

111

 

 

 

SECTION 9.04.

Notation on or Exchange of Securities

112

 

 

 

SECTION 9.05.

Trustee to Sign Amendments

112

 

 

 

SECTION 9.06.

Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount

112

 

 

 

SECTION 9.07.

Compliance with TIA

112

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10 GUARANTEES

113

 

 

 

SECTION 10.01.

Guarantees

113

 

 

 

SECTION 10.02.

Limitation on Liability

115

 

 

 

SECTION 10.03.

Successors and Assigns

116

 

 

 

SECTION 10.04.

No Waiver

116

 

 

 

SECTION 10.05.

Modification

116

 

 

 

SECTION 10.06.

Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors

116

 

 

 

SECTION 10.07.

No Impairment

117

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11 SECURITY DOCUMENTS

117

 

 

 

SECTION 11.01.

Collateral and Security Documents

117

 

 

 

SECTION 11.02.

Release of Collateral

118

 

 

 

SECTION 11.03.

Permitted Releases Not To Impair Lien

119

 

 

 

SECTION 11.04.

Suits To Protect the Collateral

120

 

 

 

SECTION 11.05.

Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents

120

 

 

 

SECTION 11.06.

Purchaser Protected

120

 

 

 

SECTION 11.07.

Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee

120

 

 

 

SECTION 11.08.

Release Upon Termination of the Issuer’s Obligations

121

 

 

 

SECTION 11.09.

Collateral Agent

121

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS

124

 

 

 

SECTION 12.01.

Notices

124

 

 

 

SECTION 12.02.

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

125

 

 

 

SECTION 12.03.

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

125

 

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(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

SECTION 12.04.

When Securities Disregarded

126

 

 

 

SECTION 12.05.

Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar

126

 

 

 

SECTION 12.06.

Legal Holidays

126

 

 

 

SECTION 12.07.

GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF IMMUNITY

126

 

 

 

SECTION 12.08.

No Recourse Against Others

127

 

 

 

SECTION 12.09.

Successors

127

 

 

 

SECTION 12.10.

Multiple Originals

127

 

 

 

SECTION 12.11.

Table of Contents; Headings

127

 

 

 

SECTION 12.12.

Indenture Controls

127

 

 

 

SECTION 12.13.

Severability

127

 

 

 

SECTION 12.14.

Currency of Account; Conversion of Currency; Currency Exchange Restrictions

128

 

 

 

SECTION 12.15.

Intercreditor Agreement Governs

129

 

 

 

SECTION 12.16.

Tax Matters

130

 

 

 

SECTION 12.17.

TIA Controls

131

 

 

 

SECTION 12.18.

Communications by Holders of Securities with Other Holders of Securities

131

 

 

 

SECTION 12.19.

USA PATRIOT Act

131

 

Appendix A

-

Provisions Relating to Securities

 

A-1

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

-

Form of Security and Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

 

A-1

Exhibit B

-

Form of Transferee Letter of Representation

 

B-1

Exhibit C

-

Form of Supplemental Indenture

 

C-1

Exhibit D

-

Form of ABL Intercreditor Agreement

 

D-1

Exhibit E

-

Payment Subordination Terms

 

E-1

Exhibit F

-

Form of Portfolio Interest Certificate

 

F-1

Exhibit G

-

Form of Confidentiality Agreement

 

G-1

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

 

Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

 

7.09

(a)(2)

 

7.09

(a)(3)

 

N.A.

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

(a)(5)

 

7.09

(b)

 

7..09

(c)

 

N.A.

311(a)

 

7.10

(b)

 

7.10

(c)

 

N.A.

312(a)

 

2.06

(b)

 

12.01; 12.18

(c)

 

12.01; 12.18

313(a)

 

7.11

(b)(1)

 

7.11

(b)(2)

 

7.06; 7.11

(c)

 

7.05; 7.11; 12.01

(d)

 

7.11

314(a)

 

4.02

(b)

 

11.05

(c)(1)

 

12.02

(c)(2)

 

12.02

(c)(3)

 

N.A.

(d)

 

11.05

(e)

 

12.02

(f)

 

N.A.

315(a)

 

7.01

(b)

 

7.05; 12.01

(c)

 

7.01

(d)

 

7.01

(e)

 

6.11

316(a)

 

N.A.

(b)

 

6.07

(c)

 

2.12, 9.03

317(a)(1)

 

6.08

(a)(2)

 

6.09

(b)

 

2.05

318(a)

 

12.17

(b)

 

N.A.

(c)

 

12.17

 

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N.A. means not applicable and expressly excluded from this Indenture.

* This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE dated as of January 31, 2019 among Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation with an address at 600 Lee Road, Suite 100, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party hereto as of the date hereof, any other Guarantor that becomes party hereto pursuant to Section 4.10, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (as more fully defined in Section 1.01, the “Trustee”) and as collateral agent (as more fully defined in Section 1.01, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuer’s 13% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (as more fully defined in Section 1.01, the “Securities”).

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

SECTION 1.01.            Definitions .

 

“ABL Collateral” means all or any of the following assets and properties owned as of the Issue Date, or at any time thereafter acquired, by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary: (a) all Inventory; (b) all Accounts arising from the sale of Inventory or the provision of services; (c) to the extent evidencing, governing or securing the obligations of Account Debtors in respect of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) and (b), all (i) General Intangibles, (ii) Chattel Paper, (iii) Instruments, (iv) Documents, (v) Payment Intangibles (including tax refunds), other than any Payment Intangibles that represent tax refunds in respect of or otherwise relate to real property, Fixtures or Equipment (or any other Notes Collateral) and (vi) Supporting Obligations; (d) collection accounts and Deposit Accounts, including any Lockbox Account, and any cash or other assets in any such accounts constituting Proceeds of clause (a) or (b) (excluding identifiable cash proceeds in respect of Notes Collateral, including proceeds from the sale of the Securities or any cash, checks or other property held therein or credited thereto in respect of Notes Collateral); (e) all Indebtedness that arises from cash advances to enable the obligor or obligors thereon to acquire Inventory; (f) all books and records related to the foregoing; and (g) all Products and Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing in whatever form received, including proceeds of insurance policies related to Inventory or Accounts arising from the sale of Inventory of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or the provision of services by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and business interruption insurance; provided , however , that proceeds of ABL Collateral described in clause (c) above shall not constitute ABL Collateral unless such proceeds would otherwise constitute ABL Collateral in any of the foregoing clauses (a) through (f). All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means any intercreditor agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, among the holders of First Priority Lien Obligations or their Representative(s), the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent, the Issuer and each Guarantor that may be party thereto from time to time, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Indenture.

 


 

“Accredited Investors” means “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) or (a)(7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(1)           Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person; and

 

(2)           Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

 

“Additional Indebtedness Agent” means the Representative(s) of the holders of the Additional Indebtedness Obligations to the extent designated as such in a Customary Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Additional Indebtedness Obligations” means all secured Indebtedness and other obligations incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xxvii).

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

 

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Payment Date, 15%.

 

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Security (or portion thereof) to be redeemed on any redemption date, the greater of (x) 1.0% of the amount of principal of such Security to be redeemed and (y) the amount, if any, by which (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the amount of principal of such Security to be redeemed on January 31, 2020 (as stated in the table immediately following the second paragraph under Paragraph 5 of the form of Security set forth in Exhibit A hereto) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the amount of principal of such Security to be redeemed through January 31, 2020 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate in respect of such redemption date plus 100 basis points, exceeds (b) the amount of principal of such Security to be redeemed.    The Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the calculation of the Applicable Premium.

 

“ARYMO ER™” means the product referred to as ARYMO ER™ (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

2


 

“ARYMO ER™ Product” means (a) ARYMO ER™ and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

“Asset Sale” means:

 

(1)           the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or

 

(2)           the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law or any Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer issued in compliance with Section 4.03 hereof) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions),

 

in each case other than:

 

(a)           a disposition of (i) Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities, (ii) obsolete, damaged or worn out assets, property or equipment in the ordinary course of business (including the abandonment or other disposition of Intellectual Property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer, no longer economically practicable or commercially reasonable to maintain or useful in any material respect, taken as a whole, in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole), (iii) Inventory (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) or goods (or other assets) held for sale in the ordinary course of business or (iv) equipment or other assets as part of a trade-in for replacement equipment;

 

(b)           the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

 

(c)           any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;

 

(d)           any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of less than $500,000;

 

(e)           any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (or to an entity that contemporaneously therewith becomes a Restricted Subsidiary);

 

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(f)           except in connection with an Intellectual Property Sale, any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, which in the event of an exchange of assets with a Fair Market Value in excess of (A) $500,000 shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate and (B) $1,000,000 shall be set forth in a resolution approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to such approval;

 

(g)           foreclosure on assets of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(h)           [reserved];

 

(i)           the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(j)            (i)  any non-exclusive, incidental license, collaboration agreement, strategic alliance or similar arrangement providing for the licensing of Intellectual Property or the development or commercialization of Intellectual Property (other than Intellectual Property Licenses, Co-Promotion Arrangements and, for the avoidance of doubt, arrangements that are exclusive with respect to a geographic territory or indication) that, at the time such non-exclusive or incidental license, collaboration agreement, strategic alliance or similar arrangement is entered into, in the judgment of the Issuer, does not materially and adversely affect the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (ii) any Intellectual Property Licenses or Co-Promotion Arrangements, so long as any net cash proceeds from such Intellectual Property Licenses and Co-Promotion Arrangements are treated as Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale under Section 4.06;

 

(k)           a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) to or by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;

 

(l)            any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement of, release of, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;

 

(m)          in the ordinary course of business, any swap of assets, or lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in each case, other than Intellectual Property, in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer;

 

(n)           any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, including any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization, permitted by this Indenture, so long as any net cash proceeds from such financing, Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset

 

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securitization (other than a financing, Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization entered into within 180 days of the acquisition of such property) are treated as Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale under Section 4.06;

 

(o)           the incurrence of Permitted Liens;

 

(p)           any disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;

 

(q)           dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

 

(r)            voluntary terminations, transitions, sales or other dispositions of Hedging Obligations; and

 

(s)            the transfer, sale or other disposition resulting from any involuntary loss of title, involuntary loss or damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking of, any property or assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

“Asset Purchase Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2018, among Iroko Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Egalet US Inc. and the Issuer.

 

“Associated Funds” means, with respect to any Person, any funds managed by such Person or under common management with such Person.

 

“Bank Indebtedness” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of any Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of such Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuer whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

 

“Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and codified in title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, as in effect on the date of the Plan of Reorganization but, with respect to amendments to the Bankruptcy Code subsequent to commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, only to the extent that such amendments were made expressly applicable to bankruptcy cases which were filed as of the enactment of such amendments.

 

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“Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware or such other court as may have jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors, board of managers or similar governing body, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof. References in this Indenture to directors (on a Board of Directors) shall also be deemed to refer to managers (on a Board of Managers).

 

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located.

 

“Capital Stock” means:

 

(1)           in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;

 

(2)           in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

 

(3)           in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and membership rights; and

 

(4)           any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person;

 

in each case to the extent treated as equity in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP; provided that in no event shall an operating lease that is classified as such on the Issue Date be deemed to constitute a capital lease or a Capitalized Lease Obligation at any time after the Issue Date.

 

“Cash Contribution Amount” means the aggregate amount of cash contributions made to the capital of the Issuer used for purposes of calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred as “Contribution Indebtedness” as described in the definition of “Contribution Indebtedness”; provided that such cash contributions shall cease to be treated as the Cash Contribution Amount to the extent the related Contribution Indebtedness has been reclassified in accordance with Section 4.03.

 

“Cash Equivalents” means:

 

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(1)           U.S. Dollars, Canadian dollars, pounds sterling, euros or the national currency of any member state in the European Union (including Danish kroner);

 

(2)           securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing not more than two years from the date of acquisition;

 

(3)           certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) and whose long-term debt is rated “A” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency);

 

(4)           repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above or (5) below entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

 

(5)           commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency), and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;

 

(6)           readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency), in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

 

(7)           Indebtedness issued by Persons (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency), in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

 

(8)           marketable short-term money market and similar securities rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency) and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of creation thereof; and

 

(9)           investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (8) above.

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

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(i)            the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(ii)           the Issuer becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act or any successor provision), other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer; or

 

(iii)          the adoption of a plan relating to the Issuer’s dissolution or liquidation in accordance with the Issuer’s organizational documents.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of 100% of the total voting power of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer by any Person who, immediately after such acquisition, has no material assets other than the Capital Stock of the Issuer or its direct or indirect parent company will not, by itself, constitute a Change of Control.

 

“Chapter 11 Cases” means the joint chapter 11 case of the Issuer and its affiliated debtors, under Case No. 18-12439 (BLS) in the Bankruptcy Court.

 

“Co-Promotion Arrangement” means any agreement or arrangement related primarily to the marketing, promoting, distributing, detailing, or commercial selling of, or customer service with respect to, any product (including the Products).

 

“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Collateral Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” under this Indenture and under the Security Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.

 

“Collateral Agreement” means the Collateral Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as may be amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Confidentiality Agreement” means a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form attached to this Indenture as Exhibit G or other form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.  For the avoidance of doubt, Section 4.1 of the Asset Purchase Agreement shall constitute

 

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a Confidentiality Agreement with respect to Iroko and its subsidiaries for purposes hereof and any agreement to be bound by the terms thereof shall constitute a Confidentiality Agreement with respect to any of Iroko’s Permitted Designees and its Permitted Transferees (each as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) for purposes hereof.

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1)           consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i) amortization of original issue discount, (ii) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iii) net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations, (iv) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (v) non-cash interest expense, (vi) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, and (vii) any expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees); plus

 

(2)           consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus

 

(3)           commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing that are payable to Persons other than the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; minus

 

(4)           interest income for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, at any date (the “Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date”), the ratio of (i) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness of the kind described in clauses 1(c) and 1(e) of the definition of Indebtedness herein) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date less the amount of Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that is stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date, not to exceed $25,000,000, to (ii) EBITDA of such Person for the most recent four full fiscal quarters period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date. In the event that the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the last day of such most recent four full fiscal quarter period but prior to the Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-

 

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quarter period; provided that the Issuer may elect pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any agreement evidencing Indebtedness as being Incurred on the first day of the applicable four-quarter measurement period, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time; provided , further , that any Cash Equivalent proceeds received in connection with or as a result of such Incurrence or other transaction for which the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is being calculated shall not be subtracted from Indebtedness for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Leverage Ratio.

 

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case, with respect to a business, a division or an operating unit of a business, as applicable, that the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made during the applicable four-quarter measurement period or subsequent to such measurement period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the applicable four-quarter measurement period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or discontinued operation, in each case, with respect to a business, a division or an operating unit of a business, as applicable, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or discontinued operation had occurred on the first day of the applicable four-quarter measurement period.

 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, to reflect operating expense reductions, costs, savings and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event; provided , that any such expected operating expense reductions, costs, savings, operating improvements or synergies shall be approved by the audit committee of the Board of Directors of the Issuer if in excess of $5,000,000.

 

For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. Dollars will be converted to U.S. Dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent four full fiscal quarter period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

 

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“Consolidated Liquidity” means, as of any date, the average, calculated as of the close of business on each of the 30 calendar days preceding (but including) such date, of the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries which is free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent securing the Securities Obligations and Liens permitted by clauses (1), (2), (3), (6), (11), (12), (15), (24) and (37) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”) plus (y) any amount available to be borrowed, at such time, by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries under a revolving credit agreement (or similar facility) pursuant to the terms of such agreement, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided , however , that:

 

(1)           any net after-tax extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) shall be excluded;

 

(2)           effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and such Subsidiaries) in amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

 

(3)           the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;

 

(4)           any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;

 

(5)           any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) shall be excluded;

 

(6)           any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, and any unrealized gains and losses relating to Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;

 

(7)           the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;

 

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(8)           solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (1) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit”, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not, at the date of determination with respect to such Restricted Payment, permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders or equityholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;

 

(9)           any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

 

(10)         any non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights (including any of the foregoing related to terminated employees) shall be excluded;

 

(11)         any one-time non-cash compensation charges shall be excluded;

 

(12)         accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the Issue Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;

 

(13)         (a)(i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense that exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded;

 

(14)         any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Obligations, shall be excluded;

 

(15)         solely for the purposes of calculating Restricted Payments, if positive, any permanent difference (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any temporary difference the Issuer reasonably expects to be paid in cash in any future tax period) of the Consolidated Taxes of the Issuer calculated in accordance with GAAP and the actual Consolidated Taxes paid in cash by the Issuer during such period shall be excluded;

 

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(16)         any non-cash after-tax interest expense resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20 “Debt — Debt with Conversion Options — Recognition” shall be excluded;

 

(17)         to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such Person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (a) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing and (b) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), such loss or expense amounts as are so reimbursed, or reimbursable, by insurance providers in respect of liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

 

(18)         to the extent covered by fees, costs, expenses and losses that are, or (without duplication) are required to be, covered by contractual indemnities, guaranty obligations, purchase price adjustments, insurance policies or other contractual reimbursement obligations of third parties, to the extent actually indemnified or reimbursed or with respect to which Issuer has determined that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement, but only to the extent that such amount is actually indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period of any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days) shall be excluded; and

 

(19)         any net after-tax gains, losses, charges or expenses arising from the implementation of “fresh start” accounting shall be excluded (it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the recognition of costs or expenses, amortization, depreciation or similar amounts from assets or liabilities adjusted in such “fresh start” accounting and (ii) any such non-cash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period not included in the calculation shall, in each case, not be excluded).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clauses (5) and (6) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit”.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Consolidated Net Income” shall exclude the effects of any issuance of any Permitted Cure Securities.

 

“Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any such

 

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charge that consists of or requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period.

 

“Consolidated Taxes” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the provision for taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries based on income, profits or capital, including state, franchise, property and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations).

 

“Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

 

(1)           to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;

 

(2)           to advance or supply funds:

 

(a)           for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or

 

(b)           to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or

 

(3)           to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

 

“Contribution Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor and Preferred Stock of any Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of the Issuer after the Issue Date; provided that (1) such cash contributions have not been used to make a Restricted Payment or a Permitted Investment in any Person other than the Issuer or a Guarantor; and (2) such Contribution Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days after the making of such cash contributions and is designated as Contribution Indebtedness .

 

“Controlled Foreign Corporation” means a corporation that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.01 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the Issuer.

 

“Credit Agreement” means (i) if designated by the Issuer to be included in the definition of “Credit Agreement”, any revolving credit, line of credit or similar agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or

 

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otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or instrument extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or instrument or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or instrument or instruments or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof and (ii) whether or not the agreements or instruments referred to in clause (i) remain outstanding, and if designated by the Issuer to be included in the definition of “Credit Agreement”, one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, or (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

 

“Credit Agreement Documents” means any Credit Agreement, any notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Cumulative Credit” means the sum of (without duplication):

 

(1)            50% of the Consolidated Net Income for the period (taken as one accounting period, the “Reference Period”) from April 1, 2019 to the end of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payments (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such Reference Period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); plus

 

(2)            100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash, received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from the issue, sale or exercise of Equity Interests of the Issuer (excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions, Disqualified Stock and the Cash Contribution Amount), including Equity Interests issued upon conversion of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer); plus

 

(3)            100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Issuer received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Disqualified Stock and the Cash Contribution Amount); plus

 

(4)            the principal amount of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof issued after the Issue Date (other

 

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than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) that has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (provided in the case of any such parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished); plus

 

(5)            100% of the aggregate amount received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash after the Issue Date received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date from the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or advances that constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b)).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Cumulative Credit” shall not include any proceeds of any Permitted Cure Securities.

 

“Customary Intercreditor Agreement” means in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xxvii) that is to be secured by Liens on the Notes Collateral securing such Indebtedness that may rank senior, pari passu with or junior to the Liens on the Notes Collateral securing the Securities Obligations, an intercreditor agreement among the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the holders of such Indebtedness or their Representative(s) in the form delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee and Collateral Agent providing that, inter alia, the Liens on the Notes Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent shall be senior, pari passu with or junior to such Liens, as applicable, in favor of such holders or their Representative(s), provided that such intercreditor agreement shall contain customary terms consistent with then prevailing market terms as determined in good faith by the Issuer, as confirmed in an Officers’ Certificate to be delivered to the Trustee and Collateral Agent by the Issuer.

 

“Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

“Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

 

“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, on or promptly following the issuance date thereof.

 

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“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:

 

(1)           matures (other than an optional redemption by the Issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are no more favorable in any material respect to holders of such Capital Stock than the Asset Sale and Change of Control provisions applicable to the Securities and any purchase requirement triggered thereby may not become operative until compliance with the Asset Sale and Change of Control provisions applicable to the Securities (including the purchase of any Securities tendered pursuant thereto));

 

(2)           is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person; or

 

(3)           is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale),

 

in each case, prior to 91 days after the earlier of the then-applicable Stated Maturity of the Securities and the date the Securities are no longer outstanding; provided , however , that only the portion of Capital Stock that so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided , further , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Issuer in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided , further , that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state or political subdivision of the United States of America.

 

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.

 

“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted (or otherwise not included) in calculating Consolidated Net Income:

 

(1)           Consolidated Taxes; plus

 

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(2)           Consolidated Interest Expense plus all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on a series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries; plus

 

(3)           Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus

 

(4)           any expenses or charges related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful) or repaid on the Issue Date, including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Securities and the Bank Indebtedness, (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Securities or other Indebtedness and (iii) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Financing; plus

 

(5)           business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges, reserves or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the costs related to severance or relocation, facility openings or closures, facility consolidations, retention, contract terminations, project start-up costs, acquisition integration costs and excess pension charges); plus

 

(6)           any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or a Guarantor or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit; plus

 

(7)           any expenses in connection with earn-out obligations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; plus

 

(8)           expenses incurred and cash payments made in connection with the settlement of any litigation or claim involving the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries; plus

 

(9)           Consolidated Net Income attributable to, or adding to the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, except to the extent of dividends declared or paid with respect to such period or any prior period on the shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such third parties; plus

 

(10)         any ordinary course dividend, distribution or any other payment paid in cash and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause (7) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income;

 

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less, without duplication,

 

(11)         non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without duplication, (i) any amounts arising from the implementation of “fresh start” accounting shall be excluded from the calculation of EBITDA (it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, (1) the recognition of costs or expenses, amortization, depreciation or similar amounts from assets or liabilities adjusted in such “fresh start” accounting and (2) any such non-cash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period not included in the calculation shall, in each case, shall not be excluded), (ii) any gains, losses, charges or expenses arising from the Emergence Transactions or the Chapter 11 Cases shall be excluded from the calculation of EBITDA and (iii) EBITDA shall exclude the effects of any issuance of any Permitted Cure Securities..

 

“Egalet-002” means the product candidate referred to on the Issue Date as Egalet-002 (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

“Egalet-002 Product” means (a) Egalet-002 and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

“Egalet Limited” means Egalet Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales.

 

“Emergence Transactions” means the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization and emergence from Chapter 11 Cases on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement and the payment of any fees and expenses related to any of the foregoing.

 

“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

 

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

 

“Excluded Assets” means (i) any license, contract, permit or agreement of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors, or the property or assets subject thereto, if and only for so long as and to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein under the Security Documents would result in a breach or default under, or abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of, that license, contract, permit or agreement (except (x) to the extent the relevant term that would

 

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result in such breach, default, abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability is rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes of any jurisdiction) or any other applicable law or (y) any such license, contract, permit or agreement between the Issuer and any Subsidiary of the Issuer or between Subsidiaries of the Issuer, or the property or assets subject thereto), (ii) any leasehold interest in real property (excluding fixtures), (iii) any asset or property to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such asset or property is prohibited by any applicable law or requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to applicable law (except to the extent the law prohibiting such grant or requiring such consent is rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes of any jurisdiction) or any other applicable law), (iv) any assets or property as to which the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding) reasonably determines in good faith that the costs of obtaining such a security interest are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby, (v) [reserved], (vi) any Equity Interests in or of any Foreign Subsidiary (other than Egalet Limited and any Specified IP Subsidiary) or Domestic Subsidiary that owns (directly or indirectly through one or more disregarded entities) only the Equity Interests of one or more Controlled Foreign Corporations, other than 65% of the total outstanding voting Equity Interests and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests of (x) any First Tier Controlled Foreign Corporation and (y) any Domestic Subsidiary that owns (directly or indirectly through one or more disregarded entities) only the Equity Interests of one or more Controlled Foreign Corporations to the extent and only for so long as the Issuer determines in good faith that permitting a pledge of 100% of such voting Equity Interests in the case of clause (x) above or clause (y) above would result in material adverse tax consequences for the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) (it being understood that, in the case of clause (x) above or clause (y) above, if a percentage less than 100% but greater than 65% of such voting Equity Interests may be pledged without any such material adverse tax consequences, then such percentage shall be pledged), (vii) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary (other than Egalet Limited and any Specified IP Subsidiary) owned by a First Tier Controlled Foreign Corporation or by a lower-tier Foreign Subsidiary to the extent and only for so long as the Issuer determines in good faith that permitting a pledge of 100% of such Equity Interests would result in material adverse tax consequences for the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) (it being understood that, if a percentage less than 100% but greater than 0% of such Equity Interests may be pledged without any such material adverse tax consequences, then such percentage shall be pledged), (viii) any Equity Interests issued by any minority-owned Investment, so long as no other Person is granted a Lien in respect thereof which secured Indebtedness for borrowed money, (ix) any tax accounts, trust accounts, wage and benefit accounts, fiduciary accounts, zero balance accounts, payroll accounts, withholding tax accounts, pension and pension reserve accounts and employee benefit accounts to the extent funded or maintained in accordance with prudent business practice or as required by law, (x) the OXAYDO® Excluded Assets, (xi) any trademark or service mark applications filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of the intent of the Issuer or any Guarantor to use such trademark or service mark, unless and until evidence of use of such mark acceptable to the United States Patent and

 

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Trademark Office has been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C., et seq .), to the extent that granting a security interest in such application prior to such filing would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of such trademark application, (xii) any motor vehicle or other equipment that is subject to a certificate of title and (xiii) any fee owned real property with a fair market value less than $1,000,000 individually; provided , that if, following the Issue Date, the Issuer or any Guarantor, in the Issuer’s sole discretion, grants a security interest in any OXAYDO® Excluded Asset to any third-party financing source, such OXAYDO® Excluded Asset shall no longer be deemed an “Excluded Asset” and shall be deemed “After-Acquired Property,” in each case, subject to customary, agreed-upon intercreditor terms with such third-party financing source, such that the Lien on such OXAYDO® Excluded Asset securing the Securities and the Guarantees ranks equally with the Lien on such OXAYDO® Excluded Asset securing such third-party financing.

 

“Excluded Contributions” means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by the Issuer) received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from:

 

(1)           contributions to its common equity capital; and

 

(2)           the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer,

 

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions on or after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.

 

“Fair Market Value” means, at the time of any given transaction, with respect to any asset or property, the price (after taking into account any liabilities related to such asset or property) that could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

 

“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successor thereto.

 

“Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

 

“Financial Officer” of any Person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer (and/or principal financial officer), Chief Accounting Officer (and/or principal accounting officer), Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such Person.

 

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“First Amortization Date” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the first payment of principal of such security is due and payable.

 

“First Lien Agent” means the Representative(s) of the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations to the extent designated as such in an ABL Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“First Priority Lien Obligations” means (i) all Secured Bank Indebtedness, (ii) all other Obligations (not constituting Indebtedness) of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries under the agreements governing Secured Bank Indebtedness and (iii) all other Obligations of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations or Obligations in respect of cash management services, in each case, owing to a Person that is a holder of Indebtedness described in clause (i) or Obligations described in clause (ii) or an Affiliate or Representative of such holder at the time of entry into such Hedging Obligations or Obligations in respect of cash management services, to the extent that, in the case of each of clause (i), (ii) or (iii), such Indebtedness or other Obligations are secured, in whole or in part, by the ABL Collateral; provided , that First Priority Lien Obligations may not, together with Receivables Financings and any outstanding Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xxvii), at any time exceed $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

“First Tier Controlled Foreign Corporation” means any First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a Controlled Foreign Corporation.

 

“First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means any Foreign Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which are owned directly by the Issuer or indirectly by the Issuer through one or more Domestic Subsidiaries or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, in each case, as in effect on the Issue Date, other than reports and financial information required to be delivered under Section 4.02, which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the date thereof.

 

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

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“guarantee” means a guarantee or other provision of credit support (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations, including by providing security therefor or by becoming a co-obligor with respect thereto.  The term, “guarantee,” when used as a verb, shall mean to provide a guarantee.

 

“Guarantee” means any guarantee of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities by any Person in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

“Guarantor” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer party to this Indenture on the Issue Date and any other Person that Incurs a Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.10; provided, however that, upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Guarantor.

 

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:

 

(1)                                  currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and

 

(2)                                  other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices or to otherwise manage interest rate risk or currency exchange risk.

 

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

“Incur” means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however , that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary; and “Incurrence” has a correlative meaning.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1)                                  the principal of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar trade obligation Incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any

 

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Hedging Obligations, if and solely to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

 

(2)                                  to the extent not otherwise included under clause (1) above and without duplication, any guarantee of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on any such Indebtedness of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business); and

 

(3)                                  to the extent not otherwise included under clause (1) above and without duplication, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however , that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of such asset at such date of determination; and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

 

provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include: (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; (4) any earn-out obligations, contingent consideration, purchase price adjustments, deferred purchase money amounts, milestone and/or bonus payments (whether performance or time-based), and royalty, licensing, revenue and/or profit sharing arrangements, in each case, characterized as such and arising expressly out of purchase and sale contracts, development arrangements or licensing arrangements; (5) deferred compensation; (6) accrued expenses; or (7) obligations in respect of Preferred Stock that is not Disqualified Stock.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of Accounting Standards Codification section 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease the amount of Indebtedness deemed outstanding for purposes of this Indenture, (so that such outstanding amount differs from the principal amount of such Indebtedness payable at maturity) as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture.

 

“Indenture” means this Indenture as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of recognized standing in the United States that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

 

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“INDOCIN” means the product referred to as INDOCIN (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

“INDOCIN Product” means (a) INDOCIN and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

“Intellectual Property” means, with respect to any Person, all intellectual property and proprietary rights in any jurisdiction throughout the world, and all corresponding rights, presently or hereafter existing, including: (a) all inventions (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, and all patents, patent applications, industrial designs, industrial design applications, and patent disclosures, together with all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions, divisionals, extensions, and reexaminations in connection therewith; (b) all trademarks, trademark applications, tradenames, servicemarks, servicemark applications, trade dress, logos and designs, business names, company names, Internet domain names, and all other indicia of origin, all applications, registrations, and renewals in connection therewith, and all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing; (c) all copyrights and other works of authorship, mask works, database rights and moral rights, and all applications, registrations, and renewals in connection therewith; (d) all trade secrets and proprietary know-how and confidential information (including technical data, customer and supplier lists, manufacturing processes, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans and proposals); (e) all software (including source code, executable code, data, databases, and related documentation); and (f) all rights of privacy and publicity, including rights to the use of names, likenesses, images, voices, signatures and biographical information of real persons.

 

“Intellectual Property Licenses” means the licensing, development or commercialization of all or any substantial portion of the Intellectual Property related to ARYMO ER™, Egalet-002, SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray or OXAYDO® for commercialization in the United States pursuant to any license, sub-license, collaboration agreement, strategic alliance or similar arrangement; provided , that Intellectual Property Licenses shall not include any Co-Promotion Arrangement or any license incidental to a Co-Promotion Arrangement.

 

“Intellectual Property Sale” means the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), other than, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to Intellectual Property Licenses or any Co-Promotion Arrangement, of all or any substantial portion of the Intellectual Property and other assets related to ARYMO ER™, Egalet-002, SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray or OXAYDO® for commercialization in the United States.

 

“Intercreditor Agreement” means (i) any ABL Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) any Customary Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Interim Payments Note” means that certain unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $4,500,000 issued on the Issue Date by the Issuer to Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC.

 

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“Investment Grade Securities” means:

 

(1)                                  securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

 

(2)                                  securities that have a rating equal to or higher than “Baa3” (or equivalent) by Moody’s or “BBB-” (or equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

 

(3)                                  investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2), which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution; and

 

(4)                                  corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.

 

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of the Issuer in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the outstanding amount of any Investment shall be deemed to be the initial cost of such Investment when made, purchased or acquired (without giving effect to any adjustments for subsequent increases or decreases in value), but giving effect to any repayments, interest, returns, profits, dividends, distributions, proceeds, fees, income and other amounts actually received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in respect of such Investment and determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of any investments, loans or advances in connection therewith. For purposes of Section 4.04 (including Permitted Investments), “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary (to the extent the Issuer retains an Investment in such Person).

 

“Iroko” means Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

“Iroko Director” means a director on the Board of Directors of the Issuer designated for nomination by any party to the Stockholder Agreement holding a majority of the outstanding Equity Consideration Shares (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement).

 

“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

 

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“Issue Date” means January 31, 2019.

 

“Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any of its Subsidiaries.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

“Lockbox Account” means any Deposit Account maintained at a depository institution whose customer deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (to the extent required by law), into which account are paid solely the Proceeds of Inventory and Accounts that constitute ABL Collateral. All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

“Minimum Liquidity Amount” means, as of any date, an amount equal to the greater of (1) the quotient of (x) the outstanding principal amount of the Securities as of such date divided by (y) 9.5 and (2) $7,500,000.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

 

“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

 

“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, the Issuer’s good faith estimate of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements to the extent related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(i)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and

 

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retained by the Issuer after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, and any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition ( provided , that to the extent that any amounts are released from such escrow to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, such amounts net of any related expenses shall constitute Net Proceeds) ; provided , that Net Proceeds shall not include (i) any amounts constituting Net Sales, (ii) the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of Intellectual Property to any Specified IP Subsidiary or (iii) the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of Excluded Assets (other than any OXAYDO® Excluded Assets).

 

“Net Sales” means, with respect to any Product, the gross amount invoiced for sales in the United States of such Product in arm’s length sales by the Issuer, any of its Affiliates or the Issuer’s licensees, sublicensees, assignees, transferees or other commercial partners or co-promoters (or any of their respective Affiliates) to independent, unrelated third parties, less the following deductions from such gross amounts that are actually incurred, allowed, accrued or specifically allocated: (i) credits, price adjustments or allowances for damaged products (to the extent not covered by insurance), defective goods, returns or rejections of such Product; (ii) normal and customary trade, cash and quantity discounts, allowances and credits (other than price discounts granted at the time of invoicing that have been already reflected in the gross amount invoiced); (iii) chargeback payments, rebates and similar allowances (or the equivalent thereof) granted to group purchasing organizations, managed health care organizations, distributors or wholesalers or to federal, state/provincial, local and other governments, including their agencies, or to trade customers (including, without limitation, pharmacy network fees incurred for selling outside of traditional wholesaler arrangements); (iv) any fees paid to any third party logistics providers, wholesalers and distributors (including, without limitation, title model fees incurred in connection with third party logistics provider purchases); (v) any freight, postage, shipping, insurance and other transportation charges incurred by the selling Person in connection with shipping such Product to third party logistics providers, wholesalers and distributors and to customers; (vi) adjustments for billing errors or recalls; (vii) sales, value-added (to the extent not refundable in accordance with applicable law), and excise taxes, tariffs and duties, and other taxes (including annual fees due under Section 9008 of the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-48), any fees or taxes imposed on the sale, manufacture or distribution of opioids and other comparable laws), levied on, absorbed, determined or imposed with respect to such sale (but not including taxes assessed against the income derived from such sale); (viii) amounts written off by reason of uncollectible debt, provided that if the debt is thereafter paid, the corresponding amount shall be added to the Net Sales of the period during which it is paid; (ix) with respect to Net Sales of the SPRIX® Product only, royalties payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to independent, unrelated third parties in respect of the SPRIX® Product; (x) with respect to Net Sales of the OXAYDO® Product only, royalties payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to independent, unrelated third parties in respect of the OXAYDO® Product; (xi) with respect to Net Sales of the INDOCIN Product only, royalties payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to third parties in respect of the INDOCIN Product pursuant to obligations existing on the Issue Date; and (xii)

 

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with respect to Net Sales of the TIVORBEX Product, VIVLODEX Product and ZORVOLEX Product only, royalties payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to third parties in respect of the TIVORBEX Product, VIVLODEX Product and ZORVOLEX Product pursuant to obligations existing on the Issue Date. Net Sales, as set forth in this definition, shall be calculated applying, in accordance with GAAP, the standard accounting practices the selling Person customarily applies to other branded products sold by it or its Affiliates under similar trade terms and conditions.  For the avoidance of doubt, Net Sales shall not include any amounts constituting Net Proceeds.

 

“Notes Collateral” means all property subject, or purported to be subject from time to time, to a Lien under any Security Documents. The Notes Collateral does not include the Excluded Assets. The Notes Collateral includes any license described in the last sentence of Section 4.14.

 

“Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided , however , that Obligations with respect to the Securities shall not include fees, expenses or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any other third party (other than any Holder).

 

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (and/or principal executive officer), the Chief Financial Officer (and/or principal financial officer), the Chief Accounting Officer (and/or principal accounting officer), the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by two Officers of the Issuer, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Trustee.

 

“OXAYDO®” means the product referred to as OXAYDO® (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

“OXAYDO® Excluded Assets” means the new drug applications, licensed intellectual property rights, other approvals and licenses and clinical and other data, in each case relating to the OXAYDO® Product.

 

“OXAYDO® Product” means (a) OXAYDO® and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

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“Pari Passu Indebtedness” means:

 

(1)                                  with respect to the Issuer, the Securities and any Indebtedness that (i) ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Securities and (ii) is secured by Liens on the Notes Collateral that rank pari passu as to Lien priority with the Liens on the Notes Collateral securing the Securities; and

 

(2)                                  with respect to any Guarantor, its Guarantee and any Indebtedness that (i) ranks pari passu in right of payment with such Guarantor’s Guarantee and (ii) is secured by Liens on the Notes Collateral that rank pari passu as to Lien priority with the Liens on the Notes Collateral securing such Guarantor’s Guarantee.

 

“Permitted Cure Debt” means any Indebtedness (i) of (a) the Issuer that ranks subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or (b) any Guarantor that that ranks subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Guarantee, and, in each case reflects the payment subordination terms set forth in Exhibit E to this Indenture, (ii) that is unsecured and (iii) that has no scheduled cash interest or principal payments owing prior to the one year anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Securities.

 

“Permitted Cure Securities” shall mean (i) any Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or (ii) any Permitted Cure Debt, in each case issued pursuant to the Cure Right.

 

“Permitted Holders” means, at any time, each of (i) Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc., a business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (registered number 1732699), (ii) CR Group L.P. and its Affiliates and Associated Funds, including, without limitation, CRG Servicing LLC, CRG Partners III L.P., CRG Partners III — Parallel Fund “A” L.P., CRG Partners III (Cayman) L.P.,  CRG Partners III (Cayman) LEV AIV I L.P., CRG Partners III (Cayman) UNLEV AIV I, L.P. and CRG Partners III — Parallel Fund “B” (Cayman) L.P., (iii) CI Investments Inc. and its Affiliates and Associated Funds, (iv) Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, and its Affiliates and Associated Funds, (v) Honeywell Capital Management LLC, and its Affiliates and Associated Funds and (vi) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) through (v) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Issuer (a “Permitted Holder Group”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other “group” (other than Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) through (v) above) beneficially owns more than 50% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates and funds (or portions of funds) managed by any of the foregoing or under common management with any of the foregoing, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

 

“Permitted Investments” means:

 

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(1)                                  any Investment in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Notes Collateral may be transferred pursuant to this clause (1) only to a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor;

 

(2)                                  any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

 

(3)                                  any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; provided that any Notes Collateral may be transferred pursuant to this clause (3) only to a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor;

 

(4)                                  any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

(5)                                  any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date, if any; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date;

 

(6)                                  advances to employees not in excess of $500,000 outstanding at any one time in the aggregate;

 

(7)                                  any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default or (c) in settlement of or other resolution of claims or disputes, and, in each case, extensions, modifications and renewals thereof;

 

(8)                               Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(x);

 

(9)                               any Investment by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $1,500,000 (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however , that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer at the

 

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date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(10)                           Investments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $1,500,000 (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however , that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (10) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (10) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(11)                           loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, not to exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding pursuant to this clause (11);

 

(12)                           Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable; provided, however , that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit”;

 

(13)                           any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (iv), (v), (viii)(B), (x), (xiii), (xiv) and (xv) of such Section);

 

(14)                           Investments consisting of the licensing of Intellectual Property or collaboration agreements, strategic alliances, Co-Promotion Arrangements or similar arrangements in respect of Intellectual Property, in each case, for the development or commercialization of Intellectual Property that, at the time such license, collaboration agreement, strategic alliance, Co-Promotion Arrangement or similar arrangement is entered into, does not materially and adversely affect the Issuer’s business or condition (financial or otherwise) or the value of the Notes Collateral, taken as a whole;

 

(15)                           guarantees issued in accordance with Sections 4.03 and 4.10, including any guarantee or other obligation issued or incurred under any Credit Agreement in connection with any letter of credit issued for the account of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including with respect to the issuance of, or payments in respect of drawings under, such letters of credit);

 

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(16)                           Investments consisting of, or made in order or to finance, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of Intellectual Property;

 

(17)                           any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness;

 

(18)                           Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

 

(19)                           Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries who are not Guarantors not to exceed $2,500,000 at any one time outstanding pursuant to this clause (19);

 

(20)                           loans and advances relating to indemnification or reimbursement of any officers, directors or employees in respect of liabilities relating to their serving in such capacity;

 

(21)                           (i) lease, utility and other similar deposits, and (ii) prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(22)                           any redemption or repurchase of the Securities permitted and made in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(23)                           Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with a purchase agreement, or letter of intent, or other acquisitions to the extent not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;

 

(24)                           guarantees of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the provision of credit card payment processing services in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(25)                           Investments by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers or landlords, and guaranties of business obligations owed to landlord, suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries.

 

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(25) above, or is entitled to be Incurred or made pursuant to Section 4.04, the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Investment (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with such categories above or Section 4.04.  In addition, at the time of Incurrence or making of any Investment, the Issuer will be entitled to divide and classify such Investment in more than one of the categories of Permitted Investments described above or described in Section 4.04.

 

“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1)                                  pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(2)                                  Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not overdue for more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

 

(3)                                  Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(4)                                  Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business (including any Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(v) and Section 4.03(b)(xi));

 

(5)                                  survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or title defects or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties that were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

 

(6)                                  (A) Liens on the ABL Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i) and First Priority Lien Obligations related thereto, which Liens shall be subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, and (B) Liens securing

 

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Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(iv) and Section 4.03(b)(xv) (provided that in the case of Section 4.03(b)(xv) such Lien applies solely to acquired property or assets of the acquired entity, as the case may be);

 

(7)                                  (A) Liens existing on the Issue Date, (B) Liens securing the Securities (in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth in Section 2.01(a)) or the Guarantees, including Liens arising under or relating to the Security Documents and (C) the Lien securing the Issuer’s and Guarantors’ payment obligations under Section 7.06;

 

(8)                                  Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however , that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however , that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;

 

(9)                                  Liens on assets or property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; provided, however , that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however , that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;

 

(10)                           Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or a Guarantor permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;

 

(11)                           Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Lien extends only to the property securing such Indebtedness;

 

(12)                           Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

(13)                           leases and subleases of real property that do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(14)                           Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(15)                           Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Guarantor;

 

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(16)                           Liens on accounts receivable of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing permitted under Section 4.03(b)(xvi);

 

(17)                           deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

 

(18)                           [reserved];

 

(19)                           (i) Intellectual Property Licenses, (ii) Co-Promotion Arrangements and (iii) any other license, collaboration agreement, strategic alliance or similar arrangement providing for the licensing of Intellectual Property or the development or commercialization of Intellectual Property that, in the case of any such agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue Date, at the time of such grant, does not materially and adversely affect the Issuer’s business, condition (financial or otherwise) or the value of the Notes Collateral taken as a whole;

 

(20)                           Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness (“Refinancing Secured Indebtedness”) secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6)(B) (in the case of Liens to secure any Refinancing Secured Indebtedness under such clause (6)(B), such Liens shall be deemed to have also been incurred under such clause (6)(B), and not this clause (20), for purposes of determining amounts outstanding under such clause (6)(B)), (7), (8) and (9); provided, however , that (w) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the original Lien (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof), (x) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6)(B), (7), (8) and (9) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement, (y) any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clause 7(B) shall, at the election of the Issuer, be secured by and entitled to the benefits of the Security Documents and rank pari passu with the Indebtedness that is refinanced, refunded, extended, renewed or replaced and (z) any Lien securing the Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a priority relative to the Liens securing the Securities and the Guarantees that is not greater than the relative priority of the Lien securing in the Indebtedness that is refinanced, refunded, extended, renewed or replaced;

 

(21)                           Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located;

 

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(22)                           judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

 

(23)                           Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(24)                           Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the value of the Notes Collateral;

 

(25)                           any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement; provided, however , that this clause (25) shall not apply to any Liens securing Indebtedness;

 

(26)                           any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(27)                           Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to Deposit Accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;

 

(28)                           Liens that secure Indebtedness Incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $1,500,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(29)                           any interest of title of a lessor under any lease of real or personal property;

 

(30)                           Liens on the identifiable proceeds of any property or asset subject to a Lien otherwise constituting a Permitted Lien;

 

(31)                           Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Issuer or a Restricted Entity, including rights of offset and set off;

 

(32)                           Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

(33)                           Liens to secure a defeasance trust to the extent such defeasance is otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this Indenture;

 

(34)                           Liens to secure the financing of insurance premiums permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xx);

 

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(35)                           customary Liens granted in favor or a trustee (including the Trustee) to secure fees and other amounts owing to such trustee under an indenture or other agreement pursuant to which Indebtedness not prohibited by this Indenture is issued including this Indenture;

 

(36)                           Liens arising on any real property as a result of eminent domain, condemnation or similar proceedings against such property; and

 

(37)                           Liens on Notes Collateral of the Issuer or any Guarantor securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xxvii), which Liens may rank senior, pari passu or junior to Liens thereon securing the Securities Obligations, pursuant to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement).

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (a) Permitted Liens need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described above but are permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and (b) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more categories of Permitted Liens described above, the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify) such item of Permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition and will only be required to include the amount and type of such item of Permitted Liens in one of the above clauses and such Lien will be treated as having been incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses .

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

“Plan of Reorganization” means the First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Issuer and its affiliated debtors, dated December 3, 2018, as amended, for the resolution of outstanding claims and interests in the Chapter 11 Cases, as may be modified in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, including all exhibits, supplements, appendices and schedules.

 

“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

“Product” means any of (i) the ARYMO ER™ Product, (ii) the Egalet-002 Product, (iii) the SPRIX® Product, (iv) the OXAYDO® Product, (v) the INDOCIN Product, (vi) the TIVORBEX Product, (vii) the VIVLODEX Product and (viii) the ZORVOLEX Product.

 

“Qualified Receivables Financing” means any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:

 

(1)                                  the Issuer shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and

 

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other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Issuer and the Receivables Subsidiary;

 

(2)                                  all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer); and

 

(3)                                  the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.

 

The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure Bank Indebtedness, Indebtedness in respect of the Securities or any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Securities shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.

 

“Rating Agency” means (1) Moody’s, (2) S&P or (3) any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

 

“Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.

 

“Receivables Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and any Hedging Obligations entered into by the Issuer or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.

 

“Receivables Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

 

“Receivables Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with the Issuer in which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer makes an Investment and to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer transfers accounts receivable) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, all

 

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proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and that is designated (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:

 

(a)                                  no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (except for a Subsidiary of such Receivables Subsidiary) (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (except for a Subsidiary of such Receivables Subsidiary) in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (except for a Subsidiary of such Receivables Subsidiary), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

 

(b)                                  with which neither the Issuer nor any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (except for a Subsidiary of such Receivables Subsidiary) has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than as part of the Qualified Receivables Financing) other than on terms that the Issuer reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Issuer or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Issuer; and

 

(c)                                   to which neither the Issuer nor any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (except for a Subsidiary of such Receivables Subsidiary) has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

 

Any such designation shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

 

“Representative” means the trustee(s), agent(s) or representative(s) (if any) for an issue of Indebtedness; provided, however, that if, and for so long as, such Indebtedness lacks such a Representative, then, unless otherwise provided in the document governing such Indebtedness, the Representative for such Indebtedness shall at all times constitute the holder or holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of obligations under such Indebtedness.

 

“Restricted Cash” means Cash Equivalents held by Restricted Subsidiaries that are contractually restricted from being distributed to the Issuer, except for such restrictions that are contained in agreements governing Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture and secured by such Cash Equivalents.

 

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

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“Restricted Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

 

“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or acquired after the Issue Date by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Issuer and a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or between Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.

 

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

“Secured Bank Indebtedness” means any Bank Indebtedness that is secured by a Permitted Lien incurred or deemed incurred pursuant to clause (6)(A) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”.

 

“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.

 

“Securities” means the Issuer’s 13% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 issued on the Issue Date pursuant to this Indenture and includes, for the avoidance of doubt, the Series A-1 Securities and the Series A-2 Securities.

 

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

 

“Securities Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Securities, this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Security Documents.

 

“Security Documents” means the security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages, collateral assignments and related agreements, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, creating, perfecting or otherwise evidencing the security interests granted by the Issuer and any Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Notes Collateral as contemplated by this Indenture.

 

“Senior Indebtedness” means (1) with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness that (i) ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Securities and (ii) is secured by Liens on the Notes Collateral that rank senior as to Lien priority to the Liens on the Notes Collateral securing the Securities pursuant to an Intercreditor Agreement; and (2) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness that (i) ranks pari passu in right of payment with such Guarantor’s Guarantee and (ii) is secured by Liens on the Notes Collateral that rank senior as to Lien priority to the Liens on

 

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the Notes Collateral securing such Guarantor’s Guarantee pursuant to an Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Similar Business” means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary or complementary thereto.

 

“Specified IP Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer that directly or indirectly (including by licensing) acquires or holds any of the Intellectual Property rights related to ARYMO ER™, Egalet-002, SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray or OXAYDO®, in each case, to the extent such Intellectual Property right is directly owned, licensed or otherwise held by the Issuer or any Guarantor on the Issue Date and included in the Notes Collateral on the date of such acquisition.

 

“SPRIX®” means the product referred to as SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

“SPRIX® Product” means (a) SPRIX® and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer that the Issuer has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

 

“Stated Maturity” means, (i) with respect to the Securities, January 31, 2024 and (ii) with respect to any other security, the date specified in the documentation governing such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).

 

“Stockholder Agreement” means the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Issuer and the Stockholders party thereto from time to time.

 

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means (a) with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness of the Issuer that (i) is unsecured, (ii) ranks subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or (iii) is secured by Liens on Notes Collateral ranking junior to the Liens securing the Securities or (b) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor that (i) is unsecured, (ii) ranks subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Guarantee or (iii) is secured by Liens on Notes Collateral ranking junior to the Liens securing such Guarantor’s

 

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Guarantee. For the avoidance of doubt, Subordinated Indebtedness shall be deemed to include any Indebtedness reflecting the payment subordination terms set forth in Exhibit E to this Indenture.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and (2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity. For purposes of clarity, a Subsidiary of a Person shall not include any Person that is under common control with the first Person solely by virtue of having directors, managers or trustees in common and shall not include any Person that is solely under common control with the first Person (i.e., a sister company with a common parent).

 

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as interpreted and in effect on the Issue Date; provided , however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended or there is a change in the interpretation after the Issue Date, the term “TIA” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment or such change in interpretation , the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended or interpreted.

 

“TIVORBEX” means the product referred to as TIVORBEX (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

“TIVORBEX Product” means (a) TIVORBEX and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

“Treasury Rate” means, in respect of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to January 31, 2020; provided, that if the period from such redemption date to January 31, 2020 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

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“Trust Officer” means:

 

(1)           any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject; and

 

(2)           who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor.

 

“Uniform Commercial Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are:

 

(1)           direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

 

(2)           obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

 

which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

“VIVLODEX” means the product referred to as VIVLODEX (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

“VIVLODEX Product” means (a) VIVLODEX and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

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“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (A) the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each remaining scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness, or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock, by (B) the amount of each such remaining payment, by (2) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required to be held by foreign nationals or Subsidiaries not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia) is owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

“ZORVOLEX” means the product referred to as ZORVOLEX (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

“ZORVOLEX Product” means (a) ZORVOLEX and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

SECTION 1.02.    Other Definitions .

 

Term

 

Defined in Section

“Acceleration”

 

6.02

“Affiliate Transaction”

 

4.07(a)

“After-Acquired Property”

 

4.13

“Bankruptcy Law”

 

6.01

“Base Currency”

 

12.14(b)(i)(A)

“Change of Control Offer”

 

4.08(b)

“Confidential Information”

 

7.11

“Confidential Parties”

 

7.11

“Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date”

 

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” definition

“covenant defeasance option”

 

8.01(e)

“Cure Right”

 

Section 6.14

“custodian”

 

6.01

“Definitive Security”

 

Appendix A

“Depository”

 

Appendix A

“Event of Default”

 

6.01

“Global Security”

 

Appendix A

“Guaranteed Obligations”

 

10.01(a)

 

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Term

 

Defined in Section

“Increased Amount”

 

4.11

“Judgment Currency”

 

12.14(b)(i)(A)

“legal defeasance option”

 

8.01(e)

“Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer”

 

4.06(b)

“Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds”

 

4.06(b)

“Offer Period”

 

4.06(d)

“Paying Agent”

 

2.04(a)

“Payment Date”

 

Exhibit A

“primary obligations”

 

“Contingent Obligations” definition

“primary obligor”

 

“Contingent Obligations” definition

“protected purchaser”

 

2.08

“QIB”

 

Appendix A

“rate(s) of exchange”

 

12.14(d)

“Record Date”

 

Exhibit A

“Reference Period”

 

“Cumulative Credit” definition

“Refinancing Indebtedness”

 

4.03(b)(xiv)

“Refinancing Secured Indebtedness”

 

“Permitted Liens” definition

“Refunding Capital Stock”

 

4.04(b)(ii)

“Registrar”

 

2.04(a)

“Restricted Payments”

 

4.04(a)

“Retired Capital Stock”

 

4.04(b)(ii)

“Securities”

 

Preamble

“Securities Custodian”

 

Appendix A

“Security Document Order”

 

11.09(i)

“Successor Company”

 

5.01(a)(i)

“Successor Guarantor”

 

5.01(b)(i)

 

SECTION 1.03.    Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)           a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(b)           all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as defined herein, and an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP as defined herein;

 

(c)           “or” is not exclusive;

 

(d)           “including” means including without limitation;

 

(e)           words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

 

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(f)            unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;

 

(g)           the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;

 

(h)           “$” and “U.S. Dollars” each refers to United States dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; and

 

(i)            the words “asset” or “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

SECTION 1.04.            Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

“Commission” means the SEC;

 

“indenture securities” means the Securities;

 

“indenture security holder” means a Holder of a Security;

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

 

“obligor” on the Securities and the Guarantees means the Issuer and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Securities and the Guarantees, respectively.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

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ARTICLE 2

 

THE SECURITIES

 

SECTION 2.01.            Amount of Securities .

 

(a)           Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.01, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $95,000,000.

 

(b)           On the Issue Date, the Issuer shall issue and deliver, in accordance with this Article 2, Series A-1 Securities in an aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 and Series A-2 Securities in an aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000.

 

(c)           The Securities shall be issued in two separate series of Securities, as the Series A-1 Securities and the Series A-2 Securities, with separate CUSIP numbers for each series, in each case, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

(d)           Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, the Securities shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including directions provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.05, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase, and shall rank on a parity basis in right of payment and security.

 

SECTION 2.02.            Form and Dating . Provisions relating to the Securities are set forth in Appendix A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage ( provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Issuer). Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form, without interest coupons, and in minimum denominations of $1 and any integral multiple of $1 in excess thereof.

 

SECTION 2.03.            Execution and Authentication . The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Issuer signed by one Officer (a) Series A-1 Securities for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 and (b) Series A-2 Securities for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated, the form in which the Securities are to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated.

 

One Officer shall sign the Securities for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.

 

A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

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The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate the Securities. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuer. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

 

SECTION 2.04.            Registrar and Paying Agent .

 

(a)           The Issuer shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and (ii) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrars. The term “Paying Agent” includes the Paying Agent and any additional paying agents. The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and the Securities Custodian with respect to the Global Securities and as Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Definitive Securities.

 

(b)           The Issuer may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.06. The Issuer or any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. Upon any Event of Default as described in Section 6.01(e) or Section 6.01(f), the Trustee shall automatically be the Paying Agent.

 

(c)           The Issuer may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided , however , that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuer and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee; provided , however , that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.07.

 

SECTION 2.05.            Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . On or prior to each due date of the principal of and interest on any Security, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Issuer shall require the Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the

 

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benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at any time may require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.05, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

 

SECTION 2.06.            Holder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). The Issuer shall also maintain a copy of such list of the names and addresses of Holders at its registered office.    Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuer, the Trustee will automatically serve as the Paying Agent if not otherwise so acting.

 

SECTION 2.07.            Transfer and Exchange . The Securities shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with Appendix A and the form of the applicable Security. When a Security is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities, but the Issuer may require payment from the Holder of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes (including transfer taxes), assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section 2.07. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents. The Issuer shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Securities for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Securities to be redeemed.

 

Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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Any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) or (b) any holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

 

All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

 

SECTION 2.08.            Replacement Securities . If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies the Issuer or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuer or the Trustee prior to the Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “protected purchaser”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Issuer and the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar (if the Registrar also serves as the Paying Agent) and of the Issuer to protect the Issuer, each Guarantor, the Paying Agent and the Registrar (if the Trustee is not serving in the role of Paying Agent or Registrar, as the case may be) from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Issuer and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements in replacing such Security). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may pay such Security instead of issuing a new Security in replacement thereof.

 

Upon its due issuance, every replacement Security will be an obligation of the Issuer evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Security surrendered therefor or replaced thereby.

 

The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Securities.

 

SECTION 2.09.            Outstanding Securities . Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding.

 

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mutilated Security ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.

 

If the principal amount of any Securities (or portions thereof) is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

 

If, on any redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, has been delivered to a Paying Agent to segregate and hold in trust in accordance with this Indenture, and such Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

 

SECTION 2.10.            Temporary Securities . In the event that Definitive Securities are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities and make them available for delivery in exchange for temporary Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Issuer, without charge to the Holder. Until such exchange, temporary Securities shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as Definitive Securities under this Indenture.

 

SECTION 2.11.            Cancellation . The Issuer at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and each Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures. Certification of the destruction of all cancelled Securities shall be delivered to the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Securities in place of canceled Securities other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 2.12.            Defaulted Interest . If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, the Issuer shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Securities (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date and shall promptly provide or cause to be provided (including, upon the written request of the Issuer, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer) to each affected Holder a written notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid. The special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest shall not be more than

 

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15 days and shall not be less than 10 days prior to the proposed payment date and shall not be less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.

 

SECTION 2.13.            CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc . The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices (including notices of redemption) as a convenience to Holders; provided , however , that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities and that any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers.

 

SECTION 2.14.            Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities . The aggregate principal amount of the Securities, at any date of determination, shall be the aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Securities, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Securities, the Holders of which have so consented, waived, approved or taken other action by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Securities then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 12.04. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate. The Issuer and the Trustee agree that any action of the Holders may be evidenced by the DTC applicable procedures or by such other procedures as the Issuer and Trustee may agree.

 

SECTION 2.15.            Statement to Holders . After the end of each calendar year but not later than the latest date permitted by applicable law, the Trustee shall (or shall instruct any Paying Agent to) furnish to each Person who at any time during such calendar year was a Holder a statement (for example, a Form 1099 or any other means required by applicable law) prepared by the Trustee containing the interest and original issue discount paid (based solely upon information provided by the Issuer) with respect to the Securities for such calendar year or, in the event such Person was a Holder during only a portion of such calendar year, for the applicable portion of such calendar year, and such other items as may be (a) required pursuant to the then-applicable regulations under the Code or (b) readily available to the Trustee and that a Holder shall reasonably request as necessary for the purpose of such Holder’s preparation of its U.S. federal income or other tax returns. In the event that any such information has been provided by any Paying Agent directly to such Person through other tax-related reports or otherwise, the Trustee in its capacity as Paying Agent shall not be obligated to comply with such request for information.

 

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ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION

 

SECTION 3.01.            Redemption . The Securities may be redeemed by the Issuer at its option, in whole, or from time to time in part, on any Business Day specified by the Issuer, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Paragraph 5 of the form of Security set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

 

SECTION 3.02.            Applicability of Article . Redemption of Securities at the election of the Issuer or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article 3.

 

SECTION  3.03.            Notices to Trustee . If the Issuer elects to redeem Securities pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Paragraph 5 of the Security, it shall notify the Trustee and the Holders in writing of (i) the Section of this Indenture and the Paragraph of the Security (if any) pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price (if then ascertainable).

 

The Issuer shall provide written notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.03 at least 30 days (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Security. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate from the Issuer to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Issuer and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to written notice of such redemption being provided to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.

 

SECTION  3.04.            Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed . In the case of any partial redemption, and if the Securities are Global Securities held by the Depository, the Depository will select the Securities to be redeemed in accordance with its operational arrangements. If the Securities are not Global Securities held by the Depository, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or such other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate; provided that no Securities of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed and the principal amount thereof.

 

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SECTION  3.05.            Notice of Optional Redemption .

 

(a)           At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Security, the Issuer shall provide or cause to be provided a written notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.

 

Any such notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(i)            the redemption date;

 

(ii)           the redemption price (or manner of calculation thereof if not then known) and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date;

 

(iii)          the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(iv)          that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

(v)           that all outstanding Securities are to be redeemed or, if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be outstanding after such partial redemption;

 

(vi)          that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(vii)         the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the Securities being redeemed;

 

(viii)        that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN and/or “Common Code” number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities; and

 

(ix)          such other matters as the Issuer deems desirable or appropriate.

 

(b)           At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at the Issuer’s expense. In such event, the Issuer shall provide the Trustee a notice containing the information required by this Section 3.05 at least five Business Days (unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period) prior to the date such notice is to be provided to Holders and such notice may not be canceled.

 

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surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued and unpaid interest, to, but not including, the redemption date; provided , however , that if the redemption date is after a Record Date and on or prior to the related Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Securities registered on such Record Date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

 

SECTION  3.07.            Deposit of Redemption Price . With respect to any Securities, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation.  On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuer has deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities to be redeemed, unless the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. Upon redemption of any Securities by the Issuer, such redeemed Securities will be cancelled.

 

SECTION  3.08.            Securities Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Issuer’s expense) a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

 

SECTION  4.01.            Payment of Securities .

 

(a)

 

(1)           The Issuer shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture; provided, that, payments with respect to the Series A-2 Securities shall be subject to the setoff rights set forth in paragraph 19 of the Security. Any such setoff by the Issuer shall be effective with respect to payments due on the Series A-2 Notes under this Indenture only if the Issuer delivers to the Trustee (for forwarding to the Series A-2 Note Holders) a written notice of such right of setoff substantially in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which shall include the amount of such setoff and a certification by Issuer to the Trustee that such right of setoff is in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Right of Setoff Notice”).  Such Right of Setoff Notice shall be delivered to the Trustee at least 30 calendar days prior to the date interest or any principal is otherwise payable on the Series A-2 Notes.  The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on any such Right of Setoff Notice delivered by the Issuer, without the necessity of verifying the

 

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accuracy of the statements therein, or making any investigation of any kind into the rights asserted therein. Any claims by the Holders of the Series A-2 Notes regarding the exercise by the Issuer of such right of setoff shall be resolved by the Holders of the Series A-2 Notes in accordance with the rights of such Holders under the Asset Purchase Agreement without a requirement that the Trustee be made a party of such dispute, and, pending such resolution, the Trustee shall have no responsibility for pursuing such claims on behalf of such Holders.  Any such resolution shall be evidenced by an instruction in writing executed by both the Issuer and the Holders of the Series A-2 Notes, or by an order of a court, specifying the amount to be paid (as applicable) as interest and as principal, and the amount to be paid (if any) as interest on interest.  Any such payment shall be made to the Series A-2 Holders in accordance with the notice and payment provisions of Section 6.10 of this Indenture following receipt of the amounts payable to the Trustee for distribution to the Holders of the Series A-2 Notes pursuant to such joint instruction or court order (as the case may be).

 

(2)           An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds as of 12:00 noon New York City time money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and the Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Securities to the extent lawful.

 

(b)           On each Payment Date, commencing on May 1, 2019, or on the succeeding Business Day if any such date is not a Business Day and ceasing upon the payment in full of the outstanding principal balance of the Securities, the Issuer shall pay an installment of principal of the Securities in an amount, if positive, equal to (x) the Applicable Percentage of Net Sales of the Products for the two consecutive fiscal quarter period most recently ended prior to such Payment Date minus (y) the amount of interest paid on the Securities on such Payment Date (provided, in the case of the Series A-1 Securities, to the extent that no interest is payable with respect to such Series A-1 Securities on such Payment Date, shall, for the purposes of this calculation only, be equal to the amount of interest that would have been payable on such Payment Date if interest had accrued on such Series A-1 Securities for the whole such preceding six month period at the rate set forth therein for periods commencing on or after May 1, 2020); provided , that if the Applicable Percentage of Net Sales of the Products for such period is greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding as of such Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay such lesser principal amount that is then outstanding.  The Issuer shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee stating the amount of such principal payment at least 10 days prior to the applicable Payment Date.

 

SECTION 4.02.            Reports and Other Information .

 

(a)           Annual Financials . The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days (or such earlier date on which the Issuer is required to file a Form 10-K under the Exchange Act, if applicable) after the end of each fiscal year of the

 

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Issuer, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, a consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP, with such consolidated financial statements to be audited and accompanied by (i) a report and opinion of the Issuer’s independent certified public accounting firm of recognized standing in the United States (which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP), stating that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Issuer as of the dates and for the periods specified in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) (if and only if the Issuer is required to comply with the internal control provisions pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requiring an attestation report of such independent certified public accounting firm) an attestation report of such independent certified public accounting firm as to the Issuer’s internal controls pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attesting that such internal controls meet the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; provided, however, that the Issuer shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such consolidated financial statements if such consolidated financial statements shall have been made available for free within the time period specified above on the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor system adopted by the SEC); provided, further, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed pursuant to EDGAR (or its successor). Such consolidated financial statements shall be certified (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in a certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed with the Issuer’s Form 10-K under the Exchange Act, if applicable) by a Financial Officer as, to his or her knowledge, fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods specified in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

 

(b)           Quarterly Financials . The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as available, but in any event within 60 days (or such earlier date on which the Issuer is required to file a Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act, if applicable) after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Issuer, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending March 30, 2019, a consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for such fiscal quarter and (in respect of the second and third fiscal quarters of such fiscal year) for the then-elapsed portion of the Issuer’s fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the comparable period or periods in the previous fiscal year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that the Issuer shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such consolidated financial statements if such consolidated financial statements shall have been made available for free within the time period specified above on the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor system adopted by the SEC); provided, further, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed pursuant to EDGAR (or its successor). Such consolidated financial statements shall be certified (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in a certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed with the Issuer’s

 

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Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act, if applicable) by a Financial Officer as, to his or her knowledge, fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods specified in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and on a basis consistent with the audited consolidated financial statements referred to under Section 4.02(a), subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries have made an acquisition, the financial statements with respect to an acquired entity need not be included in the consolidated quarterly financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 4.02(b) until the first date upon which such quarterly financial statements are required to be so delivered that is at least 90 days after the date such acquisition is consummated.

 

(c)           Conference Calls .  The Issuer shall also hold quarterly conference calls, beginning with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Issue Date, for all holders of the Securities to discuss such financial information no later than ten Business Days after the distribution of such information required by clauses (a) or (b) of Section 4.02 and, prior to the date of each such conference call, will announce the time and date of such conference call and either include all information necessary to access the call or inform holders of the Securities how they can obtain such information, including, without limitation, the applicable password or login information (if applicable).

 

(d)           Compliance with Indenture . The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, commencing with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, an Officers’ Certificate certifying that to each such Officer’s actual knowledge there is no Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing or, if either such Officer does know of any such Default or Event of Default, such Officer shall include in such certificate a description of such Default or Event of Default and its status with particularity.

 

(e)           Information During Event of Default . The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Holders, promptly, such additional information regarding the business or financial affairs of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of this Indenture, as the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of beneficial interests in the Securities may from time to time reasonably request during the existence of any Event of Default (subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or contract; and provided that the Issuer shall not be obligated to disclose any information that is reasonably subject to the assertion of attorney-client privilege).

 

(f)            Information Filed with SEC or Exchanges . The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, promptly after the same are available, copies of any periodic and other reports, registration statements and other materials filed by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with the SEC, any U.S. securities exchange or any securities exchange in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction, and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however, that the Issuer shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such reports or other materials if available for free on the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor system adopted by the SEC); provided, further, however, that the Trustee shall have no

 

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obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed pursuant to EDGAR (or its successor).

 

(g)           Rule 144A Information . So long as the Issuer is not subject to either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall deliver to the Holders, any holder of beneficial interests in the Securities and any prospective purchaser of the Securities or a beneficial interest therein designated by a Holder or such other Person, promptly upon the request of any such Person, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

(h)           Certification of Amount of Net Sales . At least 10 Days prior to each Payment Date, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to the amount of Net Sales of each Product and the Applicable Percentage for the two consecutive fiscal quarter period most recently ended prior to such Payment Date.

 

(i)            Communication of Information . Delivery of information under this Section 4.02 to the Trustee shall be for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt thereof shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from any information contained therein, including compliance by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates or certificates or statements delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02(c)). Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantors shall be obligated to deliver any confidential reports or other confidential information to any Holder (or any holder of beneficial interests in the Securities) who has not executed, or deemed to have executed, a Confidentiality Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.  The Issuer shall provide the Trustee with a list of such Holders (or holders of beneficial interests in the Securities) and shall update such list after the execution and delivery to the Issuer of a Confidentiality Agreement by any Person not already party to such a Confidentiality Agreement with the Issuer.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Holder shall be required by the terms of this Indenture to execute a Confidentiality Agreement, provided that the Issuer shall not be obligated to deliver any confidential reports or other confidential information to any such Holder.

 

(j)            Late Filings .  To the extent any information required to be delivered pursuant subsection (a) or (b) above is not delivered within the time periods specified therein and such information is subsequently filed or furnished, as applicable, on the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor system adopted by the SEC), the Issuer will be deemed to have satisfied its obligations with respect thereto at such time and any Default or Event of Default with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured unless the Securities have previously been accelerated in accordance with Section 6.02.

 

(k)           Observer Rights . As long as Iroko, its Permitted Designees and its Permitted Transferees (each as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) hold any Securities, and to the extent that no Iroko Director that is an Affiliate of Iroko is on the Board of Directors of the Issuer at such time, Iroko or its designated Affiliate (on behalf of itself, its Permitted Designees and its Permitted Transferees) shall have the right to appoint a representative to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in a non-voting observer capacity and, in this

 

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respect, Iroko shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provides to its directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided to such directors; provided, however , that the Issuer reserves the right to exclude a Board Observer from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof if necessary to preserve attorney-client privilege between the Issuer and its counsel.

 

SECTION 4.03.            Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock .

 

(a)           (i) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Issuer shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided , however , that the Issuer and any Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, in each case if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Issuer does not exceed 3.5 to 1.0 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of the period for which the EBITDA component of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio calculation is being measured.

 

(b)           The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to:

 

(i)            the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness under a Credit Agreement and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof) in the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time, taken together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clauses (xvi) and (xxvii), not to exceed $20,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(ii)           the Incurrence by any of the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Securities and the Guarantees;

 

(iii)          Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.03(b)) and any Guarantor’s guarantee thereof (whether or not such guarantee existed on the Issue Date) which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the Interim Payments Note;

 

(iv)          Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, and Disqualified Stock issued by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) in

 

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an aggregate principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock then outstanding that was Incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), does not exceed $10,000,000;

 

(v)           Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from Governmental Authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims;

 

(vi)          Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations (including earn-out obligations and other contingent consideration), in each case, Incurred or assumed in connection with any acquisition or disposition of any business, any assets or a Subsidiary of the Issuer in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

 

(vii)         Indebtedness of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Issuer under the Securities; provided, further , that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (vii);

 

(viii)        shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or a Guarantor; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any Guarantor that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Guarantor or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or a Guarantor) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (viii);

 

(ix)          Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; provided , that any such Indebtedness owed by a Guarantor to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor is subordinated in

 

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right of payment to the Guarantee of the Securities of such Guarantor; provided further , that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (ix);

 

(x)                                  Hedging Obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor that are not incurred for speculative purposes but: (1) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales;

 

(xi)                               obligations (including reimbursement obligations) in respect of letters of credit and bank guarantees, performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds, completion guarantees, workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, export or import, indemnities, customs, revenue bonds or similar instruments of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xii)                            Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Guarantor not otherwise permitted under this Indenture in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), does not exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xii) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Issuer, or the Guarantor, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xii));

 

(xiii)                         any guarantee by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or such other Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or the Guarantee of any Guarantor, as applicable, any such guarantee of such Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Guarantee with respect to the Securities substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as applicable;

 

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(xiv)                        the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Guarantor of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of a Guarantor that serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or Disqualified Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (xii), (xiv), (xv), (xix) and (xxi) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock Incurred to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, including any additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums and paid-in-kind interest), fees, expenses and defeasance costs in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

 

(1)                                  has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased;

 

(2)                                  has a Stated Maturity that is not earlier than the earlier of (x) the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced and (y) 91 days following the Stated Maturity of the Securities;

 

(3)                                  to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refunds, refinances or defeases (a) Indebtedness junior in right of payment to the Securities or a Guarantee, as applicable, such Refinancing Indebtedness is junior in right of payment to the Securities or a Guarantee to the same extent as such Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or defeased, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock;

 

(4)                                  is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or defeased plus premium (including tender premium and paid-in-kind interest), fees, expenses and defeasance costs Incurred in connection with such refinancing;

 

(5)                                  [reserved]; and

 

(6)                                  in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refund, refinance or defease Indebtedness outstanding under clause (iv), (xii), (xix) or (xxi) of this Section 4.03(b), shall be deemed to have been Incurred and to be outstanding under such clause (iv), (xii), (xix) or (xxi) of this Section 4.03(b), as applicable, and not this clause (xiv) for purposes of determining amounts outstanding under such clause (iv), (xii), (xix) or (xxi) of this Section 4.03(b);

 

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(xv)                           Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of (x) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance an acquisition of any property or assets or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that, in each case, immediately after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation either:

 

(1)                                  the Issuer would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or

 

(2)                                  the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would be less than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

provided, further , that if, with respect to any Indebtedness incurred under this clause (xv), either (A) the property or assets so acquired are held in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor or (B) the Person so acquired does not become, upon acquisition, a Guarantor, then, in each case, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall not guarantee any such Indebtedness, and such Indebtedness shall have no recourse to any assets or property of the Issuer or the Guarantors;

 

(xvi)                        Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings), in the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time, taken together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clauses (i) and (xxvii), not to exceed $20,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(xvii)                     Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of receipt by the Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary of notice of its Incurrence;

 

(xviii)                  Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to a Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit, to the extent such letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to such Credit Agreement is otherwise permitted by this Section 4.03;

 

(xix)                        Contribution Indebtedness;

 

(xx)                           Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y) take-or-pay obligations

 

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contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xxi)                        Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor Incurred in connection with an Investment in, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Issuer or any Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount, at any one time outstanding, not to exceed $1,000,000 at the time of Incurrence;

 

(xxii)                     Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor issued to any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of the Issuer or any Guarantor, at any one time not to exceed $500,000;

 

(xxiii)                  the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Guarantor of Subordinated Indebtedness that is unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the Securities with a Stated Maturity and, if applicable, a First Amortization Date no earlier than 91 days following the Stated Maturity of the Securities;

 

(xxiv)                 Indebtedness related to unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the extent they are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable law;

 

(xxv)                    Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, at any one time not to exceed $1,000,000 at the time of Incurrence;

 

(xxvi)                 Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the net proceeds thereof are substantially concurrently (i) used to purchase all of the Securities pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, a tender offer or pursuant to Section 3.01 or (ii) deposited to defease all of the Securities as described in Article 8; and

 

(xxvii)              Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Guarantor not otherwise permitted under this Indenture in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clauses (i) and (xvi), does not exceed $20,000,000 at any one time outstanding.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxvi) of this Section 4.03(b) or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03; provided that any Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date shall be allocated to clause (i) of this Section 4.03(b) and shall not be reallocated.

 

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Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, amortization or accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.03. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness that is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a non-U.S. currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed or first Incurred (whichever yields the higher U.S. Dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer may incur pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values following the incurrence of such Indebtedness.

 

SECTION 4.04.                                    Limitation on Restricted Payments .

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(i)                                      declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Issuer’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Issuer (other than (A) dividends or distributions by the Issuer payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary), provided that, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

 

(ii)                                   purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

 

(iii)                                purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

 

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(iv)                               make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement, unless such sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity occurs within one year of the Stated Maturity of the Securities, and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and (ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or

 

(v)                                  make any Restricted Investment

 

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Payment under clause (iii) above, for which the following exception shall not be applicable):

 

(1)                                  no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

(2)                                  immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); and

 

(3)                                  such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (i), (v) (to the extent such dividends did not reduce Consolidated Net Income), and (xv) of Section 4.04(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)), is less than the amount equal to the Cumulative Credit (with the amount of any Restricted Payment made under this Section 4.04 in any property other than cash being equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of such property at the time such Restricted Payment is made).

 

(b)                                  The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:

 

(i)                                      the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(ii)                                   (A) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Retired Capital Stock”) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or

 

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any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or contributions to the equity capital of the Issuer (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) (collectively, including any such contributions, “Refunding Capital Stock”); and (B) the declaration and payment of accrued dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) of Refunding Capital Stock;

 

(iii)                                the redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, (x) Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (which Equity Interests shall be deemed to be Refunding Capital Stock) or (y) new Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor that is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as, with respect to this clause (y):

 

(A)                                the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, plus paid-in-kind interest, plus any tender premiums or any defeasance costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith);

 

(B)                                such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment and as to Lien priority with respect to the Notes Collateral to the Securities or the related Guarantee, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value;

 

(C)                                such Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity and, if applicable, a First Amortization Date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the Stated Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and (y) 91 days following the Stated Maturity of any Securities then outstanding; and

 

(D)                                such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred that is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired;

 

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other acquisition) for value of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (iv) do not exceed $750,000 in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the next succeeding calendar year subject to a maximum payment (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $1,000,000 in any calendar year); provided, further , that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

(A)                                the cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer that occurs after the Issue Date ( provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend shall be excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit; plus

 

(B)                                the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) or the Issuer’s Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

 

provided that the Issuer may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above in any one or more calendar years; and provided, further , that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any present or former employees, directors, officers or consultants of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or the direct or indirect parent of the Issuer will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.04 or any other provision of this Indenture;

 

(v)                                  the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;

 

(vi)                               the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions (a) to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date and (b) to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer issued after the Issue Date; provided, however , that, (A) immediately after giving effect to such declaration (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis, the Issuer would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness

 

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pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a) and (B) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to this clause (vi) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Issuer from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;

 

(vii)                            [reserved];

 

(viii)                         payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders or equityholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with Section 5.01, provided that as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets, the Issuer shall have made a Change of Control Offer (if required by this Indenture) and that all Securities tendered by Holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

 

(ix)                               other Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

 

(x)                                  other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000;

 

(xi)                               [reserved];

 

(xii)                            the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise or vesting of stock options, warrants or phantom stock, in each case, to the extent such Equity Interest (i) represents all or a portion of the exercise price of those stock options, warrants or phantom stock or (ii) are surrendered in connection with satisfying any federal or state tax obligation incurred in connection with such exercise or vesting;

 

(xiii)                         purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;

 

(xiv)                        Restricted Payments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person (including dividends, splits, combinations and business combinations); and

 

(xv)                           the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08; provided that all Securities

 

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tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

 

provided, that at the time of, and immediately after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (x) and (xiv) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

 

(c)                                   To the extent a Restricted Subsidiary is no longer a Subsidiary (to the extent that the Issuer retains an Investment in such Person), all outstanding Investments by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary which is no longer a Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Restricted Payment in an amount determined as set forth in the definition of “Investments”. Such event that causes a Restricted Subsidiary to no longer be a Subsidiary shall only be permitted if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time.

 

(d)                                  For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.04, in the event that a Restricted Payment (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in Section 4.04(b) or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 4.04(a), the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Restricted Payment (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.04.

 

SECTION 4.05.                                    Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries . The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(a)                                  (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (1) on its Capital Stock or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(b)                                  make loans or advances to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

 

(c)                                   sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(1)                                  contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date;

 

(2)                                  this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Securities, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements;

 

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(3)                                  applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

 

(4)                                  any agreement or other instrument relating to Indebtedness of a Person acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or guarantees utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired;

 

(5)                                  contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

 

(6)                                  documents relating to Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.11, which restrictions are restrictions on the transfer of assets securing such Secured Indebtedness;

 

(7)                                  restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(8)                                  customary provisions in joint venture agreements, collaboration agreements, intellectual property licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(9)                                  purchase money obligations for property acquired and Capitalized Lease Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

 

(10)                           customary provisions contained in contracts, leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (including non-assignment provisions);

 

(11)                           any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;

 

(12)                           other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that do not materially affect the Issuer’s ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Securities (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), provided that such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date under Section 4.03;

 

(13)                           any Permitted Investment (to the extent such encumbrance or restriction was not made in contemplation of such Permitted Investment and were in existence on the date of such Permitted Investment);

 

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(14)                           customary provisions imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented materials;

 

(15)                           contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(16)                           agreements governing other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.03 hereof and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided , that the restrictions therein either (i) are not materially more restrictive than those contained in agreements governing Indebtedness in effect on the Issue Date, or (ii) are not materially more disadvantageous to Holders of the Securities than is customary in comparable financings (as determined by the Issuer in good faith) and, in the case of (ii), the Issuer determines (in good faith) that such encumbrance or restriction will not affect the Issuer’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Securities; or

 

(17)                           any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (14) above; provided , that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on other Capital Stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

 

SECTION 4.06.                                    Asset Sales .

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

 

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(i)                                      any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than liabilities (1) that are by their terms subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or any Guarantee, (2) that are unsecured, (3) that are secured by a Lien on any Notes Collateral ranking junior to the Liens on such Notes Collateral securing the Securities or any Guarantee or (4) that are owed to the Issuer, a Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the foregoing) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee;

 

(ii)                                   any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received); and

 

(iii)                                any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $1,000,000 (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value)

 

shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).

 

(b)                                  Within 365 days after the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer’s receipt of (x) the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale or (y) aggregate cash proceeds in respect of any Co-Promotion Arrangement to the extent such proceeds constitute fixed cash payments not based on the occurrence (or non-occurrence) of any event (other than solely the passage of time) payable under such Co-Promotion Arrangement, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale or such aggregate cash proceeds, at its option:

 

(i)                                      (A) if the subject assets constitute ABL Collateral that secures First Priority Lien Obligations to permanently repay Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations, including Secured Bank Indebtedness (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, permanently reduce commitments thereunder by the amount of such repayment), or (B) if the subject assets are held by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, to repay Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or (C) in all other cases, to permanently repay Senior Indebtedness or Pari Passu Indebtedness (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, permanently reduce commitments thereunder by the amount of such repayment) ( provided that if the Issuer or any Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under Pari Passu Indebtedness, the Issuer shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Securities as provided under the optional redemption provisions of Paragraph 5 of

 

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the Security or through open-market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof), the pro rata principal amount of Securities, in each case, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer); or

 

(ii)                                   except with respect to the Net Proceeds of an Intellectual Property Sale (which Net Proceeds, for the avoidance of doubt, will be applied pursuant to the second succeeding paragraph without regard to such 365-day period), to make an Investment in any one or more businesses ( provided that if such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or, if such Person is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, in an increase in the percentage ownership of such Person by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer), non-current assets, or non-current property or capital expenditures, in each case (A) used or useful in a Similar Business or (B) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; provided that any such Investment, assets, property or capital expenditures, to the extent acquired with Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale of Notes Collateral, shall be pledged as Notes Collateral (including any assets held by a Person acquired using Net Proceeds, which shall not be ABL Collateral even if such assets or property are of a type that would otherwise be ABL Collateral).

 

In the case of Section 4.06(b)(ii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Net Proceeds are so applied within 450 days after the receipt of such Net Proceeds. Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture; provided , that the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale of Notes Collateral shall be held in an account that is pledged as Notes Collateral.

 

Any (I) Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale of Notes Collateral that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 4.06(b) (including the Net Proceeds of an Intellectual Property Sale) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Securities, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted) and (II) aggregate cash proceeds in respect of any Intellectual Property Licenses to the extent such proceeds constitute fixed cash payments not based on the occurrence (or non-occurrence) of any event (other than solely the passage of time) payable under such Intellectual Property Licenses and (III) aggregate cash proceeds in respect of any Co-Promotion Arrangement to the extent such proceeds constitute fixed cash payments not based on the occurrence (or non-occurrence) of any event (other than solely the passage of time) payable under such Co-Promotion Arrangement, to the extent (in the case of the aggregate of clauses (I), (II) and (III) above) exceeding $10,000,000, but in any event not including the proceeds of any sale of any Intellectual Property to any Specified IP Subsidiary, shall be deemed to constitute “Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds”. Upon receipt by the Issuer or any Guarantor of any Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds, the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of Securities (and, at the

 

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option of the Issuer, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (a “Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer”) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) that is at least $1,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000 that may be purchased out of the Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal balance thereof (or, in the event such Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.06. The Issuer shall commence a Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer with respect to Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the receipt of any Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds by providing the written notice required pursuant to Section 4.06(f), with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to a Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer is less than the Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds for any purpose that is not prohibited by this Indenture (including the uses permitted by Section 4.06(b)(ii)). If the aggregate principal amount of Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(e). Upon completion of any such Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer, regardless of whether such Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer is accepted in whole, in part or not at all, the aggregate amount of proceeds described in clauses (i) and (ii) above that were included in the calculation of the amount of Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds that resulted in such Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer hereunder shall be automatically reset to zero.

 

(c)                                   The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities pursuant to a Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

(d)                                  Not later than the date upon which written notice of a Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds, (ii) the application of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such application with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On the specified date of purchase, the Issuer shall also deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer or a domestically organized Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Issuer, and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer remains open (the “Offer Period”), the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Securities or

 

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portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Issuer, along with a written payment and cancellation order. The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price as determined by the Issuer and stated in the written payment and cancellation order. In the event that the Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Securities tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Issuer immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period.

 

(e)                                   Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuer at the address specified in the notice at least five Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuer receives not later than two Business Days prior to the purchase date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security that was delivered by the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such Holder’s election to have such Security purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable) are tendered pursuant to a Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer than the Issuer is required to purchase, and if the Securities are Global Securities held by the Depository, the Depository will select the Securities to be redeemed in accordance with its operational arrangements. If the Securities are not Global Securities held by the Depository, selection of such Securities for purchase shall be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements); provided that no Securities of $1,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, shall be made by the representative for such Pari Passu Indebtedness pursuant to the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness; provided that any purchase by the Issuer of Pari Passu Indebtedness and Securities tendered pursuant to a Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer shall otherwise be made on a pro rata basis, as nearly as practicable.

 

(f)                                    Written notices of a Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer shall be provided by the Issuer at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each Holder of Securities at such Holder’s registered address with a copy to the Trustee (or electronically pursuant to DTC’s applicable procedures). If any Security is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased. Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered. If the Securities are Global Securities held by the Depository, then the applicable operational procedures of the Depository for tendering and withdrawing securities will apply.

 

SECTION 4.07.                                    Transactions with Affiliates .

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan,

 

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advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $500,000, unless:

 

(i)                                      such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

 

(ii)                                   with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $2,500,000, the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer approving such Affiliate Transaction, evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.

 

(b)                                  The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:

 

(i)                                      any transaction or series of transactions between or among any of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any payment to, or sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any properties or assets to, or purchase of any property or assets from, or any contract, agreement, amendment, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction);

 

(ii)                                   Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04;

 

(iii)                                the payment of reasonable and customary compensation, benefits, fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity, contribution and insurance provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees, agents or consultants of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(iv)                               transactions in which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of Section 4.07(a)(i);

 

(v)                                  payments, advances or loans (or cancellation of loans) to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer and employment agreements, stock option plans, consulting agreements, restrictive covenants agreements, expense reimbursement arrangements, indemnification agreements, severance and separation agreements and other similar arrangements with such officers, directors, employees, agents or consultants that, in each case, are entered into in the ordinary course of business (including, in each case, payments pursuant thereto);

 

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(vi)                               any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby as determined in good faith by the Issuer;

 

(vii)                            the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders or equityholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements that it may enter into thereafter; provided that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement or under any similar transaction, agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (vii) to the extent that the terms of any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new transaction, agreement or arrangement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any material respect than the original transaction, agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date;

 

(viii)                         (A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as applicable) in the reasonable determination of the Issuer, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures that are not otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Indenture;

 

(ix)                               any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Financing;

 

(x)                                  the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to any Person;

 

(xi)                               the issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee or director benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, as appropriate, in good faith;

 

(xii)                            any contribution to the capital of the Issuer;

 

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(xiii)                         [reserved];

 

(xiv)                        transactions between the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; provided, however , that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

 

(xv)                           [reserved];

 

(xvi)                        intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing compliance with any covenant set forth in this Indenture; and

 

(xvii)                     the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business.

 

SECTION 4.08.                                    Change of Control .

 

(a)                                  Upon a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s then outstanding Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal balance thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the related Payment Date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided , however , that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer shall not be obligated to repurchase any Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that it has exercised (i) its unconditional right to redeem such Securities in accordance with Article 3 or (ii) its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option in accordance with Article 8.

 

(b)                                  Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Issuer has exercised (x) its unconditional right to redeem the Securities by delivery of a notice of redemption in accordance with Article 3 or (y) its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option in accordance with Article 8, the Issuer shall provide a written notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:

 

(i)                                      that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such Holder’s Securities at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal balance thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the related Payment Date);

 

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(ii)                                   the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control ( provided , that the Issuer shall be deemed to have provided such information if it shall have been made available for free within the period specified above for delivery of such notice on the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor system adopted by the SEC);

 

(iii)                                the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 10 days nor later than 60 days from the date such written notice is provided, other than as may be required by law); and

 

(iv)                               the instructions determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Section 4.08, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Securities repurchased.

 

(c)                                   Holders electing to have a Security repurchased shall be required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuer at the address specified in the notice at least five Business Days prior to the repurchase date. The Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuer receives not later than two Business Days prior to the repurchase date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security that was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Security repurchased. Holders whose Securities are repurchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered. If the Securities are Global Securities held by the Depository, then the applicable operational procedures of the Depository for tendering and withdrawing securities will apply.

 

(d)                                  On the repurchase date, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent an amount equal to 101% of the principal balance of the Securities to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase in respect of the Securities or portions thereof that have been delivered for repurchase in connection with such Change of Control Offer.  On the repurchase date, all Securities repurchased by the Issuer under this Section 4.08 shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and, if deposited by the Issuer in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Holders entitled thereto.

 

(e)                                   A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.08 applicable to a Change of Control

 

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Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

 

(g)                                   Securities repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Securities issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuer. Securities purchased by a third party pursuant to Section 4.08(f) will have the status of Securities issued and outstanding.

 

(h)                                  At the time the Issuer delivers Securities to the Trustee that are to be accepted for repurchase, the Issuer shall also deliver an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Securities are to be accepted by the Issuer pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08 and confirming whether the Securities will be considered issued but not outstanding, or include orders to cancel the repurchased Securities. A Security shall be deemed to have been accepted for repurchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, provides payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.

 

(i)                                      Prior to providing written notice to the Holders of any Change of Control Offer, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Issuer to make such offer have been complied with.

 

(j)                                     The Issuer shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.08 by virtue thereof.

 

(k)                                  In the event that Holders of not less than 90% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities accept and do not withdraw their acceptance of a Change of Control Offer and the Issuer or a third party purchases all of the Securities held by such Holders, the Issuer will have the right, on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee), and not more than 30 days following the purchase pursuant to such Change of Control Offer, to redeem all of the Securities that remain outstanding following such purchase at a purchase price equal to the Change of Control payment set forth in clause (b)(i) of this Section 4.08 plus, to the extent not included in such Change of Control payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities that remain outstanding, to such later repurchase date.

 

SECTION 4.09.                                    Further Instruments and Acts . The Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 4.10.                                    Future Guarantors . The Issuer shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Receivables Subsidiary), within ten Business Days of becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture

 

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substantially in the form of Exhibit C pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall guarantee the Issuer’s Obligations under the Securities and this Indenture; provided, however, that no Foreign Subsidiary (other than Egalet Limited, any Specified IP Subsidiary and any other Foreign Subsidiary that is a Guarantor) shall be required to become a Guarantor to the extent it would result in material adverse tax consequences for the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) as determined in good faith by the Issuer.

 

SECTION 4.11.                                    Liens . The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist:

 

(a)                                  any Lien (except Permitted Liens) on any asset or property of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or

 

(b)                                  any Lien on ABL Collateral securing any First Priority Lien Obligation of the Issuer or any Guarantor without effectively providing that the Securities or the applicable Guarantee, as the case may be, shall be secured by a junior security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon the assets or property constituting such ABL Collateral for such First Priority Lien Obligations; provided, however, that (i) all such Liens on the ABL Collateral shall be subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.11, in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Liens described in the foregoing paragraph or in clauses (1) through (37) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, then the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.11.

 

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies, in each case in respect of such Indebtedness.

 

The Liens granted in favor of the Collateral Agent on the Notes Collateral to secure the Obligations in respect of the Securities shall be subordinated to any Lien granted in favor of any third party on such Notes Collateral that is permitted by clause (19) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” (other than such Permitted Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) and, upon request from the Issuer (which shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate), the Collateral Agent shall take such action as is requested by the Issuer to reflect such subordination (including the entry into non-disturbance and similar agreements) in connection with the licensing of Intellectual Property and any other transactions permitted by such clause (19), such as confirming in writing to any actual or potential licensee and/or

 

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counterparty that (i) the Collateral Agent shall not, by enforcing its Lien, or otherwise, disturb or otherwise affect the prior Lien of such licensee and/or counterparty or any other rights of the licensee and/or counterparty under the relevant agreements, (ii) so long as such licensee and/or counterparty is not in breach of or default under its agreements with the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries, neither the Collateral Agent nor any successor thereto shall assert any rights of the Issuer and/or any Subsidiary to terminate any rights or benefits of the licensee and/or counterparty pursuant to the terms of such agreements, and (iii) upon entry by the Issuer and/or any Subsidiary into any non-exclusive license agreement with respect to such Intellectual Property with the party licensing such Intellectual Property, such non-exclusive licensee shall take its license rights under such license agreement free of the Liens on the Notes Collateral.

 

The Liens granted in favor of the Collateral Agent on the Notes Collateral to secure the Obligations in respect of the Securities shall also be subordinated to the Permitted Liens set forth in clauses (6)(B), (8), (9), (16) and, if applicable, (37) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and (as it relates to such clauses) clauses (20) and (30).

 

If the Issuer or any Guarantor grants a security interest in any OXAYDO® Excluded Asset to any third-party financing source, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall substantially concurrently grant a security interest in such OXAYDO® Excluded Asset to the Collateral Agent to secure the Obligations in respect of the Securities, subject to customary intercreditor terms to be agreed upon.

 

SECTION 4.12.                                    Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be made. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made at the corporate trust place of payment and notices and demands may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as set forth in Section 12.01.

 

(b)                                  The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

(c)                                   The Issuer hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or its agent as such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.04.

 

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SECTION 4.13.                                    After-Acquired Property . Upon the acquisition by any Issuer or any Guarantor of any assets or property, including Equity Interests issued by any new Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Guarantor (in each case, other than Excluded Assets) (“After-Acquired Property”), the Issuer or such Guarantor shall promptly execute and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, security instruments, pledge agreements, financing statements and certificates and opinions of counsel as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent a perfected security interest or other Lien, subject only to Permitted Liens, in such After-Acquired Property and to have such After-Acquired Property (but subject to certain limitations, if applicable, including as described under Article 11) added to the Notes Collateral, and shall promptly deliver such Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel as are customary in secured financing transactions in the relevant jurisdictions or as are reasonably requested by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent (subject to customary assumptions, exceptions and qualifications), and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Notes Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect; provided that with respect to the security interest in After-Acquired Property that constitutes ABL Collateral securing First Priority Lien Obligations, such security interest securing the Securities and the Guarantees shall be junior to the security interest in favor of the First Priority Lien Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any property or assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor originally deemed to be an Excluded Asset at any point ceases to be an Excluded Asset pursuant to the definition of “Excluded Asset”, all or the applicable portion of such property and assets shall be deemed to be After-Acquired Property and shall be added to the Notes Collateral in accordance with the previous sentence.

 

SECTION 4.14.                                    Intellectual Property . The Issuer shall, at its sole expense, either directly or by using commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Restricted Subsidiary to do so, take any and all commercially reasonable actions to (a) diligently maintain the Intellectual Property owned or held by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary on the Issue Date and (b) to the extent the Issuer with any Restricted Subsidiary determines such action to be appropriate, diligently defend or assert such Intellectual Property against infringement or interference by any other Persons and against any claims of invalidity or unenforceability by any other Persons (including by bringing any legal action for infringement or defending any counterclaim of invalidity or action for declaratory judgment of non-infringement), in each case, where the failure to so act, prepare, execute, deliver or file would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Intellectual Property or the results of operations or financial condition of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, taken as a whole. The Issuer shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Restricted Subsidiary not to, disclaim or abandon, or fail to take any action the Issuer in good faith determines appropriate to prevent the disclaimer or abandonment of, the Intellectual Property, in each case, where such disclaimer, abandonment or failure to take any such action would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Intellectual Property or the results of operations or financial condition of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, taken as a whole. Any license of the Intellectual Property rights related to any of the Products (to the extent that such Intellectual Property right is directly owned, licensed or otherwise held by the Issuer or any Guarantor on the Issue Date and included in the Notes Collateral on the date of such license) to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall only be to the Issuer or a Guarantor.

 

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SECTION 4.15.                                    Line of Business . The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, principally engage in any line of business other than those businesses engaged in on the Issue Date and any similar business.

 

SECTION 4.16.                                    Minimum Liquidity .  The Issuer shall not permit Consolidated Liquidity measured at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Issuer, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on December 31, 2019, to be less than the Minimum Liquidity Amount.

 

SECTION 4.17.                                    Existence . Subject to Section 5.01, each of the Issuer and each Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its respective corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory), license and franchises in accordance with its respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time); provided that this provision shall not require the Issuer to maintain any right, license or franchise or to preserve the corporate existence of any Restricted Subsidiary, if the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary determines in good faith that the maintenance or preservation thereof is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business, taken as a whole.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

 

SECTION 5.01.                                    When Issuer May Merge or Transfer Assets .

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:

 

(i)                                      (x) the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); and (y) the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture, the Securities, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

 

(ii)                                   immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

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(iii)                                immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of the applicable four-quarter measurement period (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), either:

 

(A)                                the Successor Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or

 

(B)                                the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than such ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

 

(iv)                               each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities; and

 

(v)                                  the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee (A) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion or Opinions of Counsel, each stating (to the extent applicable with respect to such Opinion or Opinions of Counsel) stating that such transaction and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture and the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture, the Securities, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents remain obligations of the Successor Company and confirming the necessary actions to continue the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent’s Lien in the Notes Collateral and of the preservation of its rights therein and (B) an Officers’ Certificate stating that such necessary actions have been taken (together with evidence thereof) promptly and in any event no later than 30 days following such transaction.

 

The Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under this Indenture, the Securities, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, and in such event the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the Securities and the Security Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 5.01(a), any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary. This Article 5 will not apply to a consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conversion, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of property or assets between or among any of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or between or among one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.

 

(b)                                  Subject to the provisions of Section 10.02(b) (which govern the release of a Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is a Guarantor), none of the Guarantors shall, and the Issuer shall not permit any Guarantor to,

 

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directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:

 

(i)                                      either (A) such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Guarantor”) and the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and, if applicable, such Guarantors’ Guarantee and the Security Documents pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or (B) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is made to a Person who is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary and is not in violation of Section 4.06 (in which case such Guarantor shall be released from its Guarantee); and

 

(ii)                                   the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) or the Issuer shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up, conversion, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture, such Guarantor’s Guarantee and the Security Documents, and in such event such Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, such Guarantor’s Guarantee and the Security Documents.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into or wind up or convert into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets to, the Issuer or any other Guarantor.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

SECTION 6.01.                                    Events of Default . An “Event of Default” occurs if:

 

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(a)                                  subject to Section 4.01(a)(i), there is a default in any payment of interest on any Security when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

 

(b)                                  subject to Section 4.01(a)(i), there is a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Security when due at its Stated Maturity, upon scheduled payment thereof, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise (including pursuant to Section 4.01(b));

 

(c)                                   the Issuer or any Guarantor fails to comply with any of its agreements in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (a) or (b) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;

 

(d)                                  the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to pay any Indebtedness within any applicable grace period after such payment is due and payable (including at final maturity) or otherwise fails to comply with any term, condition, or other provision applicable to such Indebtedness (after giving effect to any cure or grace period) and the result of such failure is the acceleration of such Indebtedness by the holders thereof prior to its stated maturity, in each case, if the total principal amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $2,000,000 or its non-U.S. currency equivalent;

 

(e)                                   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i)                                      commences a voluntary case;

 

(ii)                                   consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;

 

(iii)                                consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or

 

(iv)                               makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any non-U.S. laws relating to insolvency;

 

(f)                                    a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(i)                                      is for relief against the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in an involuntary case;

 

(ii)                                   appoints a custodian of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property; or

 

(iii)                                orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;

 

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or any similar relief is granted under any non-U.S. laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;

 

(g)                                   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to pay one or more final judgments entered against the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent aggregating in excess of $2,000,000 or its non-U.S. currency equivalent (net of any amounts that are covered by enforceable insurance policies or indemnities or payable from any escrow arrangement that is available to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiaries for payment of such liabilities), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days following the entry thereof;

 

(h)                                  any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Guarantor in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities or made in writing by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Guarantor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Indenture and the Security Documents proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made (or, if such representation or warranty is given as of a specific time, as of such time);

 

(i)                                      the Collateral Agent fails to have a perfected security interest in any portion of the Notes Collateral with a value greater than $5,000,000, except (i) as contemplated by this Indenture and the Security Documents or (ii) due to the failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to maintain custody of Notes Collateral within its control;

 

(j)                                     any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof or by the terms of this Indenture) or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms in writing its obligations under this Indenture or any Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days;

 

(k)                                  unless all of the Notes Collateral has been released from the Collateral Agent’s Liens in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents with respect to the Securities, the Issuer shall assert or any Guarantor shall assert, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction, that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable and, in the case of any such Person that is a Subsidiary of the Issuer, the Issuer fails to cause such Subsidiary to rescind such assertions within 30 days after the Issuer has actual knowledge of such assertions;

 

(l)                                      the Issuer or any Guarantor fails to comply for 60 days after notice with its obligations contained in the Security Documents, except for a failure that would not be material to the Holders of the Securities and would not materially affect the value of the Notes Collateral taken as a whole; or

 

(m)                              the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries fail to comply with the covenant contained in Section 4.16 of this Indenture with respect to any fiscal quarter, and such failure to comply is not cured pursuant to Section 6.14 prior to the expiration of the tenth Business Day after the end of the relevant fiscal quarter.

 

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The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

 

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. federal or state law for the relief of debtors (or their non-U.S. equivalents). The term “custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

A Default under clause (c) or (l) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Issuer (and also the Trustee if given by the Holders) of the Default and the Issuer does not cure such Default within the time specified in clause (c) or (l) above after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any event that is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.

 

SECTION 6.02.                                    Acceleration . If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or 6.01(f) with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Securities by written notice to the Issuer may, and if such notice is given by the Holders such notice shall be given to the Issuer and the Trustee, declare the principal of, and the premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on, all Securities to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or 6.01(f) with respect to the Issuer occurs, the principal of, and the premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on, all Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

 

If the principal of, premium, if any or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities becomes due and payable as provided above (an “Acceleration”) on or after January 31, 2020, the principal of, and the premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on the Securities that becomes due and payable shall equal the optional redemption price in effect on the date of such Acceleration, as if such Acceleration were an optional redemption of the Securities affected thereby on such date of Acceleration. If an Acceleration occurs prior to January 31, 2020, the principal of, and the premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on the Securities that becomes due and payable shall equal the redemption price set forth in Paragraph 5 of the form of Security set forth in Exhibit A hereto in effect on the date of such Acceleration, as if such Acceleration were an optional redemption of the Securities affected thereby on such date of Acceleration. The amounts described in the preceding two sentences are intended to be liquidated damages and not unmatured interest or a penalty.

 

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The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences with respect to all outstanding Securities if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been (or are concurrently with such rescission) cured or waived.

 

In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (including any acceleration of Securities due to the occurrence of such Event of Default under Section 6.01(d)) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuer delivers an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness with respect to which such Event of Default occurred has been discharged, (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

 

SECTION 6.03.            Other Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but only at the written direction of Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities, pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative.

 

SECTION 6.04.            Waiver of Past Defaults . Provided the Securities are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences except (a) an uncured Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Security, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected, provided that, with respect to clauses (a) and (b),  the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right. Any past Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.

 

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SECTION 6.05.            Control by Majority . The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

SECTION 6.06.            Limitation on Suits .

 

(a)           Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

 

(i)            the Holder gives the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(ii)           the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(iii)          such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(iv)          the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(v)           the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.

 

(b)           A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

 

SECTION 6.07.            Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in this Indenture or in the Securities, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

SECTION 6.08.            Collection Suit by Trustee . If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal

 

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and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Securities) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.06.

 

SECTION 6.09.            Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any Guarantor, their creditors or their property, shall be entitled to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee, and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06.

 

SECTION 6.10.            Priorities . If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6 or any Security Document, the Trustee (after giving effect to Section 5.3 of the Collateral Agreement) shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

 

FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts then due and payable under Section 7.06;

 

SECOND: to the Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts then due and payable on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

 

THIRD: to the Issuer or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount for any Guarantor, to such Guarantor.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall provide to each Holder and the Issuer a written notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

 

SECTION 6.11.            Undertaking for Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a

 

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Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities.

 

SECTION 6.12.            Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

SECTION 6.13.            Holder Request . At the written request of the Issuer or any Holder (or any holder of beneficial interests in the Securities that certifies to the Trustee that it is a holder of such beneficial interests), the Trustee shall, as soon as practicable after receipt of such request and at the Issuer’s sole cost and expense, (a) contact each Holder or each other Holder (and each other holder of beneficial interests in the Securities) to request each such other Holder or other Holder (and each such other holder of beneficial interests in the Securities) to provide its written permission to being identified to the Issuer or the requesting Holder (or holder of beneficial interests in the Securities) by the Trustee, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of the identity of such Holder or other Holder (or other holder of beneficial interests in the Securities), including pursuant to Section 4.02(h) and (b) disclose to the Issuer or the requesting Holder (or other holder of beneficial interests in the Securities) the identity of any such Holder or other Holder (and any such other holder of beneficial interests in the Securities) who provides such written permission to the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability if it contacts any Person that it believes to be a beneficial holder of the Securities that is not a beneficial holder of the Securities.

 

SECTION 6.14.            Equity Cure .

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.01, in the event that the Issuer fails to comply with the requirements of the covenant contained in Section 4.16 with respect to any financial quarter, from the last day of such fiscal quarter until the expiration of the tenth Business Day subsequent to such date, the Issuer shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of the Issuer (the “ Cure Right ”), and upon the receipt by the Issuer of such cash (the “ Cure Amount ”), pursuant to the exercise of the Cure Right, Consolidated Liquidity shall be recalculated with the Cure Amount being added to the amount of Consolidated Liquidity as of the relevant date of determination, solely for the purpose of measuring the covenant contained in Section 4.16 and not for any other purpose under this Indenture; provided, that a Cure Right shall not be exercised more than three times during the term of this Indenture. If, after giving effect to the adjustments in this Section 6.14, the Issuer shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the covenant contained in Section 4.16, the Issuer shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the covenant contained in Section 4.16 as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and any related Default under Section 6.01(m) shall be deemed cured .

 

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ARTICLE 7

 

TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 7.01.    Duties of Trustee .

 

(a)           If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs, except with respect to the obligation to exercise rights and remedies following an Event of Default, which right and remedies shall be performed by the Trustee acting solely upon the direction of Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities in accordance with Section 6.03 and Section 6.05.

 

(b)           Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)            the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and

 

(ii)           in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c)           The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)            this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);

 

(ii)           the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

(iii)          the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and

 

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(iv)          no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

 

(d)           Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01 and the provisions of the TIA.

 

(e)           The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

 

(f)            Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(g)           The Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage.

 

(h)           Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01 and, to the extent applicable, to the provisions of the TIA.

 

SECTION 7.02.            Rights of Trustee .

 

(a)           The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b)           Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

(c)           The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

 

(d)           The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided , however , that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

 

(e)           The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel or Opinion of Counsel.

 

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requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Issuer and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(g)           The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee in its sole discretion against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(h)           The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be compensated, reimbursed and indemnified as provided in Section 7.06, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder (including as Collateral Agent), and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

 

(i)            The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by this Indenture.

 

(j)            Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon future Holders of Securities and upon Securities executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof.

 

(k)           In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

SECTION 7.03.            Individual Rights of Trustee . The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Trustee and its Affiliates have engaged, currently are engaged and may in the future engage in financial or other transactions with the Issuer and its Affiliates in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, subject to the TIA. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.09 and 7.10.

 

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SECTION 7.04.            Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, any Guarantee, the Securities or any Security Documents, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer or any Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g), 6.01(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j), 6.01(k) or 6.01(l) unless either (a) a Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof or (b) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 12.01 from the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Holder.

 

SECTION 7.05.            Notice of Defaults . If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall provide to each Holder, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), written notice of the Default within 30 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”, is received by the Trustee in accordance with Section 12.01. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

SECTION 7.06.            Compensation and Indemnity . The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, as agreed between the Issuer and the Trustee. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or a Guarantee against the Issuer or a Guarantor (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Guarantor, any Holder or any other Person). The obligation to pay such amounts shall survive the discharge of this Indenture, the payment in full or defeasance of the Securities or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Issuer of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided , however , that any failure so to notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer or any Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall have the opportunity to assume the defense of the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuer’s expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Issuer and the Guarantors, as applicable, shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel; provided , however , that the Issuer shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties’ defense and, in the

 

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reasonable judgment of such indemnified parties’ counsel (including internal counsel), there is no conflict of interest between the Issuer and the Guarantors, as applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense. The Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party through such party’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence (as determined by a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction), or with respect to any settlement made without its consent.

 

To secure the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, particular Securities.

 

The Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or Section 6.01(f) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

 

No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction.

 

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of the TIA Section 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

 

SECTION 7.07.            Replacement of Trustee .

 

(a)           A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07.

 

(b)           The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuer and the Holders with 30 days written notice.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee with 30 days written notice to the Trustee and the Issuer.  Issuer may remove the Trustee with 30 days written notice to the Trustee if:

 

(i)            the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09;

 

(ii)           the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

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(iii)          a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(iv)          the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

(c)           If the Trustee resigns, is notified that it is to be removed or has notified the Issuer that it wishes to resign, in each case, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall, as promptly as practicable, appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after such notice is received by the recipients thereof (as the case may be), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, by written notice to the then Trustee and the Issuer, appoint a successor Trustee to replace the retiring Trustee or any successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer or the relevant court pursuant to paragraph (d) below (as the case may be).

 

(d)           If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee is notified that it is to be removed or has notified the Issuer that it wishes to resign, in each case, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, at the expense of the Issuer, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(e)           If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.09, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(f)            A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer.  Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.  The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders.  The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06.  Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

As used in this Section 7.07, the term “Trustee” shall also include each of the Paying Agent and Registrar, as applicable.

 

SECTION 7.08.            Successor Trustee by Merger . If the Trustee consolidates with, merges with or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

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Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

 

SECTION 7.09.            Eligibility; Disqualification . The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, subject to its right to apply for a stay of its duty to resign under the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided , however , that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA any series of securities issued under this Indenture and any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer is outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met.

 

SECTION 7.10.            Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer . The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated.

 

SECTION 7.11.            Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Securities . Within 60 days after each December 31, beginning with the December 31 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Securities remain outstanding, the Trustee shall deliver to the Holders of the Securities a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted).  The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).  The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).

 

A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to the Securities of Notes shall be delivered to the Issuer and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed in accordance with TIA Section 313(d).  The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when, if applicable, the Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

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protect its own confidential information. The Trustee shall not disclose to any third party other than as set forth herein, and shall not use for any purpose other than the exercise of the Trustee’s rights and the performance of its obligations under this Indenture, any Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Issuer or such Holder (or such holder of a beneficial interest in the Securities), as applicable. The Trustee shall limit access to Confidential Information received hereunder to (a) its directors, officers, managers and employees and (b) its legal advisors, to each of whom disclosure of Confidential Information is necessary for the purposes described above; provided, however, that in each case such party has expressly agreed to maintain such information in confidence under terms and conditions substantially identical to the terms of this Section 7.11.

 

The Trustee agrees that the Issuer or any Holder (or any holder of a beneficial interest in the Securities), as applicable, does not have any responsibility whatsoever for any reliance on Confidential Information by the Trustee or by any Person to whom such information is disclosed in connection with this Indenture, whether related to the purposes described above or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee agrees that the Issuer or any Holder (or any holder of a beneficial interest in the Securities), as applicable, makes no representation or warranty whatsoever to it with respect to Confidential Information or its suitability for such purposes. The Trustee further agrees that it shall not acquire any rights against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any employee, officer, director, manager, representative or agent of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any Holder (or any holder of a beneficial interest in the Securities), as applicable (together with the Issuer, “Confidential Parties”) as a result of the disclosure of Confidential Information to the Trustee and that no Confidential Party has any duty, responsibility, liability or obligation to any Person as a result of any such disclosure.

 

In the event the Trustee is legally compelled to disclose any Confidential Information received hereunder pursuant to any laws, regulations or court orders, it may disclose such information only to the extent necessary for such compliance (including with respect to the scope); provided, however, that it shall give the Issuer or any Holder (or any holder of a beneficial interest in the Securities), as applicable, reasonable advance written notice of any court proceeding in which such disclosure may be required pursuant to a court order so as to afford the Issuer or any Holder (or any holder of a beneficial interest in the Securities), as applicable, full and fair opportunity to oppose the issuance of such order and to appeal therefrom and shall cooperate reasonably with the Issuer or any Holder (or any holder of a beneficial interest in the Securities), as applicable, in opposing such court order and in securing confidential treatment of any such information to be disclosed and/or obtaining a protective order narrowing the scope of such disclosure.

 

Each of the Paying Agent and the Registrar agrees to be bound by this Section 7.11 to the same extent as the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE 8

 

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

 

SECTION 8.01.            Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance . This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Securities when:

 

(a)           either (i) all the Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities pursuant to Section 2.08 that have been replaced or paid and Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid by the Issuer or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all of the Securities (a) have become due and payable, (b) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year or (c) if redeemable at the option of the Issuer, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities to the date of deposit, together with irrevocable instructions from the Issuer directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

 

(b)           the Issuer and/or the Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and

 

(c)           the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Issuer’s obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 6.07, 7.06 and 7.07 and in this Article 8 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Issuer’s obligations in Sections 7.06, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

(e)           Subject to Section 8.01(d) and Section 8.02, the Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture (with respect to such Securities) (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15 and 4.16 and the operation of Section 4.08, Section 5.01 and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e) (with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer only), 6.01(f) (with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer only), 6.01(g), 6.01(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j), 6.01(k) and 6.01(l) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the event that the Issuer terminates all of its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture (with respect to such Securities) by exercising its legal defeasance option or its covenant

 

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defeasance option, the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee of such Securities and the Security Documents shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

 

If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Securities so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e) (to the extent such Section 6.01(e) applies to Restricted Subsidiaries), 6.01(f) (to the extent such Section 6.01(f) applies to Restricted Subsidiaries), 6.01(g), 6.01(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j), 6.01(k) or 6.01(l) or because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with Section 5.01.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Issuer terminates.

 

SECTION 8.02.            Conditions to Defeasance .

 

(a)           The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:

 

(i)            the Issuer irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient, or U.S. Government Obligations, the principal of and the interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, to pay the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Securities when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;

 

(ii)           the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a firm of independent accountants expressing its opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

 

(iii)          123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or Section 6.01(f) with respect to the Issuer occurs that is continuing at the end of the period;

 

(iv)          the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Issuer;

 

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United States stating that (1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the IRS a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of tax counsel of recognized standing in the United States shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

 

(vi)          in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of tax counsel of recognized standing in the United States to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and

 

(vii)         the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.

 

(b)           Before or after a deposit, the Issuer may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Securities at a future date in accordance with Article 3.

 

SECTION 8.03.            Application of Trust Money . The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through each Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities so discharged or defeased.

 

SECTION 8.04.            Repayment to Issuer . Each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuer upon request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article 8 that, in the written opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with this Article 8.

 

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

 

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SECTION 8.05.            Indemnity for Government Obligations . The Issuer shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.02(a)(i) or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

 

SECTION 8.06.            Reinstatement . If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any Governmental Authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; provided , however , that, if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of or interest on any such Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

SECTION 9.01.            Without Consent of the Holders . Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Issuer, the Collateral Agent, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, and may waive any provision thereof, without notice to or consent of any Holder:

 

(i)            to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

 

(ii)           to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities;

 

(iii)          to provide for the assumption by a Successor Guarantor of the obligations of a Guarantor under this Indenture and its Guarantee;

 

(iv)          to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; provided , however , that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Sections 871(h)(2)(B) and 881(c)(2)(B) of the Code and United States Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c);

 

(v)           to add additional Guarantees or to add obligors with respect to the Securities;

 

(vi)          to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred herein upon the Issuer;

 

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(vii)         to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

 

(viii)        to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;

 

(ix)          [reserved];

 

(x)           to add additional assets as Notes Collateral to secure the Securities;

 

(xi)          to release a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements or to release Notes Collateral from the Lien pursuant to this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements when permitted or required by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements;

 

(xii)         to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of the Securities as permitted under this Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Securities so long as in any such case the interests of the Holder of the Securities are not adversely affected in any material respect; or

 

(xiii)        to modify the Security Documents and/or the Intercreditor Agreements (a) to secure additional extensions of credit and add additional secured creditors holding Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors so long as the Incurrence of such Obligations and related Liens are not prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture, (b) as provided for in provisions comparable to Section 2.11(b) of the form of ABL Intercreditor Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D, (c) to add the Issuer or any Guarantor as a party to any Intercreditor Agreement to the extent such party Incurs any Secured Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or to remove the Issuer or any Guarantor as a party to any Intercreditor Agreement to the extent such party ceases to be bound by any and all Obligations with respect to such Indebtedness or (d) to accommodate and implement the Liens contemplated by clause (20)(y) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”.

 

Upon the request of the Issuer, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such modified or amended indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.  After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Issuer shall provide to the Holders a written notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.

 

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SECTION 9.02.            With Consent of the Holders .

 

(a)           The Issuer, the Collateral Agent, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and may waive any provision thereof (including the provisions of Section 4.08), with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Securities). However, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Security affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not:

 

(i)            reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

 

(ii)           reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security;

 

(iii)          reduce the principal of any Security, change the Stated Maturity of any Security (or the due date in respect of the payment of any installment of principal), reduce any percentage set forth in the definition of “Applicable Percentage” or change the definition of “Net Sales” (or any of the capitalized definitions contained therein);

 

(iv)          reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in accordance with Article 3;

 

(v)           make any Security payable in money other than that stated in such Security;

 

(vi)          impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of or premium, if any, and interest on such Holder’s Securities on or after the due dates (or the due date in respect of the payment of any installment of principal) therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Securities;

 

(vii)         subordinate the Securities or any Guarantee in right of payment;

 

(viii)        make any change in Section 6.04 or the second sentence of this Section 9.02; or

 

(ix)          make any change in the provisions in this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreements dealing with the application of proceeds of Notes Collateral that would disproportionately, adversely affect the non-consenting Holders of the Securities.

 

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Agreements, no amendment, supplement or waiver may release all or substantially all of the Notes Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents with respect to the Securities.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

(b)           Upon the written request of the Issuer, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 9.02(a), and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture affects the Trustee s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.  After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall provide to the Holders a written notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.

 

SECTION 9.03.            Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Amended or Supplemented Indenture .

 

(a)           A consent to an amendment, supplement or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent, supplement or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent, supplement or waiver as to such Holder’s Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers’ Certificate from the Issuer certifying that the requisite principal amount of Securities have consented. After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Issuer or the Trustee of consents by the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment, supplement or waiver, (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Issuer and the Trustee and (iv) delivery to the Trustee of the Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required under Article 12.

 

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Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

 

(c)           Upon the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture and the Securities subject thereto shall be and shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of Securities shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

SECTION 9.04.            Notation on or Exchange of Securities . If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Issuer may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Issuer or the Trustee so determines, the Issuer in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

SECTION 9.05.            Trustee to Sign Amendments . The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and the Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).

 

SECTION 9.06.            Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount . All Securities issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Securities may vote) as one class. Determinations as to whether Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article 9 and Section 2.14.

 

SECTION 9.07.            Compliance with TIA . Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

 

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ARTICLE 10

 

GUARANTEES

 

SECTION 10.01.         Guarantees .

 

(a)           Subject to the provisions of this Article 10, each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety on a senior basis, to each Holder, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities, and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer, whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

 

(b)           Each Guarantor further agrees that (to the extent permitted by law) the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. The Guaranteed Obligations of a Guarantor will be secured by security interests (subject to Permitted Liens) in the Notes Collateral owned by such Guarantor to the extent provided for in the Security Documents and as required pursuant to Sections 4.11 and 4.13.

 

(c)           Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities, any Security Document, or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Securities, any Security Document or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities, any Security Document or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b).

 

(d)           Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuer or any other Guarantor first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any

 

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amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuer be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.

 

(e)           Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(f)            Except as expressly set forth in Section 8.01, Section 10.02 and Paragraph 19 of the form of Security set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities, any Security Document or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

 

(g)           Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01 and 10.02, each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of its Guaranteed Obligations. Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01 and 10.02, each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.

 

(h)           In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuer then due to the Holders, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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(i)            Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.

 

(j)            Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

 

(k)           Each Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 10.02.         Limitation on Liability .

 

(a)           Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, can be guaranteed hereby without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to such Guarantor, void or voidable under applicable laws relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

(b)           A Guarantee as to any Guarantor shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Guarantor shall be deemed to be automatically released from all obligations under this Article 10 upon:

 

(i)            the sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary) of the applicable Guarantor if such sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer is made in a manner not in violation of this Indenture;

 

(ii)           [reserved];

 

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(iii)          such Guarantor ceasing to guarantee any Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor that would require it to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.10; or

 

(iv)          the Issuer’s exercise of the Issuer’s legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option in accordance with Section 8.01 or if the obligations of the Issuer and such Guarantor under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the consent nor the acknowledgement of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Holders (or any of them) shall be necessary to effect any such release.  None of the Trustee, the Issuer or any Guarantor will be required to make a notation on the Securities or any Guarantee to reflect any such release, termination or discharge.  Upon request of the Issuer and delivery by the Issuer to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that one of the foregoing requirements has been satisfied and the conditions to the release of a Guarantor under this Section 10.02(b) has been met, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably requested by the Issuer or such Guarantor in order to evidence the release of a Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee hereunder.

 

SECTION 10.03.         Successors and Assigns . This Article 10 shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders and their successors and assigns and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 10.04.         No Waiver . Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 10 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits that any of them may have under this Article 10 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

 

SECTION 10.05.         Modification . No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 10, nor the consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

 

SECTION 10.06.         Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors . Each Person that is required to become a Guarantor after the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.10 shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit C hereto pursuant to which such Person shall become a Guarantor under this Article 10 and shall

 

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guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Person and that, subject to the application of Bankruptcy Laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Guarantor is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms and/or to such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.

 

SECTION 10.07.         No Impairment . The failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security shall not affect or impair the validity thereof. If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or the notation of Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

ARTICLE 11

 

SECURITY DOCUMENTS

 

SECTION 11.01.         Collateral and Security Documents . The due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an Payment Date, at Stated Maturity, or by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Securities and performance of all other Guaranteed Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors to the Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under this Indenture, the Securities, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Guaranteed Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements (if any). The Trustee and the Issuer hereby acknowledge and agree that the Collateral Agent holds the Notes Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, appoints U.S. Bank National Association as Collateral Agent and consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Notes Collateral) and the Intercreditor Agreements as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their respective terms and this Indenture, and authorizes and directs the Trustee to enter into the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and to bind the Holders to the terms thereof and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (if it is not then also appointed and serving as Collateral Agent) copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence of this Section 11.01, to assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the Liens on the Notes Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or by any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Securities secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Issuer shall take, and shall cause the Guarantors to take, any and all actions reasonably required to cause the Security Documents to

 

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create and maintain at all times, as security for the Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected Lien on all of the Notes Collateral (subject to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements), in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders under the Security Documents.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any other Security Document, in no event shall the Collateral Agent be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or other Liens intended to be created by this Indenture or the Security Documents (including the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Collateral Agent be responsible for, and the Collateral Agent makes no representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Security Documents or the security interests or other Liens intended to be created thereby.

 

SECTION 11.02.         Release of Collateral .

 

(a)           Subject to Section 11.02(b) and 11.03, the Notes Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements or as provided hereby. The Issuer and the Guarantors will be entitled to a release of assets included in the Notes Collateral from the Liens securing the Securities, and the Trustee shall release, or instruct the Collateral Agent to release, as applicable, the same from such Liens at the Issuer’s sole cost and expense, under one or more of the following circumstances:

 

(1)           to enable the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the Notes Collateral to any Person other than the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (but excluding any transaction subject to Section 5.01 where the recipient is required to become the obligor on the Securities or a Guarantee) to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture, including Section 4.06;

 

(2)           to release Notes Collateral Excess Proceeds that remain unexpended after the conclusion of a Notes Collateral Asset Sale Offer conducted in accordance with this Indenture;

 

(3)           in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Guarantee with respect to the Securities in accordance with this Indenture, the release of the property and assets of such Guarantor;

 

(4)           [reserved];

 

(5)           (x)  in respect of the ABL Collateral to the extent any first-priority liens on such ABL Collateral are released by the First Lien Agent in connection with a disposition of ABL Collateral to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.06 (except with respect to any proceeds of such disposition that remain after satisfaction in full of the First Priority Lien Obligations secured by such ABL Collateral) or (y) in accordance with an Intercreditor Agreement;

 

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(6)           pursuant to an amendment, supplement or waiver in accordance with Article 9; or

 

(7)           if the Securities have been defeased pursuant to Section 8.01 or if this Indenture is discharged pursuant to Section 8.01.

 

Notwithstanding the existence of any Event of Default, the junior lien on the ABL Collateral securing the Securities shall terminate and be released automatically to the extent the first-priority liens on the ABL Collateral are released by the First Lien Agent in connection with a sale, transfer or disposition of ABL Collateral that is either not prohibited under this Indenture or occurs in connection with the foreclosure of, or other exercise of remedies with respect to, such ABL Collateral by the First Lien Agent (except with respect to any proceeds of such sale, transfer or disposition that remain after satisfaction in full of the First Priority Lien Obligations).  Further, to the extent any lien on the Notes Collateral securing the Securities is junior to any lien thereon securing any Additional Indebtedness Obligations pursuant to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement, such junior lien shall terminate and be released automatically to the extent such first-priority liens are released by the Additional Indebtedness Agent in connection with a sale, transfer or disposition of such Notes Collateral that is either not prohibited under this Indenture or occurs in connection with the foreclosure of, or other exercise of remedies with respect to, such Notes Collateral by the Additional Indebtedness Agent (except with respect to any proceeds of such sale, transfer or disposition that remain after satisfaction in full of such Additional Indebtedness Obligations).

 

Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate certifying that all conditions precedent under this Indenture and the Security Documents, if any, to such release have been met and any necessary or proper (as determined by the Issuer) instruments of termination, satisfaction or release have been prepared by the Issuer, the Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Issuer’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Notes Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.

 

(b)           At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Securities has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee (if not then also appointed and serving as Collateral Agent) has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Notes Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents will be effective as against the Holders, except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreements.

 

SECTION 11.03.         Permitted Releases Not To Impair Lien . The release of any Notes Collateral from the terms hereof and of the Security Documents or the release of, in whole or in part, the Liens created by the Security Documents, will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the Notes Collateral or Liens are released pursuant to (x) the applicable Security Documents and the terms of this Article 11 or (y) the Intercreditor Agreements. Each of the Holders acknowledges that a release of Notes Collateral or a Lien in accordance with the terms of the Security

 

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Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and of this Article 11 will not be deemed for any purpose to be in contravention of the terms of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 11.04.         Suits To Protect the Collateral . Subject to the provisions of Article 7 and the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, on behalf of the Holders, may or may direct the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:

 

(a)           enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and

 

(b)           collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Issuer hereunder.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee shall have the power (but not the obligation) to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Notes Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Notes Collateral (including the power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the Lien on the Notes Collateral or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or the Trustee).

 

SECTION 11.05.         Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents . Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized (a) to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents and (b) to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 11.06.         Purchaser Protected . In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article 11 to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.

 

SECTION 11.07.         Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee . In case the Notes Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 11 upon the Issuer or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuer or a Guarantor or of any officer or officers thereof required by the

 

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provisions of this Article 11; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Notes Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.

 

SECTION 11.08.         Release Upon Termination of the Issuer’s Obligations . In the event that the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate certifying that (i) payment in full of the principal of, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities and all other Obligations with respect to the Securities under this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Security Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including additional interest, if any), are paid, (ii) all the Obligations under this Indenture, the Securities and the Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by complying with the provisions of Article 8 or (iii) the Issuer shall have exercised its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, in each case in compliance with the provisions of Article 8, the Trustee shall deliver to the Issuer and the Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Notes Collateral (other than with respect to funds held by the Trustee pursuant to Article 8), and any rights it has under the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such notice, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Notes Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably requested by the Issuer to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable.

 

SECTION 11.09.         Collateral Agent .

 

(a)           U.S. Bank National Association shall initially act as Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Notes Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Notes Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Notes Collateral or any part thereof. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents, the duties of the Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth in this Indenture, in the Intercreditor Agreements and in the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, the Issuer or any Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents or shall otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” or “Agent” in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the

 

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exercise of such powers, and neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct or gross negligence (as determined by a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction).

 

(b)           The Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents, (ii) enter into the Intercreditor Agreements, (iii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (iv) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.

 

(c)           If the Issuer or any Guarantors Incur any obligations in respect of any First Priority Lien Obligations at any time when no intercreditor agreement with respect thereto is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired, the Issuer shall deliver to the Collateral Agent an Officers’ Certificate so stating and requesting the Collateral Agent to enter into an Intercreditor Agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations so Incurred, and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall (and are hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such Intercreditor Agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe their obligations thereunder.

 

(d)           The Collateral Agent shall act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee with respect to the Security Documents and the Notes Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the requisite Holders or the Trustee, as applicable. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee may direct the Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.

 

(e)           The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee, a Holder or the Issuer referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. The Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities subject to this Article 11.

 

(f)            No provision of this Indenture or any Security Document shall require the Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Collateral Agent) if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds is not assured to it. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents, in the event the Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise

 

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exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Notes Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action, exercise any remedy, inspect or conduct any studies of any property or take any such other action if the Collateral Agent has determined that the Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Notes Collateral or such property of any hazardous substances unless the Collateral Agent has received security or indemnity from the Holders in an amount and in a form all satisfactory to the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, protecting the Collateral Agent from all such liability. The Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this Section 11.09(f) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Issuer or the Holders to be sufficient.

 

(g)                                   The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements or for any failure of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Issuer or the Guarantors.

 

(h)                                  The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that the Collateral Agent shall not assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that, in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Notes Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Notes Collateral.

 

(i)                                      Upon the receipt by the Collateral Agent of a written request of the Issuer signed by two Officers pursuant to this Section 11.09(i) (a “Security Document Order”), the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and shall execute and enter into, without the further consent of any Holder or the Trustee, any Security Document to be executed after the Issue Date. Such Security Document Order shall (i) state that it is being delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Security Document Order referred to in, this Section 11.09(i) and (ii) instruct the Collateral Agent to execute and enter into such Security Document. Any such execution of a Security Document shall be at the direction and expense of the Issuer, upon delivery to the Collateral Agent of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such Security Document

 

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have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Securities, hereby authorize and direct the Collateral Agent to execute such Security Documents.

 

(j)                                     The Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal shall be governed by provisions equivalent to Section 7.07(a), Section 7.07(b), Section 7.07(c), Section 7.07(d) and Section 7.07(f).

 

(k)                                  The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the protections, immunities, indemnities, rights and privileges of the Trustee set forth in this Indenture, and all such protections, immunities, indemnities, rights and privileges shall apply to the Collateral Agent in its roles under any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements, whether or not expressly stated therein.

 

ARTICLE 12

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 12.01.                             Notices .

 

(a)                                  Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile, via overnight courier or via first-class mail addressed as follows:

 

if to the Issuer or a Guarantor:

 

Egalet Corporation
600 Lee Road, Suite 100
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Attention: Megan Timmins, SVP & General Counsel
Facsimile: (484) 580-6230

 

With a copy to:

 

Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036
Attention: David S. Rosenthal, Esq.
Facsimile: (212) 698-0416

 

if to the Trustee or to the Collateral Agent:

 

U.S. Bank National Association

 

Corporate Trust Services

 

One Federal Street, 3 rd  Floor

 

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Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attention: Alison D.B. Nadeau (Egalet 2019 Indenture)
Facsimile: (617) 603-6683

 

The Issuer or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon actual receipt by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed to the Corporate Trust Office or sent electronically in PDF format.

 

(b)                                  Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed, first-class mail, to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed. Any notice or communication to be delivered to a Holder of Global Securities shall be delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC and shall be sufficiently given to such Holder if so delivered to DTC within the time prescribed. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.

 

(c)                                   Failure to provide a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given and provided, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security, where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice of repurchase) to a Holder (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given (in the case of a Global Security) if given to DTC (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from DTC or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices or procedures at DTC.

 

SECTION 12.02.                             Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:

 

(a)                                  an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

(b)                                  an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

 

SECTION 12.03.                             Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(e) and shall include:

 

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(a)                                  a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(b)                                  a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(c)                                   a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officers’ Certificate as to matters of fact); and

 

(d)                                  a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

 

SECTION 12.04.                             When Securities Disregarded .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, Section 316(a) of the TIA (including the last paragraph thereof) is expressly excluded from this Indenture.  In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Person directly or indirectly controlled by the Issuer or any Guarantor shall be considered as though not outstanding; provided, that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

SECTION 12.05.                             Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the Holders. The Registrar and a Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

 

SECTION 12.06.                             Legal Holidays . If a Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such Payment Date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a Record Date is not a Business Day, the Record Date shall not be affected.

 

SECTION 12.07.                             GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF IMMUNITY . THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES, THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT LOCAL LAW GOVERNS THE CREATION, PERFECTION, PRIORITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTERESTS. The Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and, by its acceptance of a Security, each Holder (and holder of beneficial interests in a Security) hereby submit to the non-exclusive

 

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jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of competent jurisdiction in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. To the extent that the Issuer or any Guarantor may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets immunity (to the extent such immunity may now or hereafter exist, whether on the grounds of sovereign immunity or otherwise) from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process (whether through service of notice or otherwise), and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself or its assets such immunity (whether or not claimed), such Issuer or Guarantor, as applicable, irrevocably agrees with respect to any matter arising under this Indenture for the benefit of the Holders not to claim, and irrevocably waives, such immunity to the full extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 12.08.                             No Recourse Against Others . No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Issuer or in any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Securities, this Indenture or the Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

 

SECTION 12.09.                             Successors . All agreements of the Issuer and each Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

SECTION 12.10.                             Multiple Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

SECTION 12.11.                             Table of Contents; Headings . The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

SECTION 12.12.                             Indenture Controls . If and to the extent that any provision of the Securities limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.

 

SECTION 12.13.                             Severability . In case any provision in this Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

 

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SECTION 12.14.                             Currency of Account; Conversion of Currency; Currency Exchange Restrictions .

 

(a)                                  U.S. Dollars are the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer and the Guarantors under or in connection with the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture, including damages related thereto. Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than U.S. Dollars by a Holder (whether as a result of, or as a result of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or otherwise) in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer or a Guarantor shall only constitute a discharge to the Issuer or any such Guarantor to the extent of the U.S. Dollar amount, which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If that U.S. Dollar amount is less than the U.S. Dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under the applicable Securities, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall indemnify it against any loss sustained by it as a result as set forth in Section 12.14(b). In any event, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this Section 12.14, it will be sufficient for the Holder of a Security to certify in a satisfactory manner (indicating sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of U.S. Dollars been made with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of U.S. Dollars on such date had not been practicable, on the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above).

 

(b)                                  The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that the following provisions shall apply to conversion of currency in the case of the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture:

 

(i)                                      The following apply:

 

(A)                                If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of, any court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in any other currency (the “Base Currency”), then the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or the order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (unless a court shall otherwise determine).

 

(B)                                If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or an order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and the date of receipt of the amount due, the Issuer and the Guarantors will pay such additional (or, as the case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may be necessary so that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt will produce the amount in the Base Currency originally due.

 

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(ii)                                   In the event of the winding-up of the Issuer or any Guarantor at any time while any amount of damages owing under the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture, or any judgment or order rendered in respect thereof, shall remain outstanding, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall indemnify and hold the Holders and the Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (1) the date as of which the non-U.S. currency equivalent of the amount due or contingently due under the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture (other than under this subsection (b)(ii)) is calculated for the purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of this subsection (b)(ii), the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Issuer or any Guarantor shall be the date fixed by the liquidator or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law as being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the Issuer or such Guarantor may be ascertained for such winding-up prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.

 

(c)                                   The obligations contained in subsections (a), (b)(i)(B) and (b)(ii) of this Section 12.14 shall constitute separate and independent obligations from the other obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Indenture, shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Issuer and the Guarantors, shall apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by any Holder or the Trustee or either of them from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of any proof of claim in the winding-up of the Issuer or any Guarantor for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due hereunder (other than under subsection (b)(ii) above) or under any such judgment or order. Any such deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the Holders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the Issuer or any Guarantor or the liquidator or otherwise or any of them. In the case of subsection (b)(ii) above, the amount of such deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any liquidating distribution.

 

(d)                                  The term “rate(s) of exchange” shall mean the rate of exchange quoted by Reuters at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) for spot purchases of the Base Currency with the Judgment Currency other than the Base Currency referred to in subsections (b)(i) and (b)(ii) above and includes any premiums and costs of exchange payable.

 

SECTION 12.15.                             Intercreditor Agreement Governs .

 

(a)                                  The terms of this Indenture are subject to the Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Security, (i) consents to the subordination of Liens provided for in the Intercreditor Agreements, (ii) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements and (iii) authorizes and instructs the Trustee to enter into the Intercreditor Agreements and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreements as Noteholder Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and to bind such Holder to the terms thereof, and, in each case, on behalf of such Holder. The foregoing

 

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provisions are intended as an inducement to the other lenders to the Issuer or any Guarantors acting as a secured party under the Intercreditor Agreements to extend credit and such lenders are intended third party beneficiaries of such provisions and the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements. Pursuant to the authorization of each Holder, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent hereby agree to enter into Intercreditor Agreements substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D from time to time upon the request of the Issuer, when accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel confirming compliance with all conditions precedent set forth herein. To the extent the provisions of this Indenture conflict or are inconsistent with the Intercreditor Agreements, each Holder (by accepting a Security), the Trustee and the Collateral Agent consents and agrees that the Intercreditor Agreements will control.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in this Indenture or in any Security Document or any ABL Document (as such term is defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), the Issuer and the Guarantors shall not be required to act or refrain from acting (i) pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document solely with respect to any ABL First Lien Collateral (as such term is defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) in any manner that would cause a default under any ABL Document, or (ii) pursuant to any ABL Document solely with respect to any Noteholder First Lien Collateral (as such term is defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) in any manner that would cause a default under this Indenture or any Security Document. For avoidance of doubt, and for the purposes of this paragraph only, the terms Security Document and ABL Document do not include the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.

 

SECTION 12.16.                             Tax Matters .

 

(a)                                  The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Securities will be issued, with the intention that, for all tax purposes, the Securities will qualify as indebtedness. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Holder and beneficial owner of Securities, agree to treat the Securities as indebtedness for all tax purposes.

 

(b)                                  The Issuer shall not be obligated to pay any additional amounts to the Holders or beneficial holder of Securities as a result of any withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes of whatever nature (including income taxes, franchise taxes, withholding taxes, branch profits taxes, taxes on withholdable payments under Sections 1471-1474 of the Code, transfer or recording taxes and fees, stamp and documentary taxes, and excise taxes) imposed on payments in respect of the Securities. Unless otherwise required by applicable law and except to the extent that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee knows or has reason to know that the Person on whose behalf the documentation described in clauses (i) through (iii) below is delivered is not entitled to the exemption from withholding being claimed, if Definitive Securities are issued, so long as a Person shall have delivered to the Issuer (i) a properly completed IRS Form W-9 establishing an exemption from backup withholding, (ii) an IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, IRS Form W-8ECI or other applicable IRS form establishing an exemption from withholding under Section 1441 of the Code or Section 1442 of the Code, as applicable, and establishing an exemption on the appropriate IRS form from withholding under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, or (iii) in the case of a Person claiming the exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) of the Code or Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, the appropriate

 

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properly completed IRS form together with a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F and establishing an exemption on the appropriate IRS form from withholding under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall withhold taxes on payments of interest made to any such Person. Any such IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E shall specify whether the Holder or beneficial holder of Securities to whom the form relates is entitled to the benefits of any applicable income tax treaty.

 

(c)                                   If Definitive Securities are issued, (i) if any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer’s payment under the Securities to any Holder or beneficial holder of Securities, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to such Holder or beneficial holder, as the case may be, (ii) the Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to any Holder or beneficial holder of Securities sufficient funds for the payment of any withholding tax that is legally owed by the Issuer (but such authorization shall not prevent the Trustee from contesting any such withholding tax in appropriate proceedings and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by applicable law, pending the outcome of such proceedings) and (iii) the amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to any Holder or beneficial holder of Securities shall be treated as cash distributed to such Holder or beneficial holder, as the case may be, at the time it is withheld by the Trustee and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a payment under the Securities, the Trustee may (but shall have no obligation to) withhold such amounts in accordance with this Section 12.16. Nothing herein shall impose an obligation on the part of the Trustee to determine the amount of any tax or withholding obligation on the part of the Issuer or in respect of the Securities.

 

SECTION 12.17.                             TIA Controls .

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

 

SECTION 12.18.                             Communications by Holders of Securities with Other Holders of Securities . Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

 

SECTION 12.19.                             USA PATRIOT Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Person that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

Name: Robert S. Radie

 

 

Title: Authorized Officer

 

 

 

EGALET US INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

Name: Robert S. Radie

 

 

Title: Authorized Officer

 

 

 

EGALET LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

Name: Robert S. Radie

 

 

Title: Authorized Officer

 

{Signature Page to the Indenture}

 


 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alison D.B. Nadeau

 

 

Name: Alison D.B. Nadeau

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alison D.B. Nadeau

 

 

Name: Alison D.B. Nadeau

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

{Signature Page to the Indenture}

 


 

APPENDIX A

 

PROVISIONS RELATING TO SECURITIES

 

1.                                       Definitions .

 

1.1                                Definitions .

 

For the purposes of this Appendix A, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below (and if not defined in this Appendix A, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in this Indenture):

 

“Accredited Investor” means an “accredited investor” as defined in subclause (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 that is not (i) a QIB or (ii) a Person other than a U.S. Person that acquires Securities in reliance on Regulation S.

 

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

 

“Definitive Security” means a certificated Security (bearing the Restricted Securities Legend if the transfer of such Security is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Securities Legend.

 

“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.

 

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System.

 

“Global Securities Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(f)(ii) herein.

 

“Global Security” means a certificated Security (bearing the Restricted Securities Legend if the transfer of such Security is restricted by applicable law) that includes the Global Securities Legend. The term “Global Securities” includes Rule 144A Global Securities and Regulation S Global Securities.

 

“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

“Regulation S Securities” means all Securities offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.

 

“Restricted Period”, with respect to any Regulation S Securities, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Securities are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Issuer to the Trustee, and (b) the date of issuance of such Securities.

 

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“Restricted Securities Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(f)(i) herein.

 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 144A Securities” means all Securities privately placed with QIBs.

 

“Rule 501” means Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 506” means Rule 506 under the Securities Act.

 

“Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.

 

“Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities” means Definitive Securities that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Securities Legend.

 

“Transfer Restricted Global Securities” means Global Securities that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Securities Legend.

 

“Unrestricted Definitive Securities” means Definitive Securities that are not required to bear, and are not subject to, the Restricted Securities Legend.

 

“Unrestricted Global Securities” means Global Securities that are not required to bear, and are not subject to, the Restricted Securities Legend.

 

“U.S. Person” means a “U.S. person” as defined in Regulation S.

 

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1.2                                Other Definitions .

 

Term:

 

Defined in Section:

 

 

 

Agent Members

 

2.1(b)

Regulation S Global Securities

 

2.1(b)

Rule 144A Global Securities

 

2.1(b)

 

2.                                       The Securities .

 

2.1                                Form and Dating; Global Securities .

 

(a)                                  Issuance and Transfers . The Series A-1 Securities issued by the Issuer will be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Series A-2 Securities issued by the Issuer will be (i) privately placed by the Issuer and (ii) issued initially only to (1) QIBs, (2) Persons other than U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S and (3) Accredited Investors. Such Securities may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and Accredited Investors.

 

(b)                                  Global Securities . (i) Except as provided in clause (c) below, Rule 144A Securities initially shall be represented by one or more Securities in definitive, fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Securities”).

 

Regulation S Securities initially shall be represented by one or more Securities in fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the “Regulation S Global Securities”), which shall be registered in the name of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

The Series A-1 Securities initially shall be represented by one or more Securities in definitive, fully registered, global form without interest coupons and shall be in the form of an Unrestricted Global Security.

 

The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Securities that are held through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

The Global Securities shall bear the Global Securities Legend. The Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Securities Custodian and (iii) bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

 

Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository (collectively, the “Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global

 

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Securities. The Depository may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Securities for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository, or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.

 

The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices, Confidentiality Agreements and other written communications received pursuant to this Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 herein. The Issuer, at its sole cost and expense, shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices, Confidentiality Agreements or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

 

(ii)                                   Transfers of Global Securities shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Securities may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Securities only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2 herein. In addition, a Global Security shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities if (x) the Depository (1) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Security and the Issuer thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository or (2) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security. In all cases, Definitive Securities delivered in exchange for any Global Security or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures.

 

(iii)                                In connection with the transfer of a Global Security as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(ii) herein, such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations.

 

(iv)                               Any Transfer Restricted Definitive Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to Section 2.2 herein shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2 herein, bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

 

(v)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.2 herein.

 

(vi)                               The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

 

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(c)                                   Definitive Securities. To the extent that the purchaser of a Security is an Accredited Investor or otherwise cannot or opts not to hold a beneficial interest in a Global Security, then such Security shall be represented by one or more Definitive Securities.

 

2.2                                Transfer and Exchange .

 

(a)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. A Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b) herein. Global Securities will not be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Securities except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii) herein. Global Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.10 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b) herein or Section 2.2(g) herein.

 

(b)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted Global Securities shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(i)                                      Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security . Beneficial interests in any Transfer Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Transfer Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Securities Legend; provided , however , that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Security may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than to a QIB in reliance on Rule 144A). A beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.2(b)(i).

 

(ii)                                   All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Security that is not subject to Section 2.2(b)(i) herein, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the

 

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requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities contained in this Indenture and the Securities or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Security pursuant to Section 2.2(g) herein.

 

(iii)                                Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Transfer Restricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Transfer Restricted Global Security if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) herein and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security; and

 

(B)                                if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security.

 

(iv)                               Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) herein and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or

 

(B)                                if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,

 

and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so requests or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global

 

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Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).

 

(v)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Security . Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security.

 

(c)                                   Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities for Definitive Securities . A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be exchanged for a Definitive Security except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii) herein. A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii) herein or Section 2.1(c) herein.

 

(d)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests in Global Securities . Transfers and exchanges of Definitive Securities for beneficial interests in Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) below, as applicable:

 

(i)                                      Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Securities . If any Holder of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security or to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)                                if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;

 

(B)                                if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;

 

(C)                                if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred to a Person that is not a U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;

 

(D)                                if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; and

 

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(E)                                 if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;

 

the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Security, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Transfer Restricted Global Security.

 

(ii)                                   Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities . A Holder of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Security may exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security only if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or

 

(B)                                if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,

 

and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so requests or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii).

 

(iii)                                Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security may exchange such Unrestricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the

 

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applicable Unrestricted Definitive Security and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Securities. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii).

 

(iv)                               Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Securities . An Unrestricted Definitive Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security.

 

(e)                                   Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Securities and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Securities duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.2(e):

 

(i)                                      Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities to Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities . A Transfer Restricted Definitive Security may be transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Security if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;

 

(B)                                if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;

 

(C)                                if the transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;

 

(D)                                if the transfer will be made to an Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (A) through (C) above, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security and a Transferee Letter of Representation in the form of Exhibit B to this Indenture; and

 

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(E)                                 if such transfer will be made to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security.

 

(ii)                                   Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . Any Transfer Restricted Definitive Security may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1)                                  if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or

 

(2)                                  if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii)                                Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security may transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Securities pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(iv)                               Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Transfer Restricted Definitive Securities . An Unrestricted Definitive Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Transfer Restricted Definitive Security.

 

At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other

 

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Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(f)                                    Legends.

 

(i)                                      Each Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities and the Definitive Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only):

 

NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, NOR IS SUCH REGISTRATION CONTEMPLATED. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION THEREUNDER AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. EACH PERSON OR ENTITY THAT ACQUIRES OR ACCEPTS THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN BY SUCH ACQUISITION OR ACCEPTANCE (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND, IF SUBSEQUENT TO THE INITIAL ACQUISITION HEREOF, IS PURCHASING THIS NOTE IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) or (a)(7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”), HAS SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MATTERS TO BE CAPABLE OF EVALUATING THE MERITS AND RISKS OF THE PURCHASE OF THIS NOTE AND IS ABLE AND PREPARED TO BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK OF INVESTING IN AND HOLDING THIS NOTE, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO AN ENTITY IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO PERSONS OR ENTITIES OTHER THAN U.S. PERSONS, INCLUDING DEALERS OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL FIDUCIARIES IN THE UNITED STATES ACTING ON A DISCRETIONARY BASIS FOR NON-U.S. BENEFICIAL OWNERS (OTHER THAN AN ESTATE OR TRUST), IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN RELIANCE UPON, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) TO AN

 

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ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT IS PURCHASING THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, AS THE CASE MAY BE, FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED, THAT THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(D) OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION”, “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE RESPECTIVE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE REGISTRAR APPOINTED THEREUNDER TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

[IF THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH AN AMOUNT OF DISCOUNT THAT IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE STATUTORILY DEFINED DE MINIMIS AMOUNT, THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT UNDER SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND IS SUBJECT TO THE RULES FOR DEBT INSTRUMENTS WITH CONTINGENT PAYMENTS UNDER TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1275-4(b). FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE, THE YIELD TO MATURITY, THE COMPARABLE YIELD AND THE PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THIS NOTE, YOU SHOULD SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST TO EGALET CORPORATION, 600 LEE ROAD, SUITE 100, WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 19087, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.](1)

 

THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER, AND, IN ADDITION, EACH PERSON OR ENTITY THAT ACQUIRES OR ACCEPTS THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN BY SUCH ACQUISITION OR ACCEPTANCE AGREES TO COMPLY WITH THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SUCH INDENTURE, AND FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SUCH INDENTURE.

 

(ii)                                   Each Global Security shall bear the following legend:

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE

 


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DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.

 

(g)                                   Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(h)                                  Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities.

 

(i)                                      To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Securities and Global Securities at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii)                                   No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.04 of this Indenture).

 

(iii)                                Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Issuer, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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(iv)                               All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

 

(i)                                      No Obligation of the Trustee.

 

(i)                                      The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in, the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to the Holders under the Securities shall be given or made to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository in the case of a Global Security). Except as may be otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Indenture, the rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, its participants and any beneficial owners.

 

(ii)                                   The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

{FORM OF SECURITY}

 

NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, NOR IS SUCH REGISTRATION CONTEMPLATED. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION THEREUNDER AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

 

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THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE REGISTRAR APPOINTED THEREUNDER TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

[IF THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH AN AMOUNT OF DISCOUNT THAT IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE STATUTORILY DEFINED DE MINIMIS AMOUNT, THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT UNDER SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND IS SUBJECT TO THE RULES FOR DEBT INSTRUMENTS WITH CONTINGENT PAYMENTS UNDER TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1275-4(b). FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE, THE YIELD TO MATURITY, THE COMPARABLE YIELD AND THE PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THIS NOTE, YOU SHOULD SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST TO EGALET CORPORATION, 600 LEE ROAD, SUITE 100, WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 19087, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.](2)

 

THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER, AND, IN ADDITION, EACH PERSON OR ENTITY THAT ACQUIRES OR ACCEPTS THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN BY SUCH ACQUISITION OR ACCEPTANCE AGREES TO COMPLY WITH THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SUCH INDENTURE, AND FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SUCH INDENTURE.

 

{Global Securities Legend}

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY

 


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PERSON OR ENTITY IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.

 

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{FORM OF SECURITY}

 

No.     

 

$               

 

{Series A-1} {Series A-2} 13% Senior Secured Note due 2024

 

CUSIP No.         

ISIN No.             

 

Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), promises to pay to {Cede & Co.}{          }, or its registered assigns, the principal sum {of $         Dollars} {listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto}(3) on or before the Maturity Date, as set forth in this Security.

 

Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1 (each, a “Payment Date”)

 

Record Dates: April 15 and October 15 (each, a “Record Date”)

 

Maturity Date: {January 31, 2024}(4) (the “Maturity Date”)

 

Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the following pages of this Security.

 


(4)  To be 5 years from the Issue Date.

 

(3)  Use the Schedule of Increases or Decreases language if Security is in Global Form.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Instrument to be duly executed.

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,

as Trustee, certifies that this is

one of the Securities

referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

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{Series A-1} {Series A-2} 13% Senior Secured Note due 2024

 

1.                                       Interest and Payments of Principal

 

(a)                                  Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), shall pay interest on the outstanding principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above.

 

(b)                                  The Issuer shall pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Payment Date, commencing on {May 1, 2019}(5) {May 1, 2020}(6), or on the succeeding Business Day if any such date is not a Business Day. Interest on the Securities shall accrue on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from {January 31, 2019}(7) {October 30, 2019}(8) until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Securities and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

(c)                                   The Securities will mature on {January 31, 2024}.

 

(d)                                  This Security is one of a series of Securities.  On each Payment Date, commencing on May 1, 2019, or on the succeeding Business Day if any such date is not a Business Day and ceasing upon the payment in full of the outstanding principal balance of the Securities, the Issuer shall pay an installment of principal of the Securities in an amount, if positive, equal to (x) the Applicable Percentage of Net Sales of the Products for the two consecutive fiscal quarter period most recently ended prior to such Payment Date minus (y) the amount of interest paid on the Securities on such Payment Date (provided, in the case of the Series A-1 Securities, to the extent that no interest is payable with respect to such Series A-1 Securities on such Payment Date, shall, for the purposes of this calculation only, be equal to the amount of interest that would have been payable on such Payment Date if interest had accrued on such Series A-1 Securities for the whole such preceding six month period at the rate set forth therein for periods commencing on or after May 1, 2020); provided, that if the Applicable Percentage of Net Sales of the Products for such period is greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding as of such Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay such lesser principal amount that is then outstanding.  The Issuer shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the

 


(5)  For the Series A-2 Securities.

 

(6)  For the Series A-1 Securities.

 

(7)  For the Series A-2 Securities, to be the Issue Date.

 

(8)  For the Series A-1 Securities.

 

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Trustee stating the amount of such principal payment at least 10 days prior to the applicable Payment Date.

 

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Payment Date, 15%.

 

2.                                       Method of Payment

 

The Issuer shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) and payments of installments of principal to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the related Payment Date even if Securities are canceled after such Record Date and on or before such Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Securities to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments (other than payments of installments of principal). The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. {Payments in respect of the Securities (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary.}(9) {The Issuer shall make all payments in respect of the Securities (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided , however , that payments on the Securities may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).}(10)

 

3.                                       Paying Agent and Registrar

 

Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer or any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4.                                       Indenture

 

The Issuer issued the Securities under the Indenture dated as of January 31, 2019 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the guarantors that may be party thereto from time to time, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect and interpreted on the date of the Indenture (the

 


(9)                                  Include in a Global Security.

 

(10)                           Include in a Definitive Security.

 

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“TIA”); provided , however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended or there is a change in the interpretation after the Issue Date, the term “TIA” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment or such change in interpretation , the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended and interpreted. Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.

 

The Securities are senior secured obligations of the Issuer. This Security is one of the Securities referred to in the Indenture. The Securities are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of the Issuer and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer and each Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of their property.

 

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Securities when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior secured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

5.                                       Optional Redemption

 

The Issuer may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on any Business Day specified by the Issuer prior to January 31, 2020(11), on not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Trustee, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Payment Date).

 

The Issuer may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on any Business Day specified by the Issuer on or after January 31, 2020(15), on not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Trustee, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of outstanding principal amount of the Securities being redeemed), plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to

 


(11)  To be the one year anniversary of the Issue Date.

 

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the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Payment Date), for the following periods:

 

Period

 

Redemption Price

 

From and including January 31, 2020 to and including January 30, 2021

 

103.00

%

From and including January 31, 2021 and thereafter

 

100.00

%

 

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Security (or portion thereof) to be redeemed on any redemption date, the greater of (x) 1.0% of the amount of principal of such Security to be redeemed and (y) the amount, if any, by which (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the amount of principal of such Security to be redeemed on January 31, 2020(12) (as stated in the table above) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the amount of principal of such Security to be redeemed through January 31, 2020(16) (excluding accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate in respect of such redemption date plus 100 basis points, exceeds (b) the amount of principal of such Security to be redeemed.    The Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the calculation of the Applicable Premium.

 

“Treasury Rate” means, in respect of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to January 31, 2020(16); provided, that if the period from such redemption date to January 31, 2020(16)  is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

In addition, until January 31], 2020(16), the Issuer may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities at a redemption price equal to 113.500% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant interest Payment Date), with the net cash proceeds of one or more public or private sales of the Issuer’s common stock (other than (1) public offerings with respect to common stock registered on Form S-8, (2) issuances of common stock to any Subsidiary of the Issuer and (3) any issuance of Permitted Cure Securities); provided that at least 65% of the sum of the original aggregate principal amount of Securities issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided further that each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of such equity offering.

 


(12)  To be the one year anniversary of the Issue Date.

 

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6.                                       Notice of Redemption

 

Written notice of redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 will be provided at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

7.                                       Sinking Fund

 

The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.

 

8.                                       Repurchase of Securities at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal balance thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the related Payment Date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

 

In accordance with, and subject to the terms of, Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase Securities upon the occurrence of certain Asset Sale events.

 

9.                                       Security

 

The Securities will be secured by the Notes Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent holds the Notes Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, in each case pursuant to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting this Security, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the foreclosure and release of Notes Collateral) and the Intercreditor Agreements as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Indenture and authorizes and directs each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.

 

10.                                Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

 

The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $1 and any integral multiple of $1 in excess thereof. The registration of

 

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transfer of or exchange of Securities shall be done in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Securities to be redeemed.

 

11.                                Persons Deemed Owners

 

Subject to Section 2.14 of the Indenture, the registered Holder of this Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

12.                                Unclaimed Money

 

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuer at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

 

13.                                Discharge and Defeasance

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

14.                                Amendment; Waiver

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (x) the Indenture, the Securities, any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (voting as a single class) and (y) any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Issuer, the Collateral Agent, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture, the Securities, any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Securities; (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Guarantor of the obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture and its Guarantee; (iv) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities ( provided however that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Sections 871(h)(2)(B) and 881(c)(2)(B) of the Code and United States Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c)); (v) to add additional Guarantees or to add obligors with respect to the Securities; (vi) to add to the covenants of the

 

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Issuer for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred in the Indenture upon the Issuer; (vii) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (viii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; (ix) [reserved]; (x) to add additional assets as Notes Collateral to secure the Securities; (xi) to release a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or to release Notes Collateral from the Lien pursuant to the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements when permitted or required by the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements; (xii)  to make any amendment to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of the Securities as permitted under the Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Securities so long as in any such case the interests of the Holder of the Securities are not adversely affected in any material respect; or (xiii) to modify the Security Documents and/or the Intercreditor Agreements (a) to secure additional extensions of credit and add additional secured creditors holding First Priority Lien Obligations so long as the Incurrence of such First Priority Lien Obligations and related Liens are not prohibited by the provisions of the Indenture, (b) as provided for in provisions comparable to Section 2.11(b) of the form of Intercreditor Agreement attached as Exhibit D to the Indenture, (c) to add the Issuer or any Guarantor as a party to any Intercreditor Agreement to the extent such party Incurs any Secured Indebtedness that constitutes First Priority Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or to remove the Issuer or any Guarantor as a party to any Intercreditor Agreement to the extent such party ceases to be bound by any and all First Priority Lien Obligations or (d) to accommodate and implement the Liens contemplated by clause (20)(y) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”.

 

15.                                Defaults and Remedies

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Securities by notice to the Issuer may, and if such notice is given by the Holders such notice shall be given to the Issuer and the Trustee, declare that the principal of, and the premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on, all the Securities is due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Issuer occurs, the principal of, and the premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on, all the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Securities and its consequences.

 

Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Securities unless (i) such Holder gives the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holder or

 

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Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee does not comply with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request during such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Indenture, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or, subject to the Indenture, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

16.                                Trustee Dealings with the Issuer

 

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

17.                                No Recourse Against Others

 

No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Issuer or in any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.

 

18.                                Authentication

 

This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.

 

19.                                {Right of Set Off

 

[By accepting and holding this Series A-2 Security (or any beneficial interest in this Security), the Holder of this Series A-2 Security accepts, agrees and acknowledges that (i) all payments required to be made by the Issuer and the Guarantors pursuant to this Series A-2 Security, the Indenture and related Guarantees (including principal, interest and premium, if any) (collectively, “Subject Payments”) are subject in all respects to the setoff and recoupment rights and obligations set forth in Section 6.6 (Right to Set-Off) and Section 6.9 (Recoupment) (collectively, the “Setoff Rights”) of the Asset Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Issuer and the Guarantors are authorized to retain and not distribute any and all Subject Payments to the extent of any unpaid Agreed Amounts or Damages (each as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) as are finally resolved pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement or to the extent of

 

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any amounts reserved for pending claims as provided pursuant to the Setoff Rights, (iii) it waives its right and entitlement to receive or retain any Subject Payments to the extent such amounts are retained pursuant to validly exercised Setoff Rights (except to the extent of any such amounts that have been reserved for pending claims are subsequently required to be distributed upon the final resolution thereof in accordance with the Asset Purchase Agreement), and (iv) to the extent provided in Section 6.6(a) of the Asset Purchase Agreement, distributions made to the Company within the first eighteen (18) month period following the Closing (as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) may be subject to reimbursement. The foregoing Setoff Rights shall expire on the earlier of (x) one Business Day immediately following the Stated Maturity Date of the Securities, and (y) the later to occur of (A) the expiration of Iroko’s indemnification obligations set forth in Section 6.1 (Indemnification by the Company) of the Asset Purchase Agreement, and (B) the resolution and satisfaction in full of any and all indemnification claims properly and timely made pursuant to said Section 6.1 of the Asset Purchase Agreement; provided, that, in the case of clause (x), to the extent at such time there are any pending indemnification claims properly and timely made pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the foregoing Setoff Rights shall not expire until the resolution and satisfaction in full of any and all such indemnification claims.}](13)

 

20.                                Abbreviations

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

21.                                Governing Law

 

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

22.                                CUSIP Numbers; ISINs

 

The Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices (including notices of redemption) as a convenience to the Holders. No representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Issuer will furnish to any Holder of Securities upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture, which has in it the text of this Security.

 


(13)  To be included in just the Series A-2 Securities.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Security to:

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 

and irrevocably appoint                  agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

Date:

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on this Security.

 

 

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee

 

Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES

 

This certificate relates to $          principal amount of Securities held in (check applicable space)      book-entry or       definitive form by the undersigned.

 

The undersigned (check one box below):

 

o

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Security held by the Depository a Security or Securities in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above);

 

 

o

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.

 

In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(d)(1) under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

 

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)

o

to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof; or

 

 

 

(2)

o

to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder, without transfer; or

 

 

 

(3)

o

pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or

 

 

 

(4)

o

inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on such Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or

 

 

 

(5)

o

outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and such Security shall be held immediately after the transfer through Euroclear or Clearstream until the expiration of the Restricted Period; or

 

 

 

(6)

o

to an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a

 

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signed letter containing certain representations and agreements and, if applicable, an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

 

 

(7)

o

pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided , however , that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuer or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Date:

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee

 

Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on such Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to such Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by such Rule 144A.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

 

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{TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES}

 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

 

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $              . The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date

 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Global Security

 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Global Security

 

Principal amount of this
Global Security following
such decrease or increase

 

Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee or
Securities Custodian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:

 

Asset Sale o

 

Change of Control o

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):

 

$

 

Date:

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on this Security)

 

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

{FORM OF}
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION

 

Egalet Corporation
600 Lee Road, Suite 100
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (484) 580-6230

 

U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”)

Corporate Trust Services

One Federal Street, 3rd Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Alison D.B. Nadeau (Egalet 2019 Indenture)

Facsimile: (617) 603-6683

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $            principal amount of the 13% Senior Secured Notes (the “Securities”) of Egalet Corporation (the “Issuer”)

 

Upon transfer, the Securities would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

 

Name:                                             

 

Address:                                   

 

Taxpayer ID Number:        

 

The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

 

1.                                       We are an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an “accredited investor” for investment purposes at least $50,000 principal amount of the Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Securities in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able and prepared to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

 

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2.                                       We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Securities to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities only (a) to an entity that we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of such Rule 144A, (b) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) to the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or (d) to an “accredited investor” in the case of each of clauses (a) through (d) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the Securities of the resale restrictions set forth above. If any resale or other transfer of the Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (d) above prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which either the Issuer or any affiliate of the Issuer was the owner of the Securities (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”), the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuer and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an “accredited investor” and that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuer and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Securities pursuant to clause (b) or (d) above to require the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee.

 

3.                                       The undersigned has executed and delivered to the Issuer a Notes Transfer Joinder (as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement).(14)

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

TRANSFEREE:                                  ,

 

 

By:

 


(14)  NTD: Series A-2 Notes only.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

{FORM OF}

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of        , 20   is among {GUARANTOR} (the “New Guarantor”), a subsidiary of Egalet Corporation (the “Issuer”), the Issuer, {the existing guarantors (the “Existing Guarantors”) under the Indenture referred to below,} and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) under such Indenture.

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS the Issuer {and the Existing Guarantors} {has}{have} heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of August 31, 2016, providing for the issuance of the Issuer’s 13% Senior Secured Notes (the “Securities”);

 

WHEREAS Section 4.10 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuer is required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall guarantee the Issuer’s Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(v) of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuer {and the Existing Guarantors} {is}{are} authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without notice to or consent of any Holder.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor, the Issuer{, the Existing Guarantors} and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

1.                                       Defined Terms . As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the recitals hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “Holders” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “Holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

 

2.                                       Agreement to Guarantee . The New Guarantor hereby{, jointly and severally, with each Existing Guarantor,} irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety on a senior basis to each Holder and to the Trustee

 

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and its successors and assigns the Guaranteed Obligations, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture, and agrees to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

 

3.                                       Notices . All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 12.01 of the Indenture.

 

4.                                       Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture . Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder shall be bound hereby.

 

5.                                       Governing Law . THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

6.                                       Trustee Makes No Representation . The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7.                                       Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

8.                                       Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

{NEW GUARANTOR}

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

{EXISTING GUARANTORS:}

 

 

 

{ANY EXISTING GUARANTORS}

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

SEE ATTACHED.

 

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[ATTACH FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]

 


 

EXHIBIT E

 

PAYMENT SUBORDINATION TERMS

 

SECTION 1.01. Subordination of Liabilities. {           }(1) (the “Debtor”), for itself, and its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and {           }(2) (the “Creditor”) covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of, interest on, and all other amounts owing in respect of, the {          }(3) (the “Subordinated Indebtedness”) is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to the prior payment in full in cash of Senior Indebtedness (as defined in Section 1.07 of this Exhibit).

 

SECTION 1.02. Debtor Not to Make Payments with Respect to Subordinated Indebtedness in Certain Circumstances.

 

(a) Upon the maturity of any applicable Senior Indebtedness (including interest thereon, premium, if any, or fees or any other amounts owing in respect thereof), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, all Obligations (as defined in Section 1.07 of this Exhibit) owing in respect thereof shall first be paid in full in cash, before any payment (whether in cash, property, securities or otherwise) is made on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

(b) The Debtor may not, directly or indirectly, make any payment of any Subordinated Indebtedness or acquire any Subordinated Indebtedness for cash or property until all applicable Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash if any default or Event of Default under such Senior Indebtedness is then in existence or would result therefrom. Each Creditor hereby agrees that, so long as any such default or Event of Default exists, it will not ask, demand, sue for, or otherwise take, accept or receive, any amounts owing in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 1.02, the Debtor shall make a payment on account of (or any Creditor receives any payment on account of) the Subordinated Indebtedness at a time when payment is not permitted by said subsection (a) or (b), such payment shall be held by such Creditor, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, to the applicable {Agent(s)}(4) for application pro rata to the payment of all such applicable Senior Indebtedness (after giving effect to the relative priorities of such Senior

 


(1)  Reference issuer, guarantor, borrower, payor, maker or other obligor/debtor, as applicable.

 

(2)  Reference note holder, lender, payee or other obligee/creditor, as applicable.

 

(3)  Reference the subordinated indebtedness

 

(4)  Reference administrative agent, trustee, paying agent or other agent/representative of the Senior Indebtedness, as applicable

 

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Indebtedness) remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full in cash in accordance with the terms of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

SECTION 1.03. Subordination to Prior Payment of Senior Indebtedness, Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of Debtor. Upon any distribution of assets of the Debtor upon dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Debtor in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors:

 

(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, post-petition interest at the rate provided in the documentation with respect to the Senior Indebtedness whether or not such post-petition interest is an allowed claim against the debtor in any bankruptcy or similar proceeding) before any Creditor is entitled to receive any payment of any kind or character on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness; and

 

(b) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.03, any payment or distribution of assets of the Debtor of any kind or character, whether they be cash, property or securities, shall be received by the Creditor on account of Subordinated Indebtedness before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust for and shall forthwith be paid over to the holders of the applicable Senior Indebtedness (after giving effect to the relative priorities of such Senior Indebtedness) remaining unpaid or unprovided for or their representative(s) or to the applicable {Agent(s)}, for application to the payment of such Senior Indebtedness until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full in cash, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

SECTION 1.04. Subrogation. Subject to the prior payment in full in cash of all applicable Senior Indebtedness, each Creditor shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Debtor applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the Subordinated Indebtedness shall be paid in full, and for the purpose of such subrogation no payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by or on behalf of the Debtor or by or on behalf of any Creditor by virtue of this Exhibit that otherwise would have been made to a Creditor shall, as between the Debtor, its creditors other than the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, and the Creditor, be deemed to be payment by such Debtor to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Exhibit are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Creditor, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.

 

SECTION 1.05. Obligation of the Debtor Unconditional. Nothing contained in this Exhibit is intended to or shall impair, as between the Debtor and the Creditor, the obligation of the Debtor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Creditor the principal of and

 

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interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Creditor and other creditors of the Debtor other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor, except as specifically provided herein, shall anything herein or therein prevent the Creditor from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon an event of default under the Subordinated Indebtedness, subject to the rights, if any, under this Exhibit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property, or securities of the Debtor received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any distribution of assets of the Debtor, each Creditor shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the Creditor, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Debtor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Exhibit.

 

SECTION 1.06. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Debtor or Creditor of Senior Indebtedness. No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Debtor or by any act or failure to act in good faith by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Debtor with the terms and provisions of the Subordinated Indebtedness, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

 

SECTION 1.07. Senior Indebtedness. The term “Senior Indebtedness” shall mean (i) the Obligations of the Debtor under the Indenture for the 13% Senior Secured Notes by and among Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Trustee”), among others, and any amendment, renewal, extension, restatement, refinancing or refunding (in whole or in part) thereof and (ii) {reference First Priority Lien Obligations and/or senior unsecured Indebtedness, as applicable, to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is intended to be subordinated in right of payment}. As used herein, the term “Obligation” shall mean all principal, interest, premium, reimbursement obligations, penalties, fees, expenses, indemnities and other liabilities and obligations (including any guaranties of the foregoing liabilities and obligations) payable under the documentation governing any Senior Indebtedness (including interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim against the debtor in any such proceeding).

 

SECTION 1.08. Miscellaneous. If, at any time, all or part of any payment with respect to Senior Indebtedness theretofore made by the Debtor or any other person is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the holders of Senior Indebtedness for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Debtor or such

 

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other persons), the subordination provisions set forth herein shall continue to be effective and be reinstated, as the case may be, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

FORM OF PORTFOLIO INTEREST CERTIFICATE

 

hereby certifies that:

 

1.                                       It is ( one must be checked ):

 

(1)          o a natural individual person;

 

(2)          o treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

(3)          o disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes (in which case a copy of this certificate is completed and signed by its sole beneficial owner); or

 

(4)          o treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes (in which case each partner also has completed as to itself and signed a copy of this certificate and an appropriate IRS Form W-8, a copy of each of which is attached, or, if applicable, has completed as to itself and signed an IRS Form W-9, a copy of which is attached).

 

2.                                       It is not a bank, as such term is used in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”).

 

3.                                       It is not a 10-percent shareholder of Egalet Corporation (the “ Issuer ”) within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of the Code or Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code.

 

4.                                       It is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to the Issuer within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

 

 

 

 

{Fill in name of holder}

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Date:

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE (THIS “ NOTE ”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION THEREUNDER OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

US$4,500,000

January 31, 2019

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, EGALET CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to pay to the order of IROKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC (together with any successors and/or assigns, the “ Holder ”), in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, the principal amount of US$4,500,000 (such amount, or such lesser or greater principal amount owed from time to time, the “ Principal Amount ”), plus all interest on the unpaid Principal Amount hereof pursuant to Section 1 .  This Note is being issued by Company to the Holder on behalf of the Buyer pursuant to the terms of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2018, by and among the Company and Iroko Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“ Iroko ”), as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2019, and Amendment No. 2, dated as of January 31, 2019 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined in this Note shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.

 

1.                                       Payments and Interest

 

(a)                                  Payments .  The Principal Amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the dates set forth and in accordance with Schedule A hereto.  For the avoidance of doubt, the outstanding Principal Amount, plus any Principal Increases (defined below), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, shall be due and payable on July 31, 2020 (the “ Maturity Date ”). All payments hereunder shall be made in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds without notice or demand for the account of the Holder to an account designated in writing by the Holder at least five (5) business days prior to the applicable payment date.

 

(b)                                  Interest .  Interest shall accrue on the Principal Amount and on any Principal Increases at a rate per annum equal to 8.0% from the date hereof until the repayment in full of the Principal Amount plus any Principal Increases plus any additional accrued and unpaid interest which shall be payable by increasing the principal amount of this Note at the Maturity Date.  Interest on this Note shall be calculated based on a 360-day year and shall be paid semi-annually on June 30 and December 31 of each year by increasing the Principal Amount of this Note (any such increase, a “ Principal Increase ”) by an amount equal to the interest accrued on the Principal Amount during such semi-annual period.

 

(c)                                   Prepayment .  This Note may be prepaid at any time in whole or in part without premium or penalty.

 


 

2.                                       Existence .  The Company agrees for the benefit of the Holder that it will maintain and preserve its existence until its obligations under this Note have been paid in full; provided that the Company may merge with any of its subsidiaries or any entity owning its equity securities so long as the Company is the surviving entity of such merger.

 

3.                                       Events of Default .

 

(a)                                  The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ” under this Note:

 

(i)                                      the Company defaults in the payment of any principal of, or interest on, this Note when the same becomes due and payable, upon acceleration, or otherwise;

 

(ii)                                   the Company fails generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any proceeding is instituted by or against the Company seeking to adjudicate it as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and in the case of any such proceeding instituted against the Company such proceeding shall not be stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days from the date of institution thereof; or

 

(iii)                                an event of default has occurred and is continuing under any other material indebtedness of the Company and such event of default has resulted in the acceleration of such other material indebtedness.

 

(b)                                  Acceleration .  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (unless such Event of Default has been waived by the Holder), the Holder,  shall be entitled to do any of the following:

 

(i)                                      by written notice to the Company (an “ Acceleration Notice ”), declare the entire unpaid principal of and accrued interest on this Note to be immediately due and payable (and the same shall forthwith become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind other than the Acceleration Notice, all of which the Company hereby expressly waives to the extent permitted by applicable law);

 

(ii)                                   upon written notice to the Company, set off all or any portion of the unpaid principal under this Note against any indebtedness owed by the Holder to the Company; and

 

(iii)                                exercise any right or combination of rights which may be available to the Holder at law or in equity or to which the Holder is entitled under this Note.

 

provided , that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a)(ii)  occurs, all outstanding principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Holder.

 

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(c)                                   Remedies Cumulative .  A delay or omission by the Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the rights, remedies and powers of the Holder, as provided in this Note, are cumulative and concurrent, and may be pursued singly, successively or together against the Company to secure the repayment hereof, all at the sole discretion of the Holder.

 

4.                                       Maximum Rate .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company’s obligations to the Holder with respect to the payment of interest hereunder are subject to the limitation that payments of interest and late charges to Holder shall not be required to the extent that receipt of any such payment by the Holder would be contrary to provisions of applicable law limiting the maximum rate of interest that may be charged or collected by the Holder.  The portion of any such payment received by the Holder that is in excess of the maximum interest permitted by applicable law shall be credited against the then outstanding amount of the principal of this Note, or if such excess portion exceeds the then outstanding amount of the principal of this Note, then such excess portion shall be refunded to the Company.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by Holder exceeds such maximum rate, Holder may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the obligations hereunder.

 

5.                                       Automatic Cancellation .  In the event that the outstanding principal amount due hereunder has been reduced to zero dollars ($0.00), whether by prepayment, set-off or otherwise, then this Note shall automatically be canceled and of no further force and/or effect.

 

6.                                       Set-off .  Except as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Note to the contrary, the Company shall not be entitled to set off any amounts due hereunder, and all payments by the Company under this Note shall be made without set-off, recoupment, deduction or counterclaim other than pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and be without any deduction or withholding for any taxes or fees of any nature, unless the obligation to make such deduction or withholding is imposed by law.

 

7.                                       Tax Treatment .  The parties agree that the rights of the Holder to payments under this Note are intended to be treated as deferred purchase price received by the Holder in connection with the Purchase Agreement, which is eligible for installment sale treatment under Section 453 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) and any corresponding provision of foreign, state or local law, as appropriate; provided , that, the parties agree that payments of interest on this Note shall be treated as interest for all income tax purposes.

 

8.                                       Legend .  THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.  THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS NOTE MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRITING TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COMPANY AT 600 LEE ROAD, SUITE 100, WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 19087.

 

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9.                                       Registered Form .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Note, the parties intend that this Note be issued in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f) and 881(c)(2)(B) of the Code.  Any transfer by Holder of an interest in this Note shall be accomplished only through (a) the surrender of this Note to Company and (b) either the reissuance by Company of this Note to Holder’s transferee or the issuance by Company of one or more substitute notes, to Holder and/or one or more of its transferees, as the case may be.

 

10.                                Amendment and Waiver .

 

(a)                                  Consent Required .  This Note may be amended and compliance hereunder waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), upon the agreement of (i) the Company and (ii) the Holder, which agreement shall be in writing and shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

(b)                                  Effect of Amendment or Waiver .  Any amendment or waiver shall be binding upon the Holder, upon each future holder of this Note and upon the Company, whether or not this Note shall have been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver.  No such amendment or waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

11.                                Company’s Right of Set-Off .  By accepting and holding this Note (or any beneficial interest in this Note), the Holder accepts, agrees and acknowledges that all payments required to be made by the Company pursuant to this Note (collectively, “ Subject Payments ”) are subject in all respects to the recoupment and/or set off rights and obligations set forth in Section 6.6 (Right to Set-Off) and Section 6.9 (Recoupment) (collectively, the “ Setoff Rights ”) of the Purchase Agreement.  The foregoing Setoff Rights shall expire on the Business Day immediately following the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.  Solely for purposes of the Setoff Rights until the Business Day immediately following the Maturity Date, this Note, the Purchase Agreement (including the schedules and exhibits hereto and the documents and instruments referred to therein that are to be delivered at the Closing) and the Ancillary Agreements (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) shall constitute a “single integrated agreement,” and the transactions contemplated thereby shall constitute a “single integrated transaction,” in each case for purposes of recoupment.

 

12.                                Replacement Notes .  If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Company or if the Holder presents evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that this Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue a replacement note of like tenor if the requirements of the Company for such transactions are met.  An indemnity agreement may be required that is sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company to protect the Company from any loss which it may suffer.

 

13.                                Severability .  Any provision of this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such provision and such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Note or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

14.                                Notices .  All notices, consents, and waivers provided for or permitted hereunder

 

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shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered or certified first-class mail, electronic mail or reputable courier guaranteeing overnight delivery to the other party at the following addresses (or at such other address as shall be given in writing by any party to the others):

 

If to the Company, to:

 

Egalet Corporation

600 Lee Road, Suite 100

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

Attention: Robert Radie, Chief Executive Officer

E-mail:  rradie@egalet.com

 

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

 

Dechert LLP

Three Bryant Park

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Attention:  David S. Rosenthal, Esq.

E-mail:  david.rosenthal@dechert.com

 

If to the Holder, to:

 

Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC

c/o CR Group LP

1050 Walnut St., Suite 201

Boulder, CO 80302

Attn: Iroko directors

E-mail: gmonroe@crglp.com

 

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

 

Baker & McKenzie LLP
815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-4078
Attn: Marc R. Paul
E-mail: marc.paul@bakermckenzie.com

 

All such notices shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; four business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and on the next business day, if timely delivered to a reputable courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or sent via electronic mail.

 

15.                                Successors; Assignment .

 

(a)                                  This Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and the Company and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  No party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer this Note or any of such party’s rights, interests or obligations

 

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hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party hereto, and any attempt to do so will be null and void ab initio; provided , that (i) the Company may assign its rights hereunder to its financing sources as collateral; and (ii) the Holder may (x) assign this Note to any of its Affiliates, (y) assign this Note to any Company Lender, as collateral, and (z) assign this Note in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Holder (with the written consent of Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, it being understood and agreed that withholding consent in respect of any such assignment to any Person that is directly engaged in substantially similar business operations as the Company or its subsidiaries is reasonable).

 

(b)                                  In order to effect a transfer of this Note permitted hereunder, the Holder shall surrender such Note at the principal office of the Company for transfer or exchange, whereupon, and without expense to the Holder, except for any transfer or similar tax which may be imposed on the transfer or exchange, the Company shall issue in exchange therefor another note or notes for the same aggregate principal amount as the unpaid principal amount of this Note (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest added to the then outstanding principal amount of this Note in accordance with the terms herein), having the same maturity and rate of interest, containing the same provisions and subject to the same terms and conditions as the Note so surrendered.  Each new Note shall be made payable to the order of such Person or Persons, or transferees, as the holder of such surrendered Note may designate in accordance with the terms hereof, and such transfer or exchange shall be made in such a manner that no gain or loss of principal or interest shall result therefrom.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may elect not to permit a transfer of this Note if it has not obtained satisfactory assurance that such transfer: (a) is exempt from the registration requirements of, or covered by an effective registration statement under, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder and (b) is in compliance with all applicable state securities and “blue-sky” laws, including, without limitation, receipt of an opinion of counsel, which opinion shall be satisfactory to the Company.  Any transfer or attempted transfer of this Note in violation of any provision of this Note shall be void, and the Company shall not have any obligation to treat any such purported transferee of this Note as the owner or the holder of this Note for any purpose.

 

16.                                WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .  THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTIES MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT OR ACTION ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT NEITHER THE OTHER PARTY NOR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT IT WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL.  FURTHER, EACH OF THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE OTHER PARTY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL AS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO THIS NOTE.

 

17.                                Costs of Enforcement .  The Company is obligated to pay the costs of enforcement of this Note (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by or on behalf of the Holder.

 

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18.                                Waiver of Notice, etc .  The Company hereby waives presentment, notice of dishonor or acceleration (except with respect to the Acceleration Notice), protest and notice of protest, and any and all other notices or demands in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note.

 

19.                                Headings; Rules of Construction .  The section headings of this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Note or any provision hereof. The terms “including” and “include” shall mean “including, without limitation”.  All references to (a) laws include all related regulations, interpretations, supplements, amendments and successor provisions, (b) any document, instrument or agreement includes any amendments, restatements, supplements, amendment and restatements, waivers, refundings, and other modifications, extensions, replacements and renewals thereof (to the extent permitted by the terms hereof), and (c) a Person shall include his/her/its respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

20.                                GOVERNING LAW .  THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED A CONTRACT UNDER, AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS OR ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR RULE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

 

21.                                JURISDICTION . THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE DELAWARE COURT OF CHANCERY (AND IF SUCH COURT SHALL BE UNAVAILABLE, ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE) AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY MAY BE LITIGATED ONLY IN SUCH COURTS.  THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed, and the Holder has caused this Note to be duly acknowledged, as of the date set forth below.

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

Name: Robert S. Radie

 

 

Title:   CEO

 

[Signature Page to Interim Payment Note]

 


 

Accepted by the Holder as of

 

the date first written above:

 

 

 

IROKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Todd Smith

 

 

Name: Todd Smith

 

 

Title:   CEO

 

 

[Signature Page to Interim Payment Note]

 

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Schedule A

 

Amortization Schedule

 

Date

 

Payment Amount

January 31, 2020

 

$375,000

February 29, 2020

 

$375,000

March 31, 2020

 

$375,000

April 30, 2020

 

$375,000

May 31, 2020

 

$375,000

June 30, 2020

 

$375,000

July 31, 2020

 

outstanding Principal Amount plus any Principal Increases plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon

 


Exhibit 4.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

FORM OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT(1)

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

This COMMON STOCK 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 and from time to time after the date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”), to subscribe for and purchase from Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), [           ] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “ Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1 . Definitions .

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Business Day” means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in the city to which the notice or communication is to be sent are not required to be open.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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

 

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

 

“Fair Value,” as of a specified date, means the price per share of Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i)                                      in the case of shares of Common Stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, the VWAP of a share of Common Stock for the 20 Trading Days ending on, but excluding, the specified date (or if the Common Stock has been listed for less than 20 Trading Days, the VWAP for such lesser period of time);

 

(ii)                                   in the case of Common Stock not listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, the VWAP of a share of Common Stock in composite trading for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange (including, for such purpose, the Over The Counter Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets) on which the Common Stock is then listed for the 20 Trading Days ending on, but excluding, the specified date (or if the Common Stock has been listed for less than 20 Trading Days, the

 


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VWAP for such lesser period of time); or

 

(iii)                                in all other cases, the fair value per share of Common Stock as of a date not earlier than 10 Business Days preceding the specified date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and, if the Board of Directors of the Company elects to engage the same, upon the advice of an independent investment banking, financial advisory or valuation firm or appraiser selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that the application of clauses (i) or (ii) of this definition would result in a VWAP based on the trading prices of a thinly-traded Common Stock such that the price resulting therefrom may not represent an accurate measurement of the fair value of the Common Stock, the disinterested members of the Board of Directors at their election may apply the provisions of clause (iii) of this definition in lieu of the applicable clause (i) or (ii) with respect to the determination of the fair value of the Common Stock.

 

“Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding” means, as of the time of calculation, (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding plus (y) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of any other issued and outstanding securities or rights convertible into, or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Common Stock ( excluding , for the avoidance of doubt, any unexercised warrants or options to purchase Common Stock.

 

“Net Share Amount” means for each Warrant exercised as to which Net Share Settlement is applicable, a fraction of a Warrant Share equal to (i) the Fair Value (as of the exercise date for such Warrant) of one Warrant Share minus the Exercise Price therefor divided by (ii) such Fair Value.  The number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise, on the same exercise date, of Warrants as to which Net Share Settlement is applicable shall be aggregated, with any fractional Warrant Share rounded as provided in Section 2(e)(v).  In no event shall the Company deliver a fractional Warrant Share in connection with an exercise of Warrants as to which Net Share Settlement is applicable.

 

“Net Share Settlement” means the settlement method pursuant to which an exercising Holder shall be entitled to receive from the Company, for each Warrant exercised, a number of Warrant Shares equal to the Net Share Amount without any payment of cash therefor.

 

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.

 

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

 

“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 Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. For the avoidance of doubt, the Standard Settlement Period as of the Initial Exercise Date is two (2) Trading Days, and if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on any exchange the Standard Settlement Period shall be two (2) Business Days.

 

“Trading Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, other than any day on which the Common Stock is not traded on the applicable securities exchange.

 

“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: The NASDAQ Global Market (or any successors thereto) or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Market (or

 

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any successors thereto), the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market (including, for such purpose, the Over The Counter Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets) on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading.

 

“Transfer Agent” means Broadridge Corporation Issuer Solutions, Inc., and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

“VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the price for the Common Stock determined by the daily volume weighted average price per share of the Common Stock for such Trading Day on the trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted, in each case, for the regular trading session (including any extensions thereof, without regard to pre-open or after hours trading outside of such regular trading session) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market, or if such Securities are not listed or quoted on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market, as reported by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange (including, for such purpose, the Over The Counter Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets) on which such Securities are then listed or quoted, whichever is applicable, as published by Bloomberg at 4:15 P.M., New York City time (or 15 minutes following the end of any extension of the regular trading session), on such Trading Day, or if such volume weighted average price is unavailable or in manifest error, the price per share of Common Stock using a volume weighted average price method selected by an independent nationally recognized investment bank or other qualified financial institution selected by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Section 2 . Exercise .

 

a) 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 by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it 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 e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto. 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, but without delaying the Company’s requirement to deliver Warrant Shares on the applicable Warrant Share Delivery Date (as defined below), surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation as soon as practicable following 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) Trading 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 share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.001 per share (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

c) Exercise for Cash . This Warrant may be exercised, at any time on or after the Initial Exercise Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2(a) and (ii) a cash payment to the Company in the amount equal to the

 

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Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this Warrant is then exercised by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank.

 

d) Cashless Exercise . This Warrant may be exercised, at any time on or after the Initial Exercise Date, in whole or in part, by means of a Net Share Settlement and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2(a).

 

With respect to any Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such a Net Share Settlement, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(d).

 

e) Mechanics of Exercise .

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise . The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to 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 ”) by the final day of the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). 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. 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 closing price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on any national or regional securities exchange, based on the then most recent closing price of the Common Stock prior to the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5th) 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; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder shall not be entitled to such liquidated damages if the Holder is entitled to the Buy-In payments pursuant to Section 2(e)(iv) below. 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.

 

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(e)(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(e)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if

 

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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, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive 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 shares of Common Stock 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 actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions), 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 shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate actual sale price (including brokerage commissions) 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 promptly provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company. 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 shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Holder shall not be entitled to both (i) require the reinstatement of the portion of the Warrant and the equivalent Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored and (ii) receive the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements hereunder.

 

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 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 stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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f) Holder’s Exercise Limitations .

 

i.                                           Limitation on Exercise .  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 whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, including any “group” of which the Holder is a member (such Persons, “ Attribution Parties ”)), would own, of record, in excess of the Ownership Limitation (as defined below), provided that the limitations in this Section 2(f) shall only apply for the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the date which is eighteen (18) months immediately following the Effective Date, and provided , further , that the limitations in this Section 2(f) shall not apply in the event of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) or following a Notice of Dissolution (as defined below.)  For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be permitted to exercise this Warrant, at any time, in part or in whole, in amounts sufficient for the Holder and Attribution Parties to maintain in the aggregate no less than the Ownership Limitation, including if and to the extent that (A) any other warrants issued by the Company are exercised, transferred, exchanged, redeemed or otherwise cease to be in the ownership or control of the parties that received such warrants on or substantially concurrently with the Effective Date or (B) the Company issues additional Common Stock for any reason (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any exercise, exchange or conversion of warrants, options or convertible securities or other securities into shares of Common Stock.)

 

ii.                                        Calculation of Limitation .  For purposes of this Section 2(f), the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, non-exercised 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 non-converted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, the Company’s 13% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 and any other warrants, options or other convertible debt securities of the Company) 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. The submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s representation that the exercise of this Warrant is not subject to the limitation contained in this Section 2(f). 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 and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(f), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange 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 shares of Common Stock outstanding. In each case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock was reported.

 

iii.                                     Company Notice .  The Company shall provide written notice to each Warrant Holder (A) within five (5) days after the exercise, transfer, exchange, repurchase or other transfer

 

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of ownership or control of any warrants issued by the Company, (B) within five (5) days after any issuance of Common Stock by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any exercise, exchange or conversion of warrants, options or convertible securities or other securities into shares of Common Stock,) (C) within one (1) Business Day after any decision by the Board of Directors of the Company to take action toward the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (a “ Notice of Dissolution ”) and (D) of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding upon the reasonable request of the Holder within two (2) Business Days after any such request.  Each warrant issued by the Company on or substantially concurrently with the Effective Date shall include a blackout period of no less than twenty-five (25) days prior to the record date of any vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.  In the event that any warrant not held by the Holder is exercised within ten (10) days before the beginning of such blackout period (a “ Pre-Blackout Exercise ”), the Holder will be entitled and given the opportunity during such blackout period and prior to such record date to exercise that portion of this Warrant necessary for the Holder together with the Attribution Parties to hold, in the aggregate, up to the Ownership Limitation.

 

iv.                                    Ownership Limitation Percentage .  The “ Ownership Limitation ” shall be 49.0% of the Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding.  The limitations contained in this Section 2(f) shall apply to a successor holder of this warrant.

 

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 shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company (each, a “ Dilutive Event ”), then, in each case, the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted in a good faith, commercially reasonable manner to preserve the fair value of the Warrants. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders 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 Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

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 shares of Common Stock, 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

 

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dividend (including a cash 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.

 

d) Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(f) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “ Alternate Consideration ”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(f) on the exercise of this Warrant). If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “ Successor Entity ”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the Exercise Price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation

 

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of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Company or the Successor Entity, as applicable), and, as applicable, the Company or the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if, as applicable, the Company or such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company herein.

 

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 shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

f) Notice to Holder . Whenever the number of Warrant Shares 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 number of Warrant Shares after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock 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 stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, 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 Common Stock is 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 Register (as defined below) of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified (or, less than 20 calendar days, if sent concurrently upon the notice sent to the Company’s stockholders or public disclosure by the Company of such events), 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 Common Stock 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 Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock 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 Company’s subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-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 . This Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together

 

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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 two (2) 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 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 initial issuance date of this Warrant 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.

 

Section 5 . Miscellaneous .

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise . This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder 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 Trading Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares .

 

(i) The Company covenants that as of the date hereof and during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase

 

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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 executing stock certificates to execute and issue 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 Common Stock 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).

 

(ii) 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 non-assessable 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.

 

(iii) Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable, 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 governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Delaware. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such action or proceeding by overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

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

 

g) Non-waiver 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. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, 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 notices, consents, waivers or other document or communications required or permitted to be given or delivered under the terms of this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, if delivered personally; (ii) when sent, if sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); (iii) when sent, if sent by e-mail (provided that such sent e-mail is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s e-mail server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient) and (iv) if sent by overnight courier service, one (1) Trading Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be, if to the Holder, to its address, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth herein or on the books and records of the Company, and if to the Company:

 

Address:

Egalet Corporation

 

600 Lee Road, Suite 100

 

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

Telephone:

(610) 833-4200

Attention:

Chief Executive Officer

Email:

rradie@egalet.com

 

Or, in each of the above instances, to such other address, facsimile number or e-mail address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party at least five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date and recipient facsimile number or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iv) above, respectively. A copy of the e-mail transmission containing the time, date and recipient email address shall be rebuttable evidence of receipt by e-mail in accordance with clause (iii) above.

 

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 Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

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j) 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.

 

k) Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of Warrants of the same class representing not less than a majority of the Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise of the aggregate number of Warrants of such class then outstanding; provided , that any modification or amendment that disproportionately and materially adversely impacts a Holder shall require the consent of such Holder.

 

l) 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. The provisions of this Warrant shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of hereof which may be defective or inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the Trading Market and the parties hereby agree to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to comply with such rules and regulations.

 

m) 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.

 

n) 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.

 

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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.

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: EGALET CORPORATION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Warrant (which Warrant will be attached only if exercised in full). By executing this notice, the undersigned Holder represents that it has complied with the Holder’s exercise limitations set forth in Section 2(f) of the Warrant. 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:

 

 

 

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Investing Entity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 exercise the Warrant.)

 

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:

 

 

 

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.

 

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Exhibit 4.4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

FORM OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT(1)

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

This COMMON STOCK 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 and from time to time after the date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”), to subscribe for and purchase from Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), [          ] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “ Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1 . Definitions .

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Business Day” means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in the city to which the notice or communication is to be sent are not required to be open.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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

 

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

 

“Fair Value,” as of a specified date, means the price per share of Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i)                                      in the case of shares of Common Stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, the VWAP of a share of Common Stock for the 20 Trading Days ending on, but excluding, the specified date (or if the Common Stock has been listed for less than 20 Trading Days, the VWAP for such lesser period of time);

 

(ii)                                   in the case of Common Stock not listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, the VWAP of a share of Common Stock in composite trading for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange (including, for such purpose, the Over The Counter Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets) on which the Common Stock is then listed for the 20 Trading Days ending on, but excluding, the specified date (or if the Common Stock has been listed for less than 20 Trading Days, the VWAP for such lesser period of time); or

 

(iii)                                in all other cases, the fair value per share of Common Stock as of a date not earlier than 10 Business Days preceding the specified date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and, if the Board of Directors of the Company elects to engage the same, upon the advice of an independent investment banking, financial advisory or valuation firm or appraiser selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that the application of clauses (i) or (ii) of this definition would result in a VWAP based on the trading prices of a thinly-traded Common Stock such that the price resulting therefrom may not represent an accurate measurement of the fair value of the Common Stock, the disinterested members of the Board of Directors at their election may apply the provisions of clause (iii) of this definition in lieu of the applicable clause (i) or (ii) with respect to the determination of the fair value of the Common Stock.

 

“Net Share Amount” means for each Warrant exercised as to which Net Share Settlement is applicable, a fraction of a Warrant Share equal to (i) the Fair Value (as of the exercise date for such Warrant) of one Warrant Share minus the Exercise Price therefor divided by (ii) such Fair Value.  The

 


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number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise, on the same exercise date, of Warrants as to which Net Share Settlement is applicable shall be aggregated, with any fractional Warrant Share rounded as provided in Section 2(e)(v).  In no event shall the Company deliver a fractional Warrant Share in connection with an exercise of Warrants as to which Net Share Settlement is applicable.

 

“Net Share Settlement” means the settlement method pursuant to which an exercising Holder shall be entitled to receive from the Company, for each Warrant exercised, a number of Warrant Shares equal to the Net Share Amount without any payment of cash therefor.

 

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.

 

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

 

“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 Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. For the avoidance of doubt, the Standard Settlement Period as of the Initial Exercise Date is two (2) Trading Days, and if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on any exchange the Standard Settlement Period shall be two (2) Business Days.

 

“Trading Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, other than any day on which the Common Stock is not traded on the applicable securities exchange.

 

“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: The NASDAQ Global Market (or any successors thereto) or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Market (or any successors thereto), the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market (including, for such purpose, the Over The Counter Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets) on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading.

 

“Transfer Agent” means Broadridge Corporation Issuer Solutions, Inc., and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

“VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the price for the Common Stock determined by the daily volume weighted average price per share of the Common Stock for such Trading Day on the trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted, in each case, for the regular trading session (including any extensions thereof, without regard to pre-open or after hours trading outside of such regular trading session) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market, or if such Securities are not listed or quoted on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market, as reported by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange (including, for such purpose, the Over The Counter Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets) on which such Securities are then listed or quoted, whichever is applicable, as published by Bloomberg at 4:15 P.M., New York City time (or 15 minutes following the end of any extension of the regular trading session), on such Trading Day, or if such volume weighted average price is unavailable or in manifest error, the price per share of Common Stock using a volume weighted average price method selected by an independent nationally recognized investment bank or other qualified financial institution selected by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Section 2 . Exercise .

 

a) 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 by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it 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 e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto. 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, but without delaying the Company’s requirement to deliver Warrant Shares on the applicable Warrant Share Delivery Date (as defined below), surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation as soon as practicable following 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

 

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(1) Trading 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 share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.001 per share (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

c) Exercise for Cash . This Warrant may be exercised, at any time on or after the Initial Exercise Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2(a) and (ii) a cash payment to the Company in the amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this Warrant is then exercised by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank.

 

d) Cashless Exercise . This Warrant may be exercised, at any time on or after the Initial Exercise Date, in whole or in part, by means of a Net Share Settlement and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2(a).

 

With respect to any Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such a Net Share Settlement, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(d).

 

e) Mechanics of Exercise .

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise . The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to 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 ”) by the final day of the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). 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. 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 closing price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on any national or regional securities exchange, based on the then most recent closing price of the Common Stock prior to the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5th) 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; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder shall not be entitled to such liquidated damages if the Holder is entitled to the Buy-In payments pursuant to Section 2(e)(iv) below. 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.

 

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(e)(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(e)(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, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive 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 shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount

 

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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 actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions), 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 shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate actual sale price (including brokerage commissions) 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 promptly provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company. 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 shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Holder shall not be entitled to both (i) require the reinstatement of the portion of the Warrant and the equivalent Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored and (ii) receive the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements hereunder.

 

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 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 stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

f) 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 whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, including any “group” of which the Holder is a member (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 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, non-exercised 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 non-converted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, the Company’s 13% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 and any other warrants or other convertible debt securities of the Company) 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. For purposes of this Section 2(f), 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. The submission of a Notice of

 

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Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s representation that the exercise of this Warrant is not subject to the limitation contained in this Section 2(f). 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 and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(f), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock 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(f). Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st 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(f) 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.

 

g) Blackout Period . Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, 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 such exercise would be effective on a date that is less than twenty-five (25) days prior to the record date of any vote of the stockholders of the Company.

 

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 shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company (each, a “ Dilutive Event ”), then, in each case, the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted in a good faith, commercially reasonable manner to preserve the fair value of the Warrants. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders 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 Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock, 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

 

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dividend (including a cash 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the 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 shares of Common Stock 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).

 

d) Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(f) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “ Alternate Consideration ”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(f) on the exercise of this Warrant). If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “ Successor Entity ”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the Exercise Price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Company or the Successor Entity, as applicable), and, as applicable, the Company or the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if, as applicable, the Company or such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company herein.

 

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 shares of

 

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Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

f) Notice to Holder . Whenever the number of Warrant Shares 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 number of Warrant Shares after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock 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 stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, 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 Common Stock is 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 Register (as defined below) of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified (or, less than 20 calendar days, if sent concurrently upon the notice sent to the Company’s stockholders or public disclosure by the Company of such events), 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 Common Stock 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 Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock 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 Company’s subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-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 . This Warrant and all rights hereunder 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 two (2) 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 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 initial issuance date of this Warrant 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.

 

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Section 5 . Miscellaneous .

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise . This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder 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 Trading Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares .

 

(i) The Company covenants that as of the date hereof and during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of 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 executing stock certificates to execute and issue 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 Common Stock 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).

 

(ii) 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 non-assessable 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.

 

(iii) Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable, 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 governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Delaware. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each

 

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party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such action or proceeding by overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

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

 

g) Non-waiver 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. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, 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 notices, consents, waivers or other document or communications required or permitted to be given or delivered under the terms of this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, if delivered personally; (ii) when sent, if sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); (iii) when sent, if sent by e-mail (provided that such sent e-mail is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s e-mail server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient) and (iv) if sent by overnight courier service, one (1) Trading Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be, if to the Holder, to its address, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth herein or on the books and records of the Company, and if to the Company:

 

Address:

Egalet Corporation

 

600 Lee Road, Suite 100

 

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

Telephone:

(610) 833-4200

Attention:

Chief Executive Officer

Email:

rradie@egalet.com

 

Or, in each of the above instances, to such other address, facsimile number or e-mail address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party at least five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date and recipient facsimile number or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iv) above, respectively. A copy of the e-mail transmission containing the time, date and recipient email address shall be rebuttable evidence of receipt by e-mail in accordance with clause (iii) above.

 

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 Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) 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.

 

k) Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of Warrants of the same class representing not less than a majority of the Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise of the aggregate number of Warrants of such class then outstanding; provided , that any modification or amendment that disproportionately and materially adversely impacts a Holder shall require the consent of such Holder.

 

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l) 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. The provisions of this Warrant shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of hereof which may be defective or inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the Trading Market and the parties hereby agree to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to comply with such rules and regulations.

 

m) 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.

 

n) 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.

 

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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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.

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: EGALET CORPORATION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Warrant (which Warrant will be attached only if exercised in full). By executing this notice, the undersigned Holder represents that it has complied with the Holder’s exercise limitations set forth in Section 2(f) of the Warrant. 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:

 

 

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

 

 

Name of Investing Entity:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity :

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

 

 

 

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 exercise the Warrant.)

 

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:

 

 

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

ROYALTY RIGHT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of January [ · ], 2019

 

between

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

and

 

THE PURCHASER NAMED HEREIN

 


 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINED TERMS

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1

Rules of Construction and Defined Terms

1

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

ROYALTY RIGHT

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1

Sale of Royalty Right

1

Section 2.2

Payment Procedures

1

Section 2.3

Notice of First Sale Date

2

Section 2.4

Information Rights

2

Section 2.5

Audit Rights

2

Section 2.6

Transferability of Royalty Right

3

Section 2.7

Allocation of Purchase Price

3

Section 2.8

No Partnership or Joint Venture

3

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

MERGERS

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1

Mergers

3

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

CONFIDENTIALITY

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1

Confidentiality

4

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Section 5.1

Survival of Certain Provisions

5

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

NOTICES

 

 

 

 

Section 6.1

Notices

5

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

 

 

 

 

Section 7.1

Successors and Assigns

6

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

 

SEVERABILITY

 

 

 

 

Section 8.1

Severability

6

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

 

 

 

Section 9.1

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

6

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

 

 

GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION

 

 

 

 

Section 10.1

Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction

6

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

 

COUNTERPARTS

 

 

 

 

Section 11.1

Counterparts

7

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS AND HEADINGS

 

 

 

 

Section 12.1

Table of Contents and Headings

7

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

 

TAX MATTERS; TAX DISCLOSURE

 

 

 

 

Section 13.1

Tax Matters

7

Section 13.2

Tax Disclosure

8

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIV

 

 

AMENDMENT TO EXISTING ROYALTY RIGHT AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

Section 14.1

Amendment to Existing Royalty Right Agreement

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Annex A

Rules of Construction and Defined Terms

 

 

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ROYALTY RIGHT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of January 31, 2019

 

To the Purchaser named on the signature page hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Seller ”), hereby covenants and agrees with you as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINED TERMS

 

Section 1.1                                     Rules of Construction and Defined Terms .  The rules of construction set forth in Annex A shall apply to this Royalty Right Agreement and are hereby incorporated by reference into this Royalty Right Agreement as if set forth fully in this Royalty Right Agreement.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Royalty Right Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in Annex A , which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Royalty Right Agreement as if set forth fully in this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

[Section 1.2                           Amendment and Restatement .  Reference is hereby made to those certain Royalty Rights Agreements dated as of August 31, 2016 and January 18, 2017, by and between the Purchaser and the Seller (the “ Old Agreements ”).  The Seller and the Purchaser desire to amend and restate the Old Agreements in their entirety and agree that their respective rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to the subject matter thereof and hereof shall be governed by this Royalty Right Agreement.](1)

 

ARTICLE II
ROYALTY RIGHT

 

Section 2.1                                     Sale of Royalty Right .  The Seller hereby sells to the purchaser named on the signature page hereto (together with any Person to whom the Royalty Right is Transferred pursuant to the terms hereof, the “ Purchaser ”) the Royalty Right in consideration for the consideration set forth in [the Asset Purchase Agreement//Section 1.2].  The Royalty Right shall only be evidenced by this Royalty Right Agreement and shall not be evidenced by a certificate or other instrument.

 

Section 2.2                                     Payment Procedures .  (a) On or prior to each Royalty Right Payment Date, the Seller shall (i) pay, by wire transfer in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars to the Purchaser Account, the Royalty Right Payment Amount with respect to the corresponding Royalty Right Period and (ii) deliver to the Purchaser a report (a “ Report ”)

 


(1)  NTD: To be included in non-Iroko agreement only.

 

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setting forth (A) such Royalty Right Payment Amount and (B) the Net Sales of the Products for such Royalty Right Period, calculated in reasonable detail.  Each Report and the contents thereof shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The Seller shall be entitled to withhold taxes from any payments under the Royalty Right as required under applicable Law unless, and solely to the extent, the Purchaser provides an IRS Form W-9 certifying that it is a U.S. person or an appropriate IRS Form W-8 claiming the benefits of an applicable income tax treaty pursuant to which the Purchaser is entitled to a complete exemption from U.S. federal income tax in respect of royalty income and “other income” (each, a “ Tax Exemption Form ”).  In the event any Tax Exemption Form delivered to the Seller by the Purchaser expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, the Purchaser shall promptly provide an updated Tax Exemption Form or notify the Seller in writing of the Purchaser’s legal inability to do so (in which case the Seller shall be entitled to withhold from payments made to the Purchaser).

 

Section 2.3                                     [Reserved] .

 

Section 2.4                                     Information Rights .  Upon the Purchaser’s prior written request, the Seller shall meet at reasonable times during normal business hours with the Purchaser up to once per calendar year to discuss the content of any Report (or reasons for the lack of any Report).  The Seller shall promptly furnish to the Purchaser all relevant information and documentation in connection with this Royalty Right Agreement that the Purchaser may reasonably request in connection with the determination of whether the calculation of Net Sales of the Products or a Royalty Right Payment Amount is in error.  The Seller agrees to maintain books and records relevant to the calculation of Net Sales of the Products and Royalty Right Payment Amounts.  Any information or documentation provided or made available by the Seller pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

Section 2.5                                     Audit Rights .  Subject to reasonable advance written notice from the Purchaser within six (6) months of each Royalty Right Payment Date, the Seller shall permit the Purchaser and an independent accounting firm of national reputation chosen by the Purchaser to have access during normal business hours to the books and records of the Seller as may be reasonably necessary to audit the calculation of Net Sales and Royalty Right Payment Amounts (or reasons for the lack of any calculation therefor) for the applicable Royalty Right Period pertaining to such Royalty Right Payment Date.  Any such audit shall be at the expense of the Purchaser; provided , however , that if any such audit reveals a discrepancy of at least 5% of a Royalty Right Payment Amount, then the cost of such audit shall instead be borne by the Seller.  In the event that any audit reveals an underpayment of any Royalty Right Payment Amount, then the underpayment amount shall be paid within thirty (30) days after Purchaser makes a demand therefor, plus interest thereon if such amount is in excess of five percent (5%) of the amount that actually should have been paid.  Such interest shall be calculated from the date such amount was due until the date such amount is actually paid, at the rate of one-half percent (0.5%) over the prime rate of interest as published in The Wall Street Journal , Eastern Edition , in effect on the date such amount was due.  The independent accounting firm conducting any audit pursuant to this Section 2.5

 

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shall agree to be bound by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement or shall otherwise agree to confidentiality provisions acceptable to the Seller.  Any books and records, information or other documentation provided or made available by the Seller pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

Section 2.6                                     Transferability of Royalty Right .  Subject to final sentence of this Section 2.6 , [Section 14.1 and the applicable provisions of the Asset Purchase Agreement,](2) at the option of the Purchaser, the Royalty Right may be Transferred, in whole but not in part, but only in compliance with applicable Laws and upon three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Seller.  Any request to Transfer the Royalty Right must be in writing and accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of Transfer and any other documentation reasonably requested by the Seller (including a Confidentiality Agreement [and any applicable joinders](3) executed by the transferee and any new information in respect of the Purchaser Account contemplated by the definition thereof) in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Seller.  Upon receipt of such written request and other instruments and documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Seller, the Seller shall recognize the requested Transfer, and Seller’s recognition of any such Transfer shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.  Any duly Transferred Royalty Right shall be the valid obligation of the Seller, evidencing the same right and entitling the transferee to the same benefits and rights under this Royalty Right Agreement as those previously held by the transferor.  Any Transfer of the Royalty Right shall be without charge (other than the cost of any transfer tax, which shall be the responsibility of the transferor).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the consent of the Seller shall be required with respect to, and the Seller shall have the right to decline to consent to and recognize, any Transfer that is proposed to be made to any Person that the Seller reasonably determines is a competitor of the Seller.

 

Section 2.7                                     [Reserved.]

 

Section 2.8                                     No Partnership or Joint Venture .  For the avoidance of doubt, the Royalty Right shall not represent any equity or ownership interest in the Seller or have any voting, management or dividend rights.  The Seller and the Purchaser are not partners, associates or joint venturers with each other, and nothing herein shall be construed to impose any liability as such on either of them or make them a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity or legal form.

 

ARTICLE III
MERGERS

 

Section 3.1                                     Mergers .  The Seller shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the Seller is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person

 


(2)  NTD: To be included in Iroko agreement only.

(3)  NTD: To be included in Iroko agreement only.

 

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unless (a) the Seller is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than the Seller) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the Laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (the Seller or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Company ”), (b) the Successor Company (if other than the Seller) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Seller under this Royalty Right Agreement pursuant to documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, (c) no default by the Seller of its obligations under this Royalty Right Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing and (d) the Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up, conversion, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and such documents or instruments (if any) comply with this Royalty Right Agreement.  The Successor Company (if other than the Seller) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Seller under this Royalty Right Agreement, and in such event the Seller will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV
CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Section 4.1                                     Confidentiality .  Except as otherwise required by applicable Law or judicial or administrative proceedings (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar process) or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or trading system or any Governmental Authority or pursuant to requests from regulatory agencies having oversight over the Seller and except as otherwise set forth in this Section 4.1, the Seller will, and will cause each of its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and similarly situated persons who receive such information to, treat and hold as confidential and not disclose to any Person any and all Confidential Information furnished to it by the Purchaser, as well as the information on the signature page to this Royalty Right Agreement, and to use any such Confidential Information and other information only in connection with this Royalty Right Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller may disclose such information solely on a need-to-know basis and solely to its members, directors, employees, managers, officers, agents, brokers, advisors, lawyers, bankers, trustees, representatives, investors, co-investors, insurers, insurance brokers, underwriters and financing parties; provided , however , that such Persons shall be informed of the confidential nature of such information and shall be obligated to keep such Confidential Information and other information confidential pursuant to obligations of confidentiality no less onerous than those set forth herein.  Except as otherwise required by applicable Law or judicial or administrative proceedings (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar process) or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or trading system or any Governmental Authority or pursuant to requests from regulatory agencies having oversight over the Seller, in no event shall the Purchaser’s name (in any variation) be used in any public announcement or filing, or in any type of mail or electronic distribution intended for an audience that is not

 

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solely limited to the Affiliates of the Seller.  Except as required by applicable Law or judicial or administrative proceedings (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar process) or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or trading system or any Governmental Authority or pursuant to requests from regulatory agencies having oversight over the Seller, neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates shall disclose to any Person, or use or include in any public announcement or any public filing, the identity of any shareholders, members, directors or Affiliates of the Purchaser, without the prior written consent of such shareholder, member, director or Affiliate.

 

ARTICLE V
SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS

 

Section 5.1                                     Survival of Certain Provisions .  The covenants and agreements contained in this Royalty Right Agreement shall survive (a) the execution and delivery of this Royalty Right Agreement and (b) any Transfer by the Purchaser of the Royalty Right or any interest therein.  All such provisions are binding upon and may be relied upon by the Purchaser, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of the Purchaser.  All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of either party hereto pursuant to this Royalty Right Agreement shall be deemed to have been relied upon by the other party hereto and shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any such party.  This Royalty Right Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof, other than the separate Confidentiality Agreement entered into between the Purchaser (or its Affiliate) and the Seller relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Royalty Right shall remain in full force and effect following any Change of Control (as defined in that certain Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Seller, Egalet US Inc., Egalet Ltd., and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent).

 

ARTICLE VI
NOTICES

 

Section 6.1                                     Notices .  All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing and delivered by hand, mail, email, overnight courier or telefax as follows:

 

(a)                 if to the Purchaser, as set forth on the signature page hereto; and

 

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(b)                 if to the Seller, to:

 

Egalet Corporation
600 Lee Road, Suite 100
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Attention:            Megan Timmins, General Counsel
Facsimile:            (484) 580-6230
Email:                  mtimmins@egalet.com

 

ARTICLE VII
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

 

Section 7.1                                     Successors and Assigns .  This Royalty Right Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors, permitted assignees and permitted transferees.  The Seller may not assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, other than in accordance with the terms of Section 3.1.

 

ARTICLE VIII
SEVERABILITY

 

Section 8.1                                     Severability .  Any provision of this Royalty Right Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by Law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

ARTICLE IX
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

Section 9.1                                     WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PURCHASER AND THE SELLER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS ROYALTY RIGHT AGREEMENT.

 

ARTICLE X
GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION

 

Section 10.1                              Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction .  THIS ROYALTY RIGHT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE

 

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WITH SUCH LAWS.  To the extent permitted by applicable Law, the parties hereto hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of competent jurisdiction in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Royalty Right Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE XI
COUNTERPARTS

 

Section 11.1                              Counterparts .  This Royalty Right Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Royalty Right Agreement.  Any counterpart may be executed by facsimile or other electronic transmission, and such facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed an original.

 

ARTICLE XII
TABLE OF CONTENTS AND HEADINGS

 

Section 12.1                              Table of Contents and Headings .  The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Royalty Right Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

ARTICLE XIII
TAX MATTERS; TAX DISCLOSURE

 

Section 13.1                              Tax Matters .  The Seller and the Purchaser intend that the Royalty Right be treated for U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes as a contractual right to receive the Royalty Right Payment Amounts, if any.  The Seller and the Purchaser do not intend that the Royalty Right be treated as an equity or ownership interest in the Seller or that any amount allocated to the Royalty Right pursuant to Section 2.7 be treated as a contribution to capital, and neither the Seller nor the Purchaser shall take any action inconsistent with such treatment.  The Purchaser shall treat the Royalty Right Payment Amounts, if any, as ordinary income for U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes, and neither the Seller nor the Purchaser shall take any action inconsistent with such treatment.  So long as the Purchaser shall have delivered to the Seller a properly completed IRS Form W-9, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (in any case, specifying that the Purchaser is entitled to the benefits of an applicable income tax treaty and is entitled to a zero rate of withholding under the “Royalty” and “Other Income” articles of such treaty) or IRS Form W-8ECI and certifying, to the extent required, that the Purchaser is not subject to the withholding tax imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and the regulations thereunder, the Seller shall not withhold U.S. federal income tax on any Royalty Right Payment Amount.  After the end of each calendar year, but not later than the latest date permitted by applicable Law, the Seller shall timely prepare and timely file, deliver and furnish, as the case may be,

 

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IRS Forms 1042 and IRS Forms 1099, as applicable, with respect to any payments of the Royalty Right Payment Amounts.

 

Section 13.2                              Tax Disclosure .  Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary herein, the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Seller, on the other hand, and its respective employees, representatives and agents may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and the tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Royalty Right Agreement and the agreements and instruments referred to herein and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to such Person relating to such tax treatment and tax structure; provided , however , that neither such Person nor any employee, representative or other agent thereof shall disclose any other information that is not relevant to understanding the tax treatment and tax structure of such transactions (including the identity of any party and any information that could lead another to determine the identity of any party) or any other information to the extent that such disclosure could reasonably result in a violation of any Law relating to federal or state securities matters.  For these purposes, the tax treatment of the transactions contemplated by this Royalty Right Agreement and the agreements and instruments referred to herein means the purported or claimed U.S. federal or state tax treatment of such transactions.  Moreover, the tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Royalty Right Agreement and the agreements and instruments referred to herein includes any fact that may be relevant to understanding the purported or claimed U.S. federal or state tax treatment of such transactions.

 

ARTICLE XIV (4)
RIGHT TO SET OFF

 

Section 14.1                              Right to Set Off .  [By accepting and holding the Royalty Right (or any beneficial interest herein), the Holder of the Royalty Right accepts, agrees and acknowledges that (i) all payments required to be made by the Issuer and the Guarantors pursuant to this Agreement  (collectively, “Subject Payments”) are subject in all respects to the setoff and recoupment rights and obligations set forth in Section 6.6 (Right to Set-Off) and Section 6.9 (Recoupment) (collectively, the “Setoff Rights”) of the Asset Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Company is authorized to retain and not distribute any and all Subject Payments to the extent of any unpaid Agreed Amounts or Damages (each as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) as are finally resolved pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement or to the extent of any amounts reserved for pending claims as provided pursuant to the Setoff Rights, (iii) it waives its right and entitlement to receive or retain any Subject Payments to the extent such amounts are retained pursuant to validly exercised Setoff Rights (except to the extent of any such amounts that have been reserved for pending claims are subsequently required to be distributed upon the final resolution thereof in accordance with the Asset Purchase Agreement), and (iv) to the extent provided in Section 6.6(a) of the Asset Purchase Agreement, distributions made to the Company within the first eighteen (18) month period following the Closing (as defined in the Asset

 


(4)  NTD: To be included in Iroko agreement only.

 

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Purchase Agreement) may be subject to reimbursement. The foregoing Setoff Rights shall expire on the earlier of (x) one Business Day immediately following the termination of this Agreement, and (y) the later to occur of (A) the expiration of Iroko’s indemnification obligations set forth in Section 6.1 (Indemnification by the Company) of the Asset Purchase Agreement, and (B) the resolution and satisfaction in full of any and all indemnification claims properly and timely made pursuant to said Section 6.1 of the Asset Purchase Agreement.]

 

{SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS}

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of this Royalty Right Agreement, kindly sign and return to us one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among us and you in accordance with its terms.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

{ Signature Page to Royalty Right Agreement }

 


 

 

PURCHASER:

 

 

 

 

 

{Insert Purchaser’s name on line above}

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Address:

 

 

Facsimile:

 

 

Email:

 

 

Purchaser Account Information:

 

 

 

Bank:                                                                          

 

 

 

ABA #:                                                                        

 

 

 

Account #:                                                                   

 

 

 

Name/Attention:                                                        

 

 

Percentage Purchased:                                                          %

 

{ Signature Page to Royalty Right Agreement }

 


 

ANNEX A
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINED TERMS

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, in this Annex A and otherwise in this Royalty Right Agreement:

 

(a)                                  A term has the meaning assigned to it and an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP.

 

(b)                                  Where any payment is to be made, any funds are to be applied or any calculation is to be made under this Royalty Right Agreement on a day that is not a Business Day, unless this Royalty Right Agreement otherwise provides, such payment shall be made, such funds shall be applied and such calculation shall be made on the succeeding Business Day, and payments shall be adjusted accordingly, including interest unless otherwise specified.

 

(c)                                   Words of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall mean and include the correlative words of other genders.

 

(d)                                  The definitions of terms shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.

 

(e)                                   The terms “include”, “including” and similar terms shall be construed as if followed by the phrase “without limitation”.

 

(f)                                    Unless otherwise specified, references to an agreement or other document include references to such agreement or document as from time to time amended, restated, reformed, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, reformations, supplements or modifications set forth in this Annex A or otherwise in this Royalty Right Agreement) and include any Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules attached thereto.

 

(g)                                   References to any Law shall include such Law as from time to time in effect, including any amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment thereof or any substitution therefor.

 

(h)                                  References to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment, transfer or delegation set forth in this Annex A or otherwise in this Royalty Right Agreement), and any reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in other capacities.

 

(i)                                      The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.

 

(j)                                     The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar terms when used in this Annex A or otherwise in this Royalty Right Agreement shall refer to this Royalty Right Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof or thereof, and Article, Section, Annex, Schedule and Exhibit references herein and therein are references to Articles and

 

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Sections of, and Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits to, this Royalty Right Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(k)                                  In the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and each of the words “to” and “until” means “to but excluding”.

 

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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the specified Person.  For purposes of this definition, “ control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise, and “ controlled ” has a meaning correlative thereto.

 

ARYMO ER™ ” means the product referred to as ARYMO ER™ (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

ARYMO ER™ Product ” means (a) ARYMO ER™ and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

[“ Asset Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2018, among Iroko Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Egalet US Inc. and the Issuer.] (5)

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by Law to close in New York City.

 

Capital Stock ” means: (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares; (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and membership rights; and (d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person; in each case to the extent treated as equity in accordance with GAAP.

 

Code ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Confidential Information ” means all information (whether written or oral, or in electronic or other form) furnished before or after the date hereof concerning the Purchaser or its Affiliates (including any of its equityholders), including any and all information regarding any aspect of the Purchaser’s business, including its owners, funds, strategy, market views, structure, investors or potential investors.  Such Confidential Information includes any IRS Form W-9 or W-8BEN (or any similar type of form) provided by the Purchaser to the Seller or its Affiliates.  Notwithstanding the foregoing definition, “ Confidential Information ” shall not include information that is (v) independently developed or discovered by the Seller without use of or access to any information described in the second preceding sentence, as demonstrated by documentary evidence, (w) already in the public domain at the time the information is disclosed or has become part of the public domain after such disclosure through no breach of this Royalty Right Agreement, (x) lawfully obtainable from other sources, (y) required to be disclosed in any document to be filed with any Governmental Authority or (z) required to be disclosed by court or administrative order or under securities Laws applicable to any party to this Royalty Right Agreement or pursuant to the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or stock market on

 


(5)  NTD: To be included in Iroko agreement only.

 

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which securities of the Seller or its Affiliates or the Purchaser or its Affiliates may be listed for trading.

 

Confidentiality Agreement ” means a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G to the indenture dated as of January 31, 2019 among the Seller, its subsidiaries as of such date and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, or in such other form as reasonably acceptable to the Seller.  [For the avoidance of doubt, Section 4.1 of the  Asset Purchase Agreement shall constitute a Confidentiality Agreement with respect to Iroko and its subsidiaries for purposes hereof and any agreement to be bound by the terms thereof shall constitute a Confidentiality Agreement with respect to any of Iroko’s Permitted Designees and its Permitted Transferees (each as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) for purposes hereof] (6).

 

Egalet-002 ” means the product candidate referred to on the Issue Date as Egalet-002 (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

Egalet-002 Product ” means (a) Egalet-002 and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

Equity Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of Capital Stock of (or other ownership, distribution or profit interests or participations in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of Capital Stock of (or other ownership, distribution or profit interests or participations in) such Person and all of the other ownership, distribution or profit interests or participations in such Person (including partnership, membership or trust interests therein), whether voting or non-voting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests or participations are outstanding on any date of determination.  For the avoidance of doubt, Equity Interests shall not include the Royalty Right.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States from time to time.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

[“Iroko” means Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc.] (7)

 


(6)  NTD: To be included in Iroko agreement only.

 

(7)  NTD: To be included in Iroko agreement only.

 

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IRS ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any successor thereto.

 

Laws ” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, judgments, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

 

Net Sales ”(8) means, with respect to any Product, the gross amount invoiced for sales in the United States of such Product in arm’s length sales by the Issuer, any of its Affiliates or the Issuer’s licensees, sublicensees, assignees, transferees or other commercial partners or co-promoters (or any of their respective Affiliates) to independent, unrelated third parties, less the following deductions from such gross amounts that are actually incurred, allowed, accrued or specifically allocated: (i) credits, price adjustments or allowances for damaged products (to the extent not covered by insurance), defective goods, returns or rejections of such Product; (ii) normal and customary trade, cash and quantity discounts, allowances and credits (other than price discounts granted at the time of invoicing that have been already reflected in the gross amount invoiced); (iii) chargeback payments, rebates and similar allowances (or the equivalent thereof) granted to group purchasing organizations, managed health care organizations, distributors or wholesalers or to federal, state/provincial, local and other governments, including their agencies, or to trade customers (including, without limitation, pharmacy network fees incurred for selling outside of traditional wholesaler arrangements); (iv) any fees paid to any third party logistics providers, wholesalers and distributors (including, without limitation, title model fees incurred in connection with third party logistics provider purchases); (v) any freight, postage, shipping, insurance and other transportation charges incurred by the selling Person in connection with shipping such Product to third party logistics providers, wholesalers and distributors and to customers; (vi) adjustments for billing errors or recalls; (vii) sales, value-added (to the extent not refundable in accordance with applicable law), and excise taxes, tariffs and duties, and other taxes (including annual fees due under Section 9008 of the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-48), any fees or taxes imposed on the sale, manufacture or distribution of opioids and other comparable laws), levied on, absorbed, determined or imposed with respect to such sale (but not including taxes assessed against the income derived from such sale); (viii) amounts written off by reason of uncollectible debt, provided that if the debt is thereafter paid, the corresponding amount shall be added to the Net Sales of the period during which it is paid; (ix) with respect to Net Sales of the SPRIX® Product only, royalties payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (other than RRA Royalties) to independent, unrelated third parties in respect of the SPRIX® Product; (x) with respect to Net Sales of the OXAYDO® Product only, royalties payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to independent, unrelated third parties (other than RRA Royalties) in respect of the OXAYDO® Product; (xi) with respect to Net Sales of the INDOCIN Product only, royalties payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to third parties (other than RRA Royalties) in respect of the INDOCIN Product pursuant to

 


(8)           NTD: Tax and accounting treatment of Indocin and SoluMatrix royalty obligations to third parties subject to ongoing review by Egalet.

 

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obligations existing on the Issue Date; and (xii) with respect to Net Sales of the TIVORBEX Product, VIVLODEX Product and ZORVOLEX Product only, royalties payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to third parties (other than RRA Royalties) in respect of the TIVORBEX Product, VIVLODEX Product and ZORVOLEX Product pursuant to obligations existing on the Issue Date. Net Sales, as set forth in this definition, shall be calculated applying, in accordance with GAAP, the standard accounting practices the selling Person customarily applies to other branded products sold by it or its Affiliates under similar trade terms and conditions.  For the avoidance of doubt, Net Sales shall not include any amounts constituting Net Proceeds.

 

Notes ” means the 13% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 of the Seller.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, any vice president, the controller, the treasurer or the secretary of the Seller in his or her capacity as such an officer.

 

OXAYDO® ” means the product referred to as OXAYDO® (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

OXAYDO® Product ” means (a) OXAYDO® and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust, joint stock company or joint venture, a Governmental Authority or any other entity.

 

Products ” means, collectively, (i) the ARYMO ER™ Product, (ii) the Egalet-002 Product, (iii) the SPRIX® Product, (iv) the OXAYDO® Product, (v) the INDOCIN Product, (vi) the TIVORBEX Product, (vii) the VIVLODEX Product and (viii) the ZORVOLEX Product.

 

Purchaser ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

Purchaser Account ” means the account described as such on the signature page hereto, as such account may be changed by the Purchaser in its sole discretion from time to time (including in connection with any Transfer of the Royalty Right in accordance with Section 2.6) upon five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Seller in accordance with Section 6.1 of this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

Report ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

Royalty Right ” means the right to receive the Royalty Right Payment Amounts pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

Royalty Right Agreement ” means this royalty right agreement to which this Annex A is attached and made part.

 

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Royalty Right Payment Amount ” means, with respect to any Royalty Right Period, the product of (a) the Royalty Right Percentage multiplied by (b) Net Sales of the Products during such Royalty Right Period.

 

Royalty Right Payment Date ” means each May 1 and November 1 during the Royalty Right Term and the first May 1 following the end of the Royalty Right Term.

 

Royalty Right Percentage ” means the percentage set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

Royalty Right Period ” means the two full calendar quarters preceding the applicable Royalty Right Payment Date (or, in the case of the first such Royalty Right Payment Date, the period beginning on January 31, 2019 and ending on the last day of the completed calendar quarter preceding such Royalty Right Payment Date).

 

Royalty Right Term ” means the period commencing on the First Sale Date and ending on December 31, 2022.

 

RRA Royalties ” means royalties and other amounts payable pursuant to this Royalty Rights Agreement and/or those certain other royalty rights agreements entered into or amended and restated by the Issuer on or about the Issue Date.

 

Seller ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

SPRIX® ” means the product referred to as SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

SPRIX® Product ” means (a) SPRIX® and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and (b) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which (i) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (ii) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity. For purposes of clarity, a Subsidiary of a Person shall not include any Person that is under common control with the first Person solely by virtue of having directors, managers or trustees in common and shall not include any Person that is solely under common control with the first Person (i.e., a sister company with a common parent).

 

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Successor Company ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

Tax Exemption Form has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Royalty Right Agreement.

 

TIVORBEX ” means the product referred to as TIVORBEX (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

TIVORBEX Product ” means (a) TIVORBEX and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

Transfer ” means sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, gift or in any other manner dispose of.

 

U.S. ” or “ United States ” means the United States of America, its 50 states, each territory thereof and the District of Columbia.

 

VIVLODEX ” means the product referred to as VIVLODEX (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

VIVLODEX Product ” means (a) VIVLODEX and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the Equity Interests of such Person that are at the time outstanding and entitled to vote generally (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) in the election of the board of directors or similar governing body of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

ZORVOLEX ” means the product referred to as ZORVOLEX (whether marketed under such name or any other name).

 

ZORVOLEX Product ” means (a) ZORVOLEX and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems in respect thereof.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2019

 

AMONG

 

EGALET CORPORATION,

as Issuer,

 

EGALET US INC.,

 

EGALET LIMITED,

 

THE SUBSIDIARY PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 as Trustee,

 

and

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Collateral Agent

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

2

Section 1.1

Terms Defined in the Indenture

2

Section 1.2

Terms Defined in UCC

2

Section 1.3

Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein

6

Section 1.4

Construction; Certain Defined Terms

6

 

 

 

ARTICLE II GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

7

 

 

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

8

Section 3.1

Validity and Priority of Security Interest

8

Section 3.2

Location of Collateral

9

Section 3.3

Exact Names

9

Section 3.4

Accounts and Chattel Paper

9

Section 3.5

Documents, Instruments, and Chattel Paper

9

Section 3.6

Proprietary Rights

10

Section 3.7

Investment Property

10

Section 3.8

Commercial Tort Claims

10

Section 3.9

Bank Accounts and Related Items

10

Section 3.10

Perfection Certificate

11

Section 3.11

Leases

11

Section 3.12

Trade Names

11

Section 3.13

No Financing Statements, Security Agreements

11

Section 3.14

Location for Purposes of the UCC

11

 

 

ARTICLE IV COVENANTS

11

Section 4.1

General

11

Section 4.2

Perfection and Protection of Security Interest

13

Section 4.3

Electronic Chattel Paper

14

Section 4.4

Maintenance of Property

15

Section 4.5

Investment Property

15

Section 4.6

Proprietary Rights

17

Section 4.7

Inventory

17

Section 4.8

Commercial Tort Claims

17

Section 4.9

No Interference

17

Section 4.10

Insurance

17

Section 4.11

Condemnation

18

Section 4.12

Further Assurances

18

Section 4.13

Negative Pledge

19

Section 4.14

Certain Post-Closing Obligations

19

 

 

ARTICLE V REMEDIES

19

Section 5.1

Remedies

19

Section 5.2

Grant of Intellectual Property License

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Section 5.3

Application of Proceeds

22

 

 

ARTICLE VI CONCERNING THE COLLATERAL AGENT

23

Section 6.1

Reliance by Collateral Agent; Indemnity Against Liabilities, etc .

23

Section 6.2

Exercise of Remedies

23

Section 6.3

Authorized Investments

23

Section 6.4

Bankruptcy Proceedings

24

 

 

ARTICLE VII COLLATERAL AGENT AND TRUSTEE RIGHTS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES; ATTORNEY IN FACT; PROXY

24

Section 7.1

The Collateral Agent’s and the Trustee’s Rights, Duties, and Liabilities

24

Section 7.2

Right to Cure

25

Section 7.3

Confidentiality

25

Section 7.4

Power of Attorney

26

Section 7.5

NATURE OF APPOINTMENT; LIMITATION OF DUTY

27

Section 7.6

Additional Matters Relating to the Collateral Agent

27

Section 7.7

Appointment of Co-Collateral Agent

30

Section 7.8

Instructions under Account Control Agreement

30

 

 

ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS

30

Section 8.1

Notice

30

Section 8.2

Waiver of Notices

31

Section 8.3

Limitation on Collateral Agent’s and Secured Party’s Duty with Respect to the Collateral

31

Section 8.4

Compromises and Collection of Collateral

32

Section 8.5

Specific Performance of Certain Covenants

32

Section 8.6

Cumulative Remedies; No Prior Recourse to Collateral

33

Section 8.7

Limitation by Law; Severability of Provisions

33

Section 8.8

Reinstatement

33

Section 8.9

Binding Effect

33

Section 8.10

Survival of Representations

34

Section 8.11

Guaranties; Third Party Joinder

34

Section 8.12

Captions

34

Section 8.13

Termination and Release

34

Section 8.14

Entire Agreement

34

Section 8.15

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

34

Section 8.16

Waiver of Jury Trial

35

Section 8.17

Indemnity

35

Section 8.18

Limitation of Liability

36

Section 8.19

Counterparts

36

Section 8.20

Amendments

36

Section 8.21

Conflicts with Other Agreements

36

Section 8.22

Incorporation by Reference

37

Section 8.23

English Language

37

 

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EXHIBIT A

Grantors’ Information and Collateral Locations

 

EXHIBIT B

Proprietary Rights

 

EXHIBIT C

Commercial Tort Claims

 

EXHIBIT D

List of Investment Property

 

EXHIBIT E

Filing Offices

 

EXHIBIT F

Form of Amendment

 

EXHIBIT G

Form of Perfection Certificate

 

EXHIBIT H

Form of Supplement

 

EXHIBIT I

Leased Property

 

EXHIBIT J

Bank Accounts and Related Items

 

EXHIBIT K

Trade Names

 

 

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COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

THIS COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of January 31, 2019, by and among EGALET CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation with an address at 600 Lee Road, Suite 100, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 (the “ Issuer ”), EGALET US INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Egalet US ”), EGALET LIMITED, a private limited company formed under the law of England and Wales (“ Egalet UK ”), the other SUBSIDIARY PARTIES (as defined below) from time to time party hereto, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Trustee (and its successors under the Indenture (as defined below), in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below) (and its successors under the Indenture, in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

WHEREAS pursuant to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Indenture dated as of the date hereof (as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto and the Trustee, the Issuer is issuing the Securities (as defined below), which may be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of the Subsidiary Parties;

 

WHEREAS the initial aggregate principal amount of the Securities will be $95,000,000;

 

WHEREAS the Issuer, the Subsidiary Parties, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent (if applicable), the Trustee and the other parties party thereto may enter into one or more Intercreditor Agreements (as defined below), which will govern the liens upon and security interests in the Collateral granted by this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS each Grantor (as defined below) is executing and delivering this Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Indenture to induce the Trustee to enter into the Indenture and for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities; and

 

WHEREAS each Grantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, and in order to induce the Trustee to enter into the Indenture and for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, the Issuer, Egalet US, Egalet UK, each other Subsidiary Party that becomes bound hereby and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Secured Party (and each of their respective successors or assigns), hereby agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Terms Defined in the Indenture . All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

 

Section 1.1            Terms Defined in UCC . Terms defined in the UCC that are not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used herein as defined in the UCC.

 

Section 1.2            Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein . As used in this Agreement, in addition to the terms defined in the preamble and Preliminary Statement above, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

Account ” means, with respect to a Person, any of such Person’s now owned and hereafter acquired or arising “accounts”, as defined in the UCC, including any rights to payment for the sale or lease of goods or rendition of services, whether or not they have been earned by performance, and “ Accounts ” means, with respect to any such Person, all of the foregoing.

 

Account Control Agreement ”(1) means each of (i) the Danish Account Pledge; (ii) (x) the Egalet Corp DACA, (y) the Egalet Corp SACA and (z) the Egalet US DACA (in each case of (x), (y) and (z) upon entry into such account control agreement by the parties thereto); and (iii) any other account control agreement, account pledge, charge over accounts or similar agreement, which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (it being agreed that any agreement that shall require the Collateral Agent to indemnify any institution in its individual capacity shall not be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) and to counsel to the Holders.

 

Account Debtor ” means each Person obligated on an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangible.

 

Bankruptcy Proceeding ” means, with respect to any Person, a general assignment by such Person for the benefit of its creditors, or the institution by or against such Person of any proceeding seeking relief as debtor, or seeking to adjudicate such Person as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of such Person or its debts, under any law or regulation relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property.

 

Chattel Paper ” means any “chattel paper”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person and, in any event, shall include, all Electronic Chattel Paper and Tangible Chattel Paper.

 

Co-Collateral Agent ” means a financial institution appointed by the Collateral Agent in accordance with Sections 7.6(a) and 7.7 hereto to act as co-collateral agent for the Secured Parties.

 

Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Article II .

 


(1)  Note to Draft : To be updated (along with corresponding definitions and Section 4.14) at Closing based on review of exhibits and schedules with any additional required account control agreements in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Collateral Agent’s Liens ” means the Liens in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent (or any Co-Collateral Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the other Indenture Documents.

 

Commercial Tort Claims ” means, with respect to a Person, all of such Person’s now owned or hereafter acquired “commercial tort claims”, as defined by the UCC, identified on Exhibit C and as specifically identified hereafter, and in any event, shall include, any claim now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, arising in tort with respect to which:  (a) the claimant is an organization; or (b) the claimant is an individual and the claim (i) arose in the course of the claimant’s business or profession and (ii) does not include damages arising out of personal injury to or the death of an individual.

 

Control ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article 8 of the UCC or, if applicable, in Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.

 

Copyright, Patent, and Trademark Agreements ” means each copyright security agreement, patent collateral agreement, and trademark collateral agreement executed (and if necessary, notarized and legalized) and delivered by a Grantor to the Collateral Agent to evidence and perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Grantor’s present and future copyrights, patents, trademarks, and related licenses and rights for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

Danish Account Pledge ” means the Pledge of Bank Accounts, dated on or about the date hereof, between the Issuer and the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties (as defined therein) with respect to the Accounts at Danske Bank A/S (CVR 61126228).

 

Dollars ” means United States dollars.

 

Effective Date ” means the date of this Agreement.

 

Egalet Corp DACA ” means the deposit account control agreement to be entered into among the Issuer, the Collateral Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and to counsel to the Holders.

 

Egalet Corp SACA ” means the securities account control agreement to be entered into among the Issuer, the Collateral Agent, U.S. Bank, N.A., as account bank, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and to counsel to the Holders.

 

Egalet US DACA ” means the deposit account control agreement to be entered into among Egalet US, the Collateral Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and to counsel to the Holders.

 

Electronic Chattel Paper ” means any “electronic chattel paper”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person.

 

Equipment ” means, with respect to a Person, all of such Person’s now owned and hereafter acquired machinery, “equipment”, as defined by the UCC, furniture, furnishings,

 

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fixtures, and other tangible personal property (except Inventory), including rolling stock with respect to which a certificate of title has been issued, aircraft, dies, tools, jigs, and office equipment, as well as all of such types of property leased by such Person and all of such Person’s rights and interests with respect thereto under such leases (including, options to purchase); together with all present and future additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, component and auxiliary parts and supplies used or to be used in connection therewith, and all substitutes for any of the foregoing, and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties, and rights with respect thereto, wherever any of the foregoing is located.

 

Filing Office ” means, with respect to each Grantor, the office specified on Exhibit E and, if applicable, any other appropriate office of the state where such Grantor is “located” (as such term is used in Article 9-307 of the UCC).

 

Financial Assets ” means any “financial asset”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person.

 

General Intangibles ” means, with respect to a Person, all of such Person’s now owned or hereafter acquired “general intangibles”, as defined in the UCC, including payment intangibles, choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of such Person of every kind and nature (other than Accounts), including, all contract rights, Proprietary Rights, corporate or other business records, inventions, designs, blueprints, plans, specifications, patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, goodwill, copyrights, computer software, customer lists, registrations, licenses, franchises, tax refund claims, any funds which may become due to such Person in connection with the termination of any employee benefit plan or any rights thereto and any other amounts payable to such Person from any employee benefit plan, rights and claims against carriers and shippers, rights to indemnification, business interruption insurance and proceeds thereof, property, casualty or any similar type of insurance and any proceeds thereof, proceeds of insurance covering the lives of key employees on which such Person is beneficiary, rights to receive dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged equity interests or Investment Property, and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest, or other security held by or granted to such Person.

 

Grantors ” means the Issuer and the Subsidiary Parties.

 

Indenture Documents ” means (a) the Indenture and the Securities, (b) each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), (c) each other Security Document, including this Agreement and (d) any other related documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with the Indenture or any other Indenture Document, in each case, as such agreements may be amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Intercompany Obligations ” means, collectively, all indebtedness, obligations and other amounts at any time owing to any Grantor from any of such Grantor’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such indebtedness, obligations or other amounts.

 

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Intercreditor Agreement ” means (i) any ABL Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Indenture) and (ii) any Customary Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Indenture).

 

Inventory ” means, with respect to a Person, all of such Person’s now owned and hereafter acquired “inventory”, as defined in the UCC, goods, and merchandise, wherever located, in each case to be furnished under any contract of service or held for sale or lease, all returned goods, raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods (including embedded software), other materials, and supplies of any kind, nature, or description which are used or consumed in such Person’s business or used in connection with the packing, shipping, advertising, selling, or finishing of such goods, merchandise, and other property, and all documents of title or other documents representing them.

 

Investment Property ” means, with respect to a Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to any and all “investment property”, as defined in the UCC, including, all (a) securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, (b) securities entitlements, (c) securities accounts, (d) commodity contracts, (e) commodity accounts and (f) Equity Interests; together with all other units, shares, partnership interests, membership interests, membership rights, equity interests, rights, or other equivalent evidences of ownership (howsoever designated) issued by any Person.

 

Investment Property Collateral ” means Investment Property other than Excluded Assets of the type described in clauses (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) of the definition of Excluded Assets.

 

Investment Property Issuer ” means the issuer of any Investment Property Collateral.

 

Majority Holders ” means, at any time, the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.

 

Obligations ” means all obligations of every nature of each Grantor under the Indenture Documents from time to time owed to the Trustee, any Holder of Securities, the Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party, whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in any Bankruptcy Proceeding with respect to such Grantor, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed or allowable against such Grantor for such interest in such proceeding), premium, fees, expenses, indemnification, performance or otherwise.

 

Perfection Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G , completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby.

 

Proprietary Rights ” means, with respect to a Person, all of such Person’s now owned and hereafter arising or acquired new drug applications or abbreviated new drug applications (or equivalent foreign application), including those new drug applications or abbreviated new drug applications (and equivalent foreign applications) that are owned as of the date hereof set forth on Exhibit B , and any licenses, franchises, permits, patents, patent rights, copyrights, works which are the subject matter of copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade

 

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names, trade styles, patent, trademark and service mark applications, and all licenses and rights related to any of the foregoing, including those patents and trademarks set forth on Exhibit B , and all other rights under any of the foregoing, all extensions, renewals, reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations in part of any of the foregoing, and all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringement of any of the foregoing.

 

Related Person ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates.

 

Requirement of Law ” means, as to any Person, any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule, or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon the Person or any of its property or to which the Person or any of its property is subject.

 

Secured Parties ” means (a) the Collateral Agent (including any Co-Collateral Agents), (b) each Holder of Securities, (c) the Trustee and (d) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

Subsidiary Parties ” means Egalet US, Egalet UK and each Subsidiary that becomes a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Party after the Effective Date.

 

Tangible Chattel Paper ” means any “tangible chattel paper”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor statute), as in effect from time to time, of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in connection with the issue or perfection of security interests.

 

UK Share Charge ” means the charge over, inter alia , all of the Capital Stock of Egalet UK granted by the Issuer in favor of the Collateral Agent, dated on or about the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 1.3            Construction; Certain Defined Terms . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the Subsidiaries of such person unless express reference is made to such Subsidiaries, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be construed to refer to

 

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Articles, Sections and Exhibits of this Agreement, (v) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the term “or” is not exclusive.

 

ARTICLE II

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

As security for the Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in and lien on, such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all of the following property and assets of such Grantor, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, regardless of where located:

 

(i)            all Accounts (including any credit enhancement therefor) and Intercompany Obligations;

 

(ii)           all Chattel Paper;

 

(iii)          all Commercial Tort Claims;

 

(iv)          all contract rights, leases, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, instruments, promissory notes, documents, and documents of title;

 

(v)           all Financial Assets;

 

(vi)          all Equipment;

 

(vii)         all General Intangibles;

 

(viii)        all Investment Property;

 

(ix)          all Inventory;

 

(x)           all money, cash, cash equivalents, securities, and other property of any kind of such Grantor;

 

(xi)          all of such Grantor’s deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts, credits, and balances with, and other claims against, any financial institution with which such Grantor maintains deposits;

 

(xii)         all of such Grantor’s books, records, and other property related to or referring to any of the foregoing, including books, records, account ledgers, data processing records, computer software and other property, and General Intangibles at any time evidencing or relating to any of the foregoing;

 

(xiii)        all supporting obligations in respect of any Collateral;

 

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(xiv)                        all other items, kinds and types of personal property, tangible or intangible, of whatever nature, and regardless of whether the creation or perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection of a security interest therein is governed by the UCC of any particular jurisdiction or by another applicable treaty, convention, statute, law or regulation of any applicable jurisdiction; and

 

(xv)                           all accessions to, substitutions for, and replacements, products, and proceeds of any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, After-Acquired Property, proceeds of any insurance policies, claims against third parties, and condemnation or requisition payments with respect to all or any of the foregoing.

 

All of the foregoing, and all other property of the Grantors’ in which a Secured Party may at any time be granted a Lien to secure the Obligations, are herein collectively referred to as the “ Collateral ”; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral shall not include, and the security interest shall not attach to, any and all Excluded Assets; provided, further , however , that if any Grantor grants a security interest in or Lien on any OXAYDO® Excluded Asset to any third-party financing source, such OXAYDO® Excluded Asset shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, no longer be included within the definition of Excluded Assets and shall thenceforth be included within the definition of Collateral in accordance with the Indenture Documents.

 

For purposes of registering this Agreement with the Registrar of Companies under the law of England and Wales, the Lien on the Collateral granted hereunder shall constitute a “floating charge” and, with respect to the Collateral comprising the Proprietary Rights identified on Exhibit B , a “fixed charge”.

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Grantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that as of the Effective Date:

 

Section 3.1                                     Validity and Priority of Security Interest .(a)  This Agreement and the applicable Security Documents are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral and the proceeds thereof and (i) when the Investment Property Collateral that consists of Equity Interests is delivered to the Collateral Agent (subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement (if any)), the Lien created under this Agreement and the applicable Security Documents shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Grantors in such Investment Property Collateral (subject to Permitted Liens), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, (ii) upon the execution and delivery of each Account Control Agreement by each party thereto, each Account Control Agreement shall be effective to perfect the security interest in the accounts specified therein, and such security interest shall be perfected, and (iii) when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the Filing Offices, the Lien created under this Agreement and the applicable Security Documents will constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Grantors in such Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected by filing a financing

 

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statement (subject to Permitted Liens), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person with respect to such perfection (subject only to a prior ranking lien (A) as provided in any Intercreditor Agreement and (B) the Permitted Liens set forth in clauses (6)(B), (8), (9) and (16) and (as it relates to such clauses) clauses (20) and (30) of the definition thereof).

 

(b)                                  Upon the recordation of this Agreement or the Copyright, Patent, and Trademark Agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, together with the financing statements in appropriate form filed in the Filing Offices and (as to Proprietary Rights related to the SPRIX® Product, the ARYMO ER™ Product, the Egalet-002 Product, the INDOCIN Product, the TIVORBEX Product, the VIVLODEX Product, the ZORVOLEZ Product and, to the extent required to be pledged as Collateral, the OXAYDO® Product) in the European Patent Office, the Lien created shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Grantors in the respective Proprietary Rights in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the United States and its territories and possessions, or in Europe, respectively, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person with respect to such perfection (other than Permitted Liens of the type described in clauses (8), (9) and (19) and (as it relates to such clauses) clauses (20) and (30) of the definition thereof of the definition thereof).

 

Section 3.2                                     Location of Collateral .(a)  Exhibit A is a correct and complete list of each Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, the location of its books and records, the locations of the Collateral (other than Inventory that is in transit, consignments of Inventory not in excess of $1,000,000, rolling stock, and Collateral in the Collateral Agent’s possession or equipment in transit between the locations set forth on Exhibit A and equipment at other locations for purposes of maintenance or repair), and the locations of all of its other places of business; and (b)  Exhibit A correctly identifies any of such facilities and locations that are not owned by such Grantor and sets forth the names of the owners and lessors or sublessors of such facilities and locations.

 

Section 3.3                                     Exact Names . The name in which each Grantor has executed this Agreement is the exact name as it appears in such Grantor’s organizational documents, as amended, as filed with such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization.  Except as set forth on Exhibit A or as permitted by the Indenture or this Agreement, since the date of its organization or acquisition as a Subsidiary of the Issuer, no Grantor has been known by or used any other corporate or fictitious name, or been a party to any merger or consolidation, or acquired all or substantially all of the assets of any Person.

 

Section 3.4                                     Accounts and Chattel Paper . The names of the obligors, amounts owing, due dates and other information with respect to each Grantor’s Accounts and Chattel Paper that are Collateral are and will be correctly stated, in all material respects, at the time furnished, in all records of such Grantor relating thereto.

 

Section 3.5                                     Documents, Instruments, and Chattel Paper .(a) All documents, instruments, and Chattel Paper of each Grantor describing, evidencing, or constituting Collateral, and all signatures and endorsements thereon, are and will be complete, valid, and genuine in all material respects, and (b) all goods evidenced by such documents, instruments, and Chattel Paper are and will be owned by such Grantor free and clear of all Liens (subject to Permitted Liens).  If

 

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any Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or other instruments, at the Collateral Agent’s request upon an Event of Default, such Chattel Paper or instruments shall be marked with the following legend:  “This writing and the obligations evidenced or served hereby are subject to the security interest of U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and certain Secured Parties.”

 

Section 3.6                                     Proprietary Rights . Exhibit B sets forth a correct and complete list of all of each Grantor’s registered or applied for patents, copyrights and trademarks material to its business, in each case owned by such Grantor in its own name as of the Issue Date.

 

Section 3.7                                     Investment Property .(a)  Exhibit D sets forth a correct and complete list of all of the Investment Property Collateral owned by each Grantor.  Each Grantor is the legal and beneficial owner of such Investment Property Collateral, as so reflected, free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), and has not sold, granted any option with respect to, assigned or transferred, or otherwise disposed of any of its rights or interest therein.  Each Grantor further represents and warrants that (i) to such Grantor’s knowledge, all Investment Property constituting an Equity Interest has been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such Investment Property) duly authorized and validly issued by the Investment Property Issuer thereof and are fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Collateral Agent representing an Equity Interest, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the Investment Property Issuer thereof or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC, such Grantor has filed financing statements in appropriate form to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties therein as a General Intangible, and (iii) to Grantor’s knowledge, all Investment Property that represents Indebtedness owed to any Grantor has been duly authorized, authenticated or issued and delivered by the Investment Property Issuer of such Indebtedness and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Investment Property Issuer.

 

(b)                                  Each Grantor further represents and warrants that, to the knowledge of such Grantor, none of the Investment Property Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Investment Property Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder.

 

Section 3.8                                     Commercial Tort Claims . No Grantor holds any Commercial Tort Claims the recovery from which could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000, for which such Grantor has filed a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction, except as indicated on Exhibit C hereto.

 

Section 3.9                                     Bank Accounts and Related Items . Exhibit J contains a complete and accurate list of all bank accounts, including deposit accounts, securities accounts and commodity accounts, other than any Excluded Assets, maintained by each Grantor with any bank or other financial institution, broker, securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other Person.

 

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Section 3.10                              Perfection Certificate . The Perfection Certificates delivered by the Grantors have been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein is correct and complete, in all material respects.

 

Section 3.11                              Leases . Exhibit I sets forth a correct and complete list of all leases and subleases of personal property by each Grantor as lessee or sublessee (other than any Excluded Assets, and other than any leases of personal property as to which it is lessee or sublessee for which the value of such personal property is less than $500,000), and all leases and subleases of personal property by each Grantor as lessor or sublessor.

 

Section 3.12                              Trade Names . All trade names, business names or corporate names under which any Grantor sells Inventory or creates Accounts, or to which instruments in payment of Accounts are made payable, are listed on Exhibit K .

 

Section 3.13                              No Financing Statements, Security Agreements . No financing statement or security agreement describing all or any portion of the Collateral that has not lapsed or been terminated naming a Grantor as debtor has been filed or is of record in any jurisdiction except (a) for financing statements or security agreements naming the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as the secured party and (b) for financing statements in connection with Permitted Liens.

 

Section 3.14                              Location for Purposes of the UCC . The Issuer is “located” (as such term is used in Article 9-307 of the UCC) in the State of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

 

From the date hereof, and thereafter until this Agreement is terminated, each Grantor agrees that:

 

Section 4.1                                     General . ; Collateral Records.   Each Grantor shall maintain at all times reasonably detailed, accurate (in all material respects) and updated books and records pertaining to the Collateral and promptly furnish to the Collateral Agent such information relating to the Collateral as the Collateral Agent shall from time to time reasonably request.

 

(a)                                  Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification.   The Collateral Agent may, and the Grantors hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to, at any time and from time to time, file financing statements, continuation statements, and amendments thereto that describe the Collateral as “all assets” or words of similar import and which contain any other information required pursuant to Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency of filing office acceptance of any financing statement, continuation statement, or amendment, and each Grantor agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request.  The Collateral Agent shall inform the applicable Grantor of any such filing either prior to, or reasonably promptly after, such filing.  Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement covering the Collateral or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement covering the Collateral without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and agrees that it will not do so without such consent, subject to (i) the Grantors’ rights under

 

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Section 9-509(d)(2) of Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) financing statements that may be filed, in accordance with the Indenture or each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), to perfect or release any (i) Permitted Liens or (ii) ABL Liens in accordance with the applicable Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Other Perfection, etc.   Each Grantor shall, at any time and from time to time (i) notify, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, any warehouseman, bailee, or any of such Grantor’s agents or processors having possession of any Collateral consisting of Inventory or Equipment with a Fair Market Value in excess of $1,000,000 (calculated based on the Grantor’s estimate of the Fair Market Value of the Inventory or Equipment to be possessed by such warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor over the course of any calendar year on a weighted average basis) of the security interest of the Collateral Agent in such Collateral (with a copy of such notice sent to the Collateral Agent), (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, from such warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor (other than with respect to any Intercreditor Collateral, unless the agent thereunder, if any, shall also have obtained acknowledgement from such warehousemen, bailee, agent or processor) and not having otherwise entered into a subordination agreement for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, stating that the warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor holds such Collateral for the Collateral Agent, subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and (iii) take such steps as are necessary or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request (A) for the Collateral Agent to obtain “control” of any Investment Property Collateral, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights, or Electronic Chattel Paper (as such terms, to the extent they are undefined herein, are defined by Article 9 of the UCC with corresponding provisions thereof defining what constitutes “control” for such items of Collateral) constituting Collateral in excess of $500,000 (other than Investment Property Collateral constituting Equity Interests of a Subsidiary for which no minimum dollar amount shall apply), excluding any Excluded Assets, with any agreements establishing control to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any such control with respect to any Collateral that becomes subject to an Intercreditor Agreement shall be subordinated in accordance with the terms of that Intercreditor Agreement during such time as that Intercreditor Agreement is effective and requires such subordination) and (B) to otherwise ensure the continued perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in any of the Collateral (to the extent required hereunder) and of the preservation of its rights therein.  The $500,000 threshold described in clause (iii)(A) of the preceding sentence as it relates to any deposit account shall be measured by reference to the closing balance of such deposit account as of each Business Day.

 

(c)                                   Change of Name, Etc.   Each Grantor agrees to furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change in:  (i) such Grantor’s name; (ii) such Grantor’s state of organization or form of organization, in each case at least fifteen (15) days prior thereto; (iii) such Grantor’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number assigned to it by its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation; or (iv) the acquisition by such Grantor of any material property for which additional filings or recordings are necessary to perfect and maintain the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein (to the extent perfection of the security interest in such property is required hereby or by the terms of the Indenture).  Each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings are promptly made under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have

 

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a valid, legal and perfected, security interest (subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties.

 

(d)                                  Change in Location of Collateral.   No Grantor shall (i) maintain any Collateral with a Fair Market Value in excess of $1,000,000 (other than Inventory in transit, consignments of Inventory not in excess of $1,000,000), rolling stock, equipment in transit between locations set forth in Exhibit A , equipment at other locations for purposes of maintenance or repair and Collateral in the Collateral Agent’s possession or the possession of any applicable agent or other Person acting in an administrative capacity for other indebtedness subject to an Intercreditor Agreement at any location other than those locations listed on Exhibit A , (ii) otherwise change or add to any of such locations, or (iii) change the location of its jurisdiction of organization from the location identified in Exhibit A , unless in each case it gives the Collateral Agent prompt written notice thereof but in any event described in clause (iii) not later than 30 days prior thereto, and executes or authorizes the filing of any and all financing statements and other documents that are necessary or that the Collateral Agent reasonably requests in connection therewith.  In the event any Grantor changes or adds any location of Collateral, such Grantor shall prepare and promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent a revised Exhibit A , which shall automatically be adopted as Exhibit A for all purposes.  Each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentences unless all filings are promptly made under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest (subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties.

 

Section 4.2                                     Perfection and Protection of Security Interest .(a)  ; Perfection and Protection .  Each Grantor shall, at its expense, perform all steps necessary or otherwise reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Majority Holders) at any time to perfect, maintain, protect, and enforce the Collateral Agent’s Liens, subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), including: (i) filing and recording of the Copyright, Patent, and Trademark Agreements, and amendments thereof in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office and the European Patent Office and filing financing statements or continuation statements in the respective Filing Office; (ii) subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), delivering to the Collateral Agent the originals of all instruments, documents, and Chattel Paper (in each case in excess of $250,000), and all other Collateral of which the Collateral Agent is required to have or reasonably requests to have physical possession of in order to perfect and protect the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein, duly pledged, endorsed, or assigned to the Collateral Agent as provided herein; (iii) delivering to the Collateral Agent a duly executed amendment to this Agreement, in the form of Exhibit F hereto (each, an “ Amendment ”), pursuant to which such Grantor will pledge any additional Collateral that constitutes Commercial Tort Claims; (iv) subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, delivering to the Collateral Agent (A) warehouse receipts covering any portion of the Collateral located in warehouses and for which warehouse receipts are issued, (B)  warehouse receipts covering any portion of the Collateral located in warehouses and for which warehouse receipts are issued and (C) if requested by the Collateral Agent, certificates of title reflecting the

 

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Collateral Agent’s Liens covering any portion of the Collateral for which certificates of title have been issued; (v) when an Event of Default exists, transferring Inventory to warehouses or other locations designated by the Collateral Agent; (vi) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, delivering to the Collateral Agent all letters of credit constituting Collateral on which such Grantor is named beneficiary; and (vii) taking such other steps as are reasonably deemed necessary or desirable by the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Holders) to maintain, protect and enforce the Collateral Agent’s Liens.  To the extent permitted by any Requirement of Law and each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), the Collateral Agent may file, without any Grantor’s signature, one or more financing statements disclosing the Collateral Agent’s Liens.  Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach each Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all additional collateral set forth in such Amendments shall be considered to be part of the Collateral.

 

(b)                                  Collateral in Other’s Possession .  Subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), if at any time any Collateral with a Fair Market Value in excess of $1,000,000 is located at any operating facility of a Grantor which is not owned by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, upon request, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain written landlord lien waivers or subordinations, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, of all present and future Liens to which the owner or lessor of such premises may be entitled to assert against such Collateral.

 

(c)                                   Confirmatory Instruments .  From time to time, subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), each Grantor shall, upon the Collateral Agent’s request, execute and deliver confirmatory written instruments pledging to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Collateral with respect to such Grantor, but the failure to do so shall not affect or limit any security interest or any other rights of the Secured Parties in and to the Collateral with respect to such Grantor.

 

(d)                                  OXAYDO® Excluded Assets .  In the event that any OXAYDO® Excluded Asset is included in the Collateral, the Issuer will take (or cause the applicable Grantor to take) all steps necessary to perfect the Lien granted to the Collateral Agent in such Collateral, including by making a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office and the European Patent Office, as applicable, and by filing financing statements or continuation statements in the applicable Filing Office.

 

Section 4.3                                     Electronic Chattel Paper . If any Grantor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any Electronic Chattel Paper or any “transferable record”, as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and (subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any)) shall take such action as is necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent Control under UCC Section 9-105 of such Electronic Chattel Paper or control (to the extent the meaning of “control” has not been clearly established under such provisions, “control” in this paragraph (d) to have such meaning as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably specify in writing after consultation with the Issuer) under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such

 

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transferable record.  The Collateral Agent agrees with such Grantor that the Collateral Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and so long as such procedures will not result in the Collateral Agent’s loss of Control or control, as applicable, which may be established to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the delivery to it by the Grantor of an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, for the Grantor to make alterations to the Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record permitted under UCC Section 9-105 or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in Control to allow without loss of Control or control, as applicable, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by such Grantor with respect to such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record.

 

Section 4.4                                     Maintenance of Property . Except as otherwise permitted hereunder or pursuant to the Indenture Documents, each Grantor shall maintain all of its property necessary and useful in the conduct of its business, in reasonable operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear, casualty, condemnation and obsolescence excepted.

 

Section 4.5                                     Investment Property .(a)  Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations.   Subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall hold certificated Investment Property Collateral in the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent, but following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold such Investment Property Collateral in its own name as pledgee, or in the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent).  Each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any material notices or other material communications received by it with respect to any Investment Property Collateral registered in the name of such Grantor.  Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall at all times have the right to exchange the certificates representing Investment Property Collateral for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Voting Rights, Distributions, Etc. in Respect of Investment Property Collateral .

 

(i)                                      Unless an Event of Default exists and subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), (A) each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights (including, the right to give consents, waivers, and notifications in respect of any securities) pertaining to its Investment Property Collateral or any part thereof; provided , however , that without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee obtained in accordance with the Indenture, no vote shall be cast or consent, waiver, or ratification given or action taken which would amend, modify, or waive any term, provision, or condition of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of formation, or other charter document or other agreement relating to, evidencing or providing for the issuance of any such Investment Property Collateral, in any manner that would materially impair such Investment Property Collateral, the transferability thereof, or the Collateral Agent’s Liens therein, and (B) each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest paid and other cash

 

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distributions in respect of any of such Investment Property Collateral (unless otherwise required by the Indenture).

 

(ii)                                   During the existence of an Event of Default, subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), after delivery of notice to the applicable Grantor, (A) the Collateral Agent may exercise all voting and corporate rights at any meeting of any corporation, partnership, or other business entity issuing any of the Investment Property Collateral and the proceeds thereof (in cash or otherwise) held by the Collateral Agent hereunder, and any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription, or any other rights, privileges, or options pertaining to any of the Investment Property Collateral as if it were the absolute owner thereof, including, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Investment Property Collateral upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, or other readjustment of any Investment Property Issuer or upon the exercise by any such issuer or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege, or option pertaining to any of the Investment Property Collateral, and in connection therewith, to deposit and deliver any and all of the Investment Property Collateral with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar, or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to exercise any of the aforesaid rights, privileges, or options, and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing, (B) all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 4.5(b)(i) and to receive the dividends, interest, and other distributions which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain thereunder shall be suspended until such Event of Default shall no longer exist or as the Collateral Agent shall otherwise specify, and all such rights shall, until such Event of Default shall no longer exist or as the Collateral Agent shall otherwise specify, thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent which shall thereupon have the sole right, but no duty, to exercise such voting and other consensual rights and to receive and hold as Investment Property Collateral such dividends, interest, and other distributions, (C) all dividends, interest, and other distributions which are received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 4.5(b)(ii) shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement), and (D) each Grantor shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the Collateral Agent all such proxies and other instruments as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and other rights which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to this Section 4.5(b)(ii) and to receive the dividends, interest, and other distributions which it is entitled to receive and retain pursuant to this Section 4.5(b)(ii).  The foregoing shall not in any way limit the Collateral Agent’s power and authority granted pursuant to Section 7.4.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the applicable Grantor shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent certificates to that effect, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of Section 4.5(b)(i) above and that remain in such account.

 

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(c)                                   The Grantors will cause or permit the Collateral Agent from time to time to cause the appropriate Investment Property Issuers (and, if held with a securities intermediary, such securities intermediary) of uncertificated securities or other types of Investment Property Collateral not represented by certificates to mark their books and records with the numbers and face amounts of all such uncertificated securities or other types of Investment Property Collateral not represented by certificates and all rollovers and replacements therefor to reflect the Lien of the Collateral Agent granted pursuant to this Agreement.  The Grantors will take any actions reasonably necessary to cause (a) the Investment Property Issuers of uncertificated securities which are Investment Property Collateral, and (b) any securities intermediary which is the holder of any Investment Property Collateral, to cause the Collateral Agent to have and retain Control over such Investment Property Collateral.

 

Section 4.6                                     Proprietary Rights .(a)  The Issuer, either directly or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall inform the Collateral Agent on an annual basis of each application for the registration of any material Proprietary Right owned or licensed by the Issuer or any of its Affiliates with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the European Patent Office or any similar office or agency filed during the preceding year.

 

Section 4.7                                     Inventory .Each Grantor shall keep its Inventory (other than returned or obsolete Inventory) in good and marketable condition, except for damaged or defective goods arising in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business.

 

Section 4.8                                     Commercial Tort Claims .If any Grantor shall at any time, acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, the recovery from which could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof in a writing, therein providing a reasonable description and summary thereof, and upon delivery thereof to the Collateral Agent, together with an Amendment as contemplated by Section 4.2(a)(iii), such Grantor shall be deemed thereby to grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest in such Commercial Tort Claim (subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any)).

 

Section 4.9                                     No Interference .Each Grantor agrees that it will not interfere with any right, power and remedy of the Collateral Agent provided for in this Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, or the exercise or beginning of the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any one or more of such rights, powers or remedies.

 

Section 4.10                              Insurance .  (a)  The Grantors shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers insurance that is reasonably consistent with prudent industry practice.

 

(b)                                  For each of the insurance policies issued as required by this Section 4.10 with respect to Collateral, each Grantor shall cause the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be named as an additional insured with respect to insurance policies for general liability for bodily injury and a lenders loss payee for insurance policies for property damage.  Certificates of insurance of the policies shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent.

 

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insurance or (B) $1,000,000 if not covered by insurance.  During the existence of an Event of Default, subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to directly collect all insurance proceeds in respect of Collateral and to apply such proceeds in accordance with Section 5.3.

 

(d)                                  Unless the Grantors provide the Collateral Agent with evidence of the insurance coverage on the Collateral required by this Section 4.10, subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), the Collateral Agent may, upon sixty (60) days’ prior notice, purchase insurance at the applicable Grantor’s expense to protect the Collateral Agent’s Lien on such Collateral owned by the applicable Grantor.  This insurance may, but need not, protect the interests of the Grantors.  The coverage that the Collateral Agent purchases may (but shall not be required to) pay any claim that the Grantors make or any claim that is made against the Grantors in connection with said Collateral.  The Grantors may later cancel any insurance purchased by the Collateral Agent but only after providing the Collateral Agent with evidence that the Grantors have obtained insurance as required by this Agreement.  If the Collateral Agent purchases such insurance, the applicable Grantor will be responsible for the costs of that insurance, including interest and any other reasonable charges the Collateral Agent may impose in connection with the placement of insurance, until the effective date of the cancellation or expiration of the insurance.  The costs of the insurance shall be added to the Obligations.  The costs of the insurance may be more than the cost of insurance that the Grantors may be able to obtain on their own.

 

Section 4.11                              Condemnation .Subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), each Grantor shall, promptly upon learning of the institution of any proceeding for the condemnation or other taking of any of its property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $1,000,000, notify the Collateral Agent of the pendency of such proceeding.

 

Section 4.12                              Further Assurances .Subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), the Grantors shall, at their own cost and expense, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Collateral Agent and/or the Trustee such documents and agreements, and shall take or cause to be taken such actions, as are necessary or that the Collateral Agent and/or the Trustee may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Indenture Documents.  Upon the acquisition by any Grantor of any After-Acquired Property (but subject to the limitations, if applicable, set forth herein, in the Indenture or in each Intercreditor Agreement (if any)), such Grantor shall execute and deliver such security instruments, financing statements and certificates and Opinions of Counsel as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent a perfected security interest or other Lien in such After-Acquired Property and to have such After-Acquired Property added to the Collateral and shall promptly deliver such Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel as are customary in secured financing transactions in the relevant jurisdiction(s) or as are reasonably requested by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent (subject to customary assumptions, exceptions and qualifications), and thereupon all provisions of this Agreement relating to the Collateral, shall be deemed to relate to such After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect.  If any property or assets of the Issuer or any Grantor originally deemed to be an Excluded Asset at any point ceases to be an Excluded Asset pursuant to such defined term, all or the applicable portion of such property and assets shall be deemed to be After-Acquired Property and shall be added to the Notes Collateral in

 

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accordance with the Indenture and this Agreement and each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).  Subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), such security interests and Liens will be created under security agreements and other instruments and documents in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and the Grantors shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee all such instruments and documents (including legal opinions, Officers’ Certificates, title insurance policies and lien searches) as are necessary or that the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to evidence compliance with this Section 4.12.  The Grantors shall furnish to the Collateral Agent each year at the time of delivery of the annual report required to be delivered by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02(a) of the Indenture, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the information required pursuant to the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Effective Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 4.12.

 

Section 4.13                              Negative Pledge . In accordance with Section 4.11 of the Indenture, the Grantors shall not, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) on any asset or property of the Grantors.

 

Section 4.14                              Certain Post-Closing Obligations . Subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), as promptly as practical, and in any event no later than 45 days after the Effective Date, (a) the Issuer shall deliver to the Collateral Agent executed copies of the Egalet Corp DACA and Egalet Corp SACA, and (b) Egalet US shall deliver to the Collateral Agent an executed copy of the Egalet US DACA.

 

ARTICLE V

REMEDIES

 

Section 5.1                                     Remedies .(a)  If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:

 

(i)                                      the Collateral Agent shall have, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in addition to all other rights of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable law when a debtor is in default under a security agreement;

 

(ii)                                   the Collateral Agent may, at any time, take possession of the Collateral and keep it on any Grantor’s premises, at no cost to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee or any other Secured Party or remove any part of it to such other place or places as the Collateral Agent may desire, or any Grantor shall, upon the Collateral Agent’s demand, at such Grantor’s cost, assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place reasonably convenient to the Collateral Agent;

 

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Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to maintain the confidentiality of any proprietary information of the Grantors (consistent with the confidentiality obligations of the Holders of the Securities as required by the Indenture Documents).

 

(iv)                               the Collateral Agent may give notice of sole control or any other instruction under any Account Control Agreement and take any action provided therein with respect to the applicable Collateral;

 

(v)                                  the Collateral Agent may, concurrently with or following written notice to the Grantors, transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any part of the Investment Property Collateral, exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Investment Property Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations, exercise the voting and all other rights as a holder with respect thereto, collect and receive all cash dividends, interest, principal and other distributions made thereon and otherwise act with respect to the Investment Property Collateral as though the Collateral Agent was the outright owner thereof.

 

(b)                                  Without in any way requiring notice to be given in the following manner, each Grantor agrees that any notice by the Collateral Agent of sale, disposition, or other intended action hereunder or in connection herewith, whether required by the UCC or otherwise, shall constitute reasonable notice to the Grantors if such notice is mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or is delivered personally against receipt, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to such action to the Grantors’ address specified in or pursuant to Section 8.1.

 

(c)                                   If any Collateral is sold on terms other than payment in full at the time of sale, no credit shall be given against the Obligations until the Collateral Agent receives payment, and if the buyer defaults in payment, the Collateral Agent may resell the Collateral without further notice to any Grantor.

 

(d)                                  In the event the Collateral Agent seeks to take possession of all or any portion of the Collateral by judicial process, each Grantor irrevocably waives:  (i) the posting of any bond, surety, or security with respect thereto which might otherwise be required; (ii) any demand for possession prior to the commencement of any suit or action to recover the Collateral; and (iii) any requirement that the Collateral Agent retain possession and not dispose of any Collateral until after trial or final judgment.

 

(e)                                   If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, each Grantor hereby waives all rights to a hearing prior to the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the Collateral Agent’s rights to repossess the Collateral without judicial process or to replevy, attach, or levy upon the Collateral.

 

(f)                                    Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Agent has no obligation to preserve rights to the Collateral or marshal any Collateral for the benefit of any Person.

 

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(g)                                   Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that the compliance by the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, with any applicable state or federal law requirements may be required in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and such compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

 

(h)                                  The Collateral Agent shall have the right upon any public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any private sale or sales, to purchase for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right of equity redemption, which equity redemption each Grantor hereby expressly releases.

 

(i)                                      Until the Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, but no duty or obligation, to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving Collateral or the value of the Collateral, or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, but shall have no obligation to, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Collateral Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment.

 

(j)                                     Each Grantor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Collateral consisting of securities to be sold by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States or in applicable federal or state securities laws but may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such Collateral or other property to be sold for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.  Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not, by virtue thereof, be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner.  Unless required by a Requirement of Law, the Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to delay a sale of any of the Collateral or other property to be sold for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer of such securities to register such securities under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States or under any applicable federal or state securities laws, even if such issuer would agree to do so.  Each Grantor further agrees to do or cause to be done, at its own cost and expense, to the extent that such Grantor may do so under Requirements of Law, all such other acts and things as may be necessary to make such sales or resales of any portion or all of the Collateral or other property to be sold valid and binding and in compliance with any and all Requirements of Law at the Grantors’ expense.

 

(k)                                  Any remedy or enforcement action to be taken hereunder by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral shall be at the written direction of the Trustee (acting pursuant to the direction of the Majority Holders pursuant to the Indenture).

 

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(l)                                      Notwithstanding the foregoing, any rights and remedies provided in this Section 5.1 shall be subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).

 

Section 5.2                                     Grant of Intellectual Property License .Effective only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise the rights and remedies under this Article V at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent a non-exclusive license or other right to use, without charge, each Grantor’s labels, patents, copyrights, name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, and advertising matter, or any similar property, to the extent constituting Collateral in completing production of, advertising or selling any Collateral, and, subject to the rights of any licensor or franchisor under such agreements and to the extent not in violation of such agreements, each Grantor’s rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall inure to the Collateral Agent’s benefit for such purpose.

 

Section 5.3                                     Application of Proceeds .Subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), the Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection, sale, foreclosure or other realization upon any Collateral, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such hereunder or under the Indenture or any other Indenture Document) and the Trustee in connection with such collection, sale, foreclosure or realization or reasonable costs, expenses, claims or liabilities of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee otherwise relating to or arising in connection with this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Indenture Document or any of the Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Collateral Agent or the Trustee hereunder or under the Indenture or any other Indenture Document on behalf of any Grantor, any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent or the Trustee in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under the Indenture or any other Indenture Document, and any indemnification of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee required by the terms hereunder, under the Indenture or any other Indenture Document;

 

SECOND, to the Trustee for distribution in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 6.10 of the Indenture.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement and each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).  Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

 

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ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE COLLATERAL AGENT

 

Section 6.1                                     Reliance by Collateral Agent; Indemnity Against Liabilities, etc .(a)  Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other Indenture Document, the Collateral Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established with respect to the Grantors or any other Person in connection with the taking, suffering or omitting of any action hereunder by the Collateral Agent, such matter may be conclusively deemed to be proved or established by a certificate executed by an Officer of such Person, including an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted in reliance thereon.  The Collateral Agent may at any time solicit written confirmatory instructions, including a direction of the Trustee, any Grantor or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction as to any action that it may be requested or required to take or that it may propose to take in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Indenture Document and shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder or under any Indenture Document until it shall have received such requisite instruction.

 

(b)                                  The Collateral Agent shall be fully protected in relying upon any note, writing, affidavit, electronic communication, fax, resolution, statement, certificate, instrument, opinion, report, notice (including any notice of an Event of Default or of the cure or waiver thereof), request, consent, order or other paper or document or oral conversation (including, telephone conversations) which it in good faith believes to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, presented or made by the proper party.  The Collateral Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any notice, certificate or opinion furnished to the Collateral Agent in connection with this Agreement or any other Indenture Document and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Issuer or any Grantor, independent accountants and other agents consulted by the Collateral Agent).

 

Section 6.2                                     Exercise of Remedies .The remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Security Documents shall include, but not be limited to, the disposition of the Collateral by foreclosure or other sale and the exercising of all remedies of a secured lender under the UCC, bankruptcy laws or similar laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

Section 6.3                                     Authorized Investments .Any and all funds held by the Collateral Agent in its capacity as Collateral Agent, whether pursuant to any provision hereof or of any other Security Document or otherwise, shall, to the extent reasonably practicable following receipt by the Collateral Agent from the Issuer of specific written instructions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent delivered to the Collateral Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed investment, be invested by the Collateral Agent within a reasonable time in the Cash Equivalents identified in such written instructions.  Any interest earned on such funds shall be disbursed (i) during an Event of Default, in accordance with Section 5.3 and (ii) at all other times, as the Issuer shall direct. To the extent that the interest rate payable with respect to any such account varies over time, the Collateral Agent may use an average interest rate in making the interest allocations among the respective Secured Parties.  In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a

 

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final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any investment losses in respect of any funds invested in accordance with this Section 6.3.  The Collateral Agent shall have no duty or obligation regarding the reinvestment of any such funds in the absence of updated written instructions from the Issuer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 6.4                                     Bankruptcy Proceedings .The following provisions shall apply during any Bankruptcy Proceeding of any Grantor:

 

(a)                                  The Collateral Agent shall represent all Secured Parties in connection with all matters directly relating to the Collateral, including, any use, sale or lease of Collateral, use of cash collateral, request for relief from the automatic stay and request for adequate protection.

 

(b)                                  Each Secured Party shall be free to act independently on any issue not affecting the Collateral.  Each Secured Party shall give prior notice to the Collateral Agent of any such action that could materially affect the rights or interests of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties to the extent that such notice is reasonably practicable.  If such prior notice is not given, such Secured Party shall give prompt notice following any action taken hereunder.

 

(c)                                   Any proceeds of the Collateral received by any Secured Party as a result of, or during, any Bankruptcy Proceeding will be delivered promptly to the Collateral Agent for distribution in accordance with Section 5.3.

 

ARTICLE VII
COLLATERAL AGENT AND TRUSTEE RIGHTS, DUTIES AND
LIABILITIES; ATTORNEY IN FACT; PROXY

 

Section 7.1                                     The Collateral Agent’s and the Trustee’s Rights, Duties, and Liabilities .  (a)  The Grantors assume all responsibility and liability arising from or relating to the use, maintenance, storage, sale, collection, foreclosure, realization on, conveyance or other disposition of or involving the Collateral.  The Obligations shall not be affected by any failure of any Grantor, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee to take any steps to perfect the Collateral Agent’s Liens or to collect or realize upon the Collateral, nor shall loss of or damage to the Collateral release any Grantor from any of the Obligations.  Following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be required to), and at the direction of the Trustee (acting in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Holders pursuant to the Indenture) shall, subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the terms of the Indenture, without notice to or consent from any Grantor sue upon or otherwise collect, extend the time for payment of, modify or amend the terms of, compromise or settle for cash, credit, or otherwise upon any terms, grant other indulgences, extensions, renewals, compositions, or releases, and take or omit to take any other action with respect to the Collateral, any security therefor, any agreement relating thereto, any insurance applicable thereto, or any Person liable directly or indirectly in connection with any of the foregoing, without discharging or otherwise affecting the liability of any Grantor for the Obligations or under the Indenture, any other Indenture Document or any other agreement now or hereafter existing between any Secured Party and any Grantor.

 

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(b)                                  It is expressly agreed by the Grantors that, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each of the Grantors shall remain liable under each of its contracts and each of its licenses to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder.  The Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall not have any obligation or liability under any contract or license by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the granting herein of a Lien thereon or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or the Trustee of any payment relating to any contract or license pursuant hereto that is applied as required herein.  The Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall not be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any contract or license, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any contract or license, or to present or file any claims, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

Section 7.2                                     Right to Cure .The Collateral Agent may, (but shall not be required to) in its reasonable discretion, subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), pay any reasonable amount or do any reasonable act required of any Grantor hereunder or under any other Indenture Document in order to preserve, protect, maintain, or enforce the Obligations, the Collateral or the Collateral Agent’s Liens therein, and which any Grantor fails to timely pay or do, including payment of any judgment against any Grantor, any insurance premium, any warehouse charge, any finishing or processing charge, any landlord’s or bailee’s claim, and any other Lien upon or with respect to the Collateral.  All payments that the Collateral Agent makes under this Section 7.2 and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses that the Collateral Agent pays or incurs in connection with any action taken by it hereunder shall be promptly reimbursed by such Grantor.  Any payment made or other action taken by the Collateral Agent under this Section 7.2 shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default hereunder and to proceed thereafter as herein provided.

 

Section 7.3                                     Confidentiality .(a)  The Collateral Agent, in its individual capacity and as Collateral Agent, and the Trustee, in its individual capacity and as Trustee, agree and acknowledge that all information provided to the Collateral Agent or the Trustee by any Grantor may be considered to be proprietary and confidential information (“ Confidential Information ”).  The Trustee and the Collateral Agent each agrees to take all reasonable precautions necessary to keep such information confidential, which precautions shall be no less stringent than those that the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, employs to protect its own confidential information.  Each of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall not disclose to any third party other than as set forth herein, and shall not use for any purpose other than the exercise of the Collateral Agent’s and the Trustee’s rights and the performance of its respective obligations under this Agreement, any such information without the prior written consent of such Grantor, as applicable.  Each of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall limit access to such information received hereunder to (a) its directors, officers, managers and employees and (b) its legal advisors, to each of whom disclosure of such information is necessary for the purposes described above; provided, however , that in each case such party has expressly agreed to maintain such information in confidence under terms and conditions substantially identical to the terms of this Section 7.3(a).

 

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(b)                                  Each of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee agree that, unless otherwise provided hereunder or under the Indenture, each Grantor does not have any responsibility whatsoever for any reliance on Confidential Information by the Collateral Agent or the Trustee or by any Person to whom such information is disclosed in connection with this Agreement, whether related to the purposes described above or otherwise.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee agrees that the Grantor makes no representation or warranty whatsoever to it with respect to Confidential Information or its suitability for such purposes.  Each of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee further agrees that it shall not acquire any rights against the Grantor or any employee, officer, director, manager, representative or agent of the Grantor (together with the Issuer and any employee, officer, director, manager, representative or agent of the Issuer, “ Confidential Parties ”) as a result of the disclosure of Confidential Information to the Trustee and that no Confidential Party has any duty, responsibility, liability or obligation to any Person as a result of any such disclosure.

 

(c)                                   In the event the Collateral Agent or the Trustee is required to disclose any Confidential Information received hereunder in order to comply with any laws, regulations or court orders, it may disclose Confidential Information only to the extent necessary for such compliance; provided, however , that it shall give the Grantor, reasonable advance written notice of any such court proceeding in which such disclosure may be required pursuant to a court order so as to afford the Grantor full and fair opportunity to oppose the issuance of such order and to appeal therefrom and shall cooperate reasonably with the Grantor, as applicable, in opposing such order and in securing confidential treatment of any Confidential Information to be disclosed and/or obtaining a protective order narrowing the scope of such disclosure.

 

Section 7.4                                     Power of Attorney .Each Grantor, as to itself, hereby appoints the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent’s designee as such Grantor’s attorney, with power upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default: (a) to endorse such Grantor’s name on any checks, notes, acceptances, money orders, or other forms of payment or security that come into the Collateral Agent’s or any Secured Parties’ possession; (b) to sign such Grantor’s name on any invoice, bill of lading, warehouse receipt, or other document of title relating to any Collateral, on drafts against customers, on assignments of Accounts, on notices of assignment, financing statements, and other public records and to file any such financing statements by electronic means with or without a signature as authorized or required by applicable law or filing procedure; (c) to notify the post office authorities to change the address for delivery of such Grantor’s mail to an address designated by the Collateral Agent and to receive, open, and dispose of all mail addressed to such Grantor; (d) to send requests for verification of Accounts to customers or Account Debtors (subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any)); (e) to clear Inventory through customs in such Grantor’s name, the Collateral Agent’s name, or the name of the Collateral Agent’s designee, and to sign and deliver to customs officials powers of attorney in such Grantor’s name for such purpose; and (f) to do all things the Collateral Agent reasonably determines are necessary to carry out the security interest provisions of the Indenture and the provisions of this Agreement.  Each Grantor ratifies and approves all acts of such attorney.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Indenture Document to the contrary, none of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, nor their attorneys, employees or Affiliates will be liable for any acts or omissions or for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or law other than any such liability arising from any such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as finally determined by a court of competent

 

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jurisdiction.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any rights and remedies provided in this Section 7.4 shall be subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).

 

Section 7.5                                     NATURE OF APPOINTMENT; LIMITATION OF DUTY .THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT IN THIS ARTICLE VII IS COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE UNTIL THE DATE ON WHICH THIS AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.13. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY INDENTURE DOCUMENT, NEITHER THE COLLATERAL AGENT, NOR ANY SECURED PARTY, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE ANY DUTY TO EXERCISE ANY RIGHT OR POWER GRANTED HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR TO PRESERVE THE SAME AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO DO SO OR FOR ANY DELAY IN DOING SO, EXCEPT  TO THE EXTENT SUCH DAMAGES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION; PROVIDED THAT, IN NO EVENT SHALL THEY BE LIABLE FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

 

Section 7.6                                     Additional Matters Relating to the Collateral Agent .(a)  The Collateral Agent.   U.S. Bank National Association shall initially act as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties and shall be authorized to appoint co-collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion.  U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Indenture Documents, (ii) enter into any Intercreditor Agreements, (iii) bind the Secured Parties on the terms as set forth in the Indenture Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) perform and observe its obligations under the Indenture Documents and each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).

 

(b)                                  Role of the Collateral Agent .  The rights, duties, liabilities and immunities of the Collateral Agent and its appointment, resignation and replacement hereunder and under the Indenture and the other Indenture Documents shall be governed by this Agreement, Article 11 of the Indenture and the relevant provisions contained in the other Indenture Documents.  Without limiting the foregoing, the rights, privileges, protections and benefits given to the Collateral Agent under the Indenture are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Collateral Agent in connection with the execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Indenture Documents and any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent in connection with its appointment and performance under this Agreement and the other Indenture Documents to which it is a party.

 

(c)                                   Absence of Fiduciary Relation .  The Collateral Agent undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its agreements and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Indenture and the other Indenture Documents, and no implied agreements, covenants or obligations with respect to any Grantor or any Affiliate of any Grantor, any Secured Party or any other party shall be read into this Agreement against the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent in its capacity as such is not a fiduciary of and shall not owe or be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to any Grantor or any Related Person of any Grantor.

 

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(d)                                  Exculpatory Provisions .

 

(i)                                      None of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Related Persons shall be responsible or liable in any manner (A) to any Grantor or any of their respective Related Persons for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement in compliance herewith, (B) to any Secured Party or any other Person for any recitals, statements, representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or in any Indenture Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any Indenture Document, (C) to any Secured Party or any other Person for the validity, effectiveness, adequacy, genuineness or enforceability of this Agreement or any Indenture Document, or any Lien purported to be created hereunder or under any Indenture Document, (D) to any Secured Party or any other Person for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or the validity of the title of any Grantor to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral or (E) to any Secured Party or other Person for any failure of any Grantor to perform its obligations hereunder or of the Issuer to perform any of the Obligations.

 

(ii)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) in no event shall the Trustee or the Collateral Agent be responsible for or have any obligation, duty or liability with respect to the creation, perfection, priority, maintenance, protection or enforcement of any Lien on, security interest in, pledge or other encumbrance involving or relating to the Collateral or any other assets, properties or rights of the Grantors, provided , however that the Collateral Agent acknowledges that with respect to the enforcement of any Liens, its actions will be subject to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), (B) none of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any Liens in the Collateral and (C) none of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be under any obligation to any Person to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or to inspect the properties or records of any Grantor.  The permissive rights of the Collateral Agent to do things enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty or obligation.  The Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on any Opinions of Counsel rendered to the Collateral Agent under Section 11.02 of the Indenture and otherwise under the Indenture in determining any necessary or desirable actions under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account and the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which comparable secured parties accord comparable collateral.  None of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing

 

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so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof.

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, none of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, or Related Persons shall be exonerated from any liability arising from its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(e)                                   Fees and Expenses .  The Grantors agree that they shall, jointly and severally, upon demand pay to the Collateral Agent and any Secured Party the amount of any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of their respective counsel, any special consultants reasonably engaged (and, unless an Event of Default exists, engaged only with the consent of the Issuer), and any local counsel who might reasonably be retained by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, as the case may be, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby) that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, as the case may be, may incur in connection with (i) any Event of Default, including the sale, lease, license or other disposition of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral pursuant to the exercise or enforcement of any of their respective rights hereunder, (ii) the exercise of their respective rights under this Agreement or under any Indenture Document, including the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of,  any of the Collateral, (iii) performance by the Collateral Agent of any obligations of any Grantor that any Grantor has failed or refused to perform with respect to the Collateral, (iv) bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, foreclosure, winding up or liquidation proceedings and defending or asserting rights and claims of the Collateral Agent in respect thereof, by litigation or otherwise, including expenses of insurance, or (v) the execution and delivery and administration of this Agreement, each Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the other Indenture Documents and, any agreement supplemental hereto or thereto, and any instruments of amendment, waiver, further assurance, release or termination, including with respect to the termination and/or release of any or all of the Liens  in the Collateral provided for in this Agreement and the other Security Documents.  Any amounts payable by any Grantor pursuant to this Section 7.6 shall be payable on demand.

 

(f)                                    Filing Fees, Taxes, etc .  The Grantors, jointly and severally, shall pay all filing, registration and recording fees or re-filing, re-registration, and re-recording fees, and all federal, state, county, and municipal stamp taxes and other similar taxes, duties, imposts, assessments, and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, each Intercreditor Agreement (if any), the other Indenture Documents, and any agreement supplemental hereto or thereto and any instruments of further assurance or termination.

 

(g)                                   Security Against Costs .  Except for action expressly provided for herein and in the other Indenture Documents, the Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or any other Indenture Document at the request, order or direction of any Secured Party pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture or any Indenture Document, unless such Secured Party shall have offered to the

 

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Collateral Agent security or indemnity satisfactory to the Collateral Agent against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with such request, order or direction.

 

(h)                                  No Responsibility for Investments .  In no event shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be liable or responsible for any funds or investments of funds held by any Grantor or any Affiliates thereof.

 

Section 7.7                                     Appointment of Co-Collateral Agent .In the event that the Collateral Agent appoints a Co-Collateral Agent, or Co-Collateral Agents, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.6(a) of this Agreement, such Co-Collateral Agent(s) shall enter into a Co-Collateral Agent Appointment Agreement in a form satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and such Co-Collateral Agent, and upon acceptance of the appointment, such Co-Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, limitations on liability and immunities afforded to and subject to all the duties of the Collateral Agent hereunder, and shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement for all purposes provided in this Section 7.7, in each case, subject to the specific rights and duties vested in the Co-Collateral Agent pursuant to the Co-Collateral Agent Appointment Agreement and related Security Documents.  It is accepted and acknowledged by the parties hereto that any Co-Collateral Agent appointed in accordance with Section 7.6(a) and this Section 7.7 shall be entitled to the payment of its fees and expenses as agreed to by the Issuer, and without limitation of any of the other provisions of this Agreement, shall be deemed to be an indemnified party under Section 8.17 of this Agreement with respect to any liability arising under this Agreement or the other Indenture Documents without need for further act by the Issuer or the Subsidiary Parties.

 

Section 7.8                                     Instructions under Account Control Agreement .Each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, whichsoever is a party to any Account Control Agreement, agrees not to issue a notice of exclusive control or any other instruction under such Account Control Agreement unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 8.1                                     Notice .All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(a)                                  if to the Collateral Agent, to it at

 

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

One Federal Street, 3rd Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Alison Nadeau (Egalet Corporation 2016 Indenture)

Facsimile:  (617) 603-6683

 

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(b)                                  if to the Trustee, to it at

 

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

One Federal Street, 3rd Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Alison Nadeau (Egalet Corporation 2016 Indenture)

Facsimile:  (617) 603-6683

 

(c)                                   if to Grantors, at

 

Egalet Corporation

600 Lee Road, Suite 100

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19807

Attention:  General Counsel

Facsimile:  (484) 580-6230

 

Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (and for this purpose a notice to the Issuer shall be deemed to be a notice to each Grantor).  All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by facsimile or on the date five (5) Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 8.1 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 8.1.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, notices to the Collateral Agent shall only be effective upon actual receipt.

 

Section 8.2                                     Waiver of Notices .Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, each Grantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any Collateral.

 

Section 8.3                                     Limitation on Collateral Agent’s and Secured Party’s Duty with Respect to the Collateral .The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Collateral Agent and each Secured Party shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control.  Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party, or any income thereon (other than to account for proceeds therefrom) or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on the Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it would be commercially reasonable for the Collateral Agent (i) to fail to incur expenses deemed significant by the Collateral Agent to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to transform raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain

 

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governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as the Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Collateral Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Collateral Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the Collateral Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral.  Each Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 8.3 is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent would be commercially reasonable in the Collateral Agent’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 8.3.  Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 8.3 shall be construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any duties on the Collateral Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 8.3.

 

Section 8.4                                     Compromises and Collection of Collateral .Each Grantor and the Collateral Agent recognize that setoffs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims may be asserted by obligors with respect to certain of the Accounts, that certain of the Accounts may be or become uncollectible in whole or in part and that the expense and probability of success in litigating a disputed Account may exceed the amount that reasonably may be expected to be recovered with respect to an Account.  In view of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Collateral Agent may at any time and from time to time, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any)), compromise with the obligor on any Account, accept in full payment of any Account such amount as the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion shall determine or abandon any Account, and any such action by the Collateral Agent shall be commercially reasonable so long as the Collateral Agent acts in good faith based on information known to it at the time it takes any such action.

 

Section 8.5                                     Specific Performance of Certain Covenants .Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 4.2(a), 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.10, 4.12, 5.1(j), 7.6, 8.11, 8.17 and 8.18, will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and therefore agrees, without limiting the right of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties to seek and obtain specific

 

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performance of other obligations of any Grantor contained in this Agreement, that the covenants of such Grantor contained in the Sections referred to in this Section 8.5 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor.

 

Section 8.6                                     Cumulative Remedies; No Prior Recourse to Collateral .The enumeration herein of the Collateral Agent’s and the Trustee’s rights and remedies is not intended to be exclusive, and such rights and remedies are in addition to and not by way of limitation of any other rights or remedies that the Collateral Agent and the Trustee may have under the UCC, other applicable law or the Indenture Documents.  The Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall have the right, in their sole discretion, to determine which rights and remedies are to be exercised and in which order.  The exercise of one right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any others, all of which shall be cumulative.  The Collateral Agent and the Trustee may, without limitation, proceed directly against any Person liable therefor to collect the Obligations without any prior recourse to the Collateral.  No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee, any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power, or privilege.

 

Section 8.7                                     Limitation by Law; Severability of Provisions .All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or registered, in whole or in part.  The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder.

 

Section 8.8                                     Reinstatement .This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of such Grantor’s assets.  This Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time when there is or has been more than one Grantor payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any such payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

Section 8.9                                     Binding Effect .The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective representatives, successors, and permitted assigns of the parties hereto; provided , however , no Grantor shall assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (other than pursuant to a transaction permitted under the Indenture), and any attempted assignment

 

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without such consent shall be null and void.  The rights and benefits of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee hereunder shall, if such Persons so agree, inure to any party acquiring any interest in the Obligations or any part thereof in accordance with the terms hereof or of the Indenture.

 

Section 8.10                              Survival of Representations .All representations and warranties made by the Grantors in the Indenture Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Indenture Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Secured Parties and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Indenture Documents, regardless of any investigation made by any Secured Party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Collateral Agent, the Trustee or any other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the provisions of Section 8.17 and 8.18 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Securities or the termination of this Agreement or any other Indenture Document.

 

Section 8.11                              Guaranties; Third Party Joinder .Promptly upon creation or acquisition of any Subsidiary of a Grantor, such Grantor shall, to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, cause such new Subsidiary to become a Grantor by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent such an instrument in the form of Exhibit H hereto and other instruments, certificates, and agreements as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.  Upon execution and delivery of such instruments, certificates, and agreements, such newly created or acquired Subsidiary shall automatically become a Grantor and thereupon shall have all of the rights, benefits, duties, and obligations of a Grantor under the Indenture Documents.

 

Section 8.12                              Captions .The captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are without substantive meaning and should not be construed to modify, enlarge, or restrict any provision.

 

Section 8.13                              Termination and Release .This Agreement and the security interests granted hereby shall terminate in accordance with the Indenture and each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).

 

Section 8.14                              Entire Agreement .This Agreement, together with the other Indenture Documents embodies the entire agreement and understanding between each Grantor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between any Grantor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral.

 

Section 8.15                              Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .(a)  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT LOCAL LAW GOVERNS THE CREATION, PERFECTION, PRIORITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTERESTS.

 

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(b)                                  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 8.1.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

Section 8.16                              Waiver of Jury Trial .EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

Section 8.17                              Indemnity .EACH GRANTOR AGREES, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD THE COLLATERAL AGENT, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH OF THEIR RELATED PERSONS (EACH, AN “ INDEMNIFIED PERSON ”) HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, CHARGES, EXPENSES, AND DISBURSEMENTS (INCLUDING REASONABLE AND DOCUMENTED OUT-OF-POCKET ATTORNEY COSTS) OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY AT ANY TIME (INCLUDING AT ANY TIME FOLLOWING THE TERMINATION, RESIGNATION, OR REPLACEMENT OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR THE TRUSTEE) BE IMPOSED ON, INCURRED BY, OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON IN ANY WAY RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OTHER INDENTURE DOCUMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY OR REFERRED TO HEREIN OR THEREIN, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, OR ANY ACTION TAKEN OR OMITTED BY ANY SUCH PERSON UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION, OR PROCEEDING (INCLUDING ANY INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING OR APPELLATE PROCEEDING) RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE, ANY OTHER INDENTURE DOCUMENT, OR THE SECURITIES OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF, WHETHER OR NOT ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON IS A PARTY THERETO INCLUDING ANY SUCH LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, CHARGES, EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENTS RESULTING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON (ALL THE FOREGOING, COLLECTIVELY, THE “ INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES ”); PROVIDED THAT

 

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THE GRANTORS SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION HEREUNDER TO ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES TO THE EXTENT SUCH INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES RESULT PRIMARILY FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.  THE AGREEMENTS IN THIS SECTION 8.17 SHALL SURVIVE PAYMENT OF ALL OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND ANY TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INDENTURE DOCUMENT.

 

Section 8.18                              Limitation of Liability .NO CLAIM MAY BE MADE BY ANY GRANTOR OR OTHER PERSON AGAINST THE COLLATERAL AGENT, THE TRUSTEE, OR THE AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PERSONS OF ANY OF THEM FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OTHER INDENTURE DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION, OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, RELEASES, AND AGREES NOT TO SUE UPON OR BRING IN ANY JUDICIAL, ARBITRAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE FORUM ANY CLAIM FOR SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER OR NOT ACCRUED AND WHETHER OR NOT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO EXIST IN ITS FAVOR. THE AGREEMENTS IN THIS SECTION 8.18 SHALL SURVIVE PAYMENT OF ALL OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND ANY TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INDENTURE DOCUMENT.

 

Section 8.19                              Counterparts .This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.  Any counterpart may be executed by facsimile or other electronic transmission, and such facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed an original.

 

Section 8.20                              Amendments .Other than as permitted pursuant to each Intercreditor Agreement (if any) or the Indenture, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent that may be required in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Indenture.

 

Section 8.21                              Conflicts with Other Agreements .(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, this Agreement, the Liens created hereby and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for herein are subject in all respects to the provisions of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 

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(b)                                  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the UK Share Charge with respect to the Collateral intended to be pledged under the UK Share Charge, the provisions of the UK Share Charge shall control.

 

(c)                                   In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Danish Account Pledge with respect to the Collateral intended to be pledged under the Danish Account Pledge, the provisions of the Danish Account Pledge shall control.

 

Section 8.22                              Incorporation by Reference .It is expressly understood and agreed that U.S. Bank National Association is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent and as Trustee as appointed pursuant to the Indenture, and shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, immunities and protections under the Indenture as if such rights, privileges, immunities and protections were set forth herein.

 

Section 8.23                              English Language .This Agreement and each other Indenture Document has been negotiated and executed in English. All certificates, reports, notices and other documents and communications given or delivered by any party hereto pursuant to this Agreement or any other Indenture Document shall be in English or, if not in English, accompanied by a certified English translation thereof. The English version of any such document shall control the meaning of the matters set forth herein.

 

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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

 

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

Name: Robert S. Radie

 

 

Title: Authorized Officer

 

 

 

 

 

EGALET US INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

Name: Robert S. Radie

 

 

Title: Authorized Officer

 

 

 

 

 

EGALET LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

Name: Robert S. Radie

 

 

Title: Authorized Officer

 

Signature page to Collateral Agreement

 


 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alison D.B. Nadeau

 

 

Name: Alison D.B. Nadeau

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alison D.B. Nadeau

 

 

Name: Alison D.B. Nadeau

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

Signature page to Collateral Agreement

 


 

EXHIBIT A

(See Sections 3.2, 3.3 and 4.1 of Agreement)

 


 

EXHIBIT B

(See Section 3.6 of Agreement)

 

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

 


 

EXHIBIT C

(See Section 3.8 of Agreement)

 

COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

 


 

EXHIBIT D

(See Section 3.7 of Agreement)

 

LIST OF INVESTMENT PROPERTY

 


 

EXHIBIT E

(See Section 3.1 of Agreement)

 

FILING OFFICES

 


 

EXHIBIT F

(See Section 4.2 of Agreement)

 

FORM OF AMENDMENT

 

This Amendment, dated [                ,    ] is delivered pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Agreement as defined below.  All defined terms herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto or incorporated by reference in the Agreement.  The undersigned further agrees that this Amendment may be attached to that certain Collateral Agreement, dated as of [      ], 2019, between the undersigned, as the Grantors, U.S. Bank National Association, as the Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as the Collateral Agent (the “ Agreement ”) and that the Collateral consisting of Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule I to this Amendment shall be and become a part of the Collateral referred to in said Agreement and shall secure all Obligations referred to in said Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Agreement, as amended hereby, the Agreement, the Liens created thereby and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for therein and herein are subject in all respects to the provisions of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Agreement, this Supplement and any Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 


 

SCHEDULE I TO AMENDMENT

 

[Include description of Commercial Tort Claims with particularity]

 


 

EXHIBIT G
(see Section 3.10 of Agreement)

 

FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned, the [ office of undersigned ](2) of [ name of Grantor ], a [ type of entity ] formed under the law of [ jurisdiction ] (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies as of [ date ], with reference to the Collateral Agreement to be dated on or around the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Parties (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto, [ Collateral Agent ], in its capacity as trustee and in its capacity as collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein), to the Collateral Agent as follows:

 

1.                                       Name.   The exact legal name of the Company as that name appears on its charter, certificate of incorporation, articles of association or similar document is as follows:

 

2.                                       Addresses and Other Identifying Factors.

 

(a)                                  The following is the current registered address of the Company:

 

(b)                                  The following is the mailing address of the Company (if different from its registered address):

 

(c)                                   The following is each current place of business for the Company (if different from its registered address or mailing address) and, if more than one place of business, its chief executive office:

 

Address

 

Chief Executive Office

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)                                  The following is the type of organization of the Company:

 

(e)                                   The following is the sole jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable:

 

(f)                                    The following is the Company’s government-issued organizational identification number as set forth below opposite its name ( state “None” if the state does not issue such a number ):

 

3.                                       Other Names, Etc.

 

(a)                                  The following is a list of all other names (including fictitious names, d/b/a’s, trade names or similar appellations and names on tax returns) used by the Company, or any other business or organization to which the Company became the successor by merger; consolidation; acquisition; change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, now or at any time during the past five years:

 


(2)  NTD: Egalet does not currently have a CFO.

 


 

Other Name

 

Comments

 

 

( e.g. fictitious name of Company; change in form of Company )

 

(b)                                  Attached hereto as Schedule 3 is the information required in items 1 and 2 for any other business or organization listed in Section 3(a)  to which the Company became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, now or at any time during the past five years.

 

4.                                       Other Current Locations.

 

(a)                                  The following are all other locations where the Company maintains any books or records relating to any of the Company’s accounts, instruments, chattel paper, general intangibles or mobile goods:

 

Address

 

Description of Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)                                  The following are all other locations where any of the Company’s inventory or equipment is located or stored (other than inventory and equipment in transit):

 

Address

 

Description of Inventory/Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)                                   The following are the names and addresses of all persons or entities other than the Company, such as bailees, lessees, consignees, warehousemen, purchasers of chattel paper, or other third parties which have possession or are intended to have possession of any of the Company’s instruments, chattel paper, inventory or equipment (other than inventory and equipment in transit):

 

Name

 

Address

 

Description of Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                       Prior Locations.

 

(a)                                  Set forth below is the information required by items 2(c) and 4(a) with respect to each place of business location previously maintained by the Company at any time during the past five years:

 

Address

 

Description of Property, Inventory or Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)                                  Set forth below is the information required by items 4(d) and 4(e) with respect to each other location at which, or other person or entity with which, any of the Company’s inventory or equipment has been previously held at any time during the past twelve months:

 

Name

 

Address

 

Description of Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

6.                                       Intellectual Property.   Attached hereto as Schedule 6 is a complete list of all United States and foreign patents, copyrights (including software), trademarks, trade names and service marks registered, or for which applications are pending, in the name of the Company.  ( Please identify the jurisdiction of registration or application and indicate whether registered or application pending. )

 

7.                                       Drug Applications.   Attached hereto as Schedule 7 is a complete list of each active or pending drug application and each such abbreviated drug application or similar filing, registration, notice (or the like) to manufacture, use, store, import, export, transport, market, promote, sell or place on the market any pharmaceutical product as to which the Company is the applicant, filer, owner or holder, in any and all jurisdictions.  ( Please also indicate the jurisdiction .)

 

8.                                       Securities, Instruments and Other Investment Property.   Attached hereto as Schedule 8 is a complete list of all stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, instruments and other securities and investment property owned by the Company.  ( Please provide name of issuer, jurisdiction of organization of issuer, a description of security or investment property, and value;   for any securities of a subsidiary or affiliate, please also indicate the relationship with—and the percentage ownership of—such entity. )

 

9.                                       Other Titled Collateral.   The following is a complete list of all other inventory, equipment and other goods of the Company which are subject to any certificate of title or other registration statute of any jurisdiction ( provide description of covered goods and indicate registration system and jurisdiction ) other than vehicles:

 

Goods

 

Registration System

 

Jurisdiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.                                Bank Accounts.   The following is a complete list of all accounts (including deposit, securities and commodity accounts) maintained by the Company ( provide name and address of institution, type of account and account number ):

 

Name of Institution

 

Address

 

Type of Account

 

Account Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.                                Unusual Transactions .

 

(a)                                  Except for those purchases, acquisitions and other transactions described on Schedule 3 or on Schedule 11 attached hereto, all of the Company’s assets and property have been acquired in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and, as to material goods owned by the Company, consists of goods which have been acquired by the Company in the ordinary course from a person in the business of selling goods of that kind.  ( Please provide on such Schedule the names and addresses of all entities from whom such assets, property or material goods were purchased, the date of such acquisition and the type of property acquired .)

 


 

12.                                Commercial Tort Claims .  Attached hereto as Schedule 12 is a brief written description of each and every commercial tort claim in excess of $250,000 which the Company holds.  ( Please describe with particularity .)

 

13.                                Real Estate Collateral .  Attached hereto as Schedule 13 are all the locations where the Company owns or leases any real property (including any fixtures) and an indication of whether such real property is owned or leased by the Company.

 

14.                                Licenses and Permits .  Attached hereto as Schedule 14 are all licenses, permits (including environmental), authorizations or certifications (and the like) issued by any federal, state, local or foreign government to the Company or with respect to its assets, properties or business, and the name of the issuing government.  ( If issued by a particular governmental agency, please include the name of such agency .)

 

15.                                Material Contracts .  Attached hereto as Schedule 15 are all Material Contracts to which the Company is a party (including any equipment leases) or in which the Company has an interest,  including whether such contract has a non-assignability provision which would require the other party’s or another party’s consent to the granting of a security interest in such contract.  For purposes hereof, “ Material Contract ” means a contract or other agreement to which the Company is a party, by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject that is material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has hereunto signed this Certificate as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 


 

SCHEDULE 3

 

Business or organization to which the Company became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise

 


 

SCHEDULE 6

 

Patents, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property

 


 

SCHEDULE 7

 

Drug Applications

 


 

SCHEDULE 8

 

Securities and Investment Property

 

Issuer

 

Jurisdiction

 

Description of Interests

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information on Securities of Subsidiaries and Affiliates

 

Issuer

 

Relationship

 

Percentage of Ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

SCHEDULE 11

 

Unusual Transactions

 


 

SCHEDULE 12

 

Commercial Tort Claims

 


 

SCHEDULE 13

 

Locations of Real Property

 

Address

 

Owned or Leased

 

Name of Owner, if Leased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

SCHEDULE 14

 

Licenses, Permits, Authorizations, Certifications

 

Type of License, Permit, Authorization or Certification

 

Granting Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

SCHEDULE 15

 

Material Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

Non-assignability Clause

 

Title and Date of Contract

 

Counterparty

 

Security Interest
(Y/N)

 

Consent Obtained
(Y/N)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT H
(see Section 8.11 of Agreement)

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENT

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. [  ] dated as of [                ,    ] (this “ Supplement ”), to the Collateral Agreement dated as of [      ], 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among EGALET CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation with an address at 600 Lee Road, Suite 100, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 19807 (the “ Issuer ”), each Subsidiary of the Issuer party from time to time thereto (each such subsidiary individually a “ Subsidiary Party ” and collectively, the “ Subsidiary Parties ”; the Subsidiary Parties are referred to collectively herein as the “ Grantors ”), U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (and its successors under the Indenture (as defined below), in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (and its successors under the Indenture, in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

 

WHEREAS pursuant to the terms of the Indenture dated as of [      ], 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the Subsidiary Parties and the Trustee, the Issuer issued the Securities (as defined in the Indenture), which may be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of the Subsidiary Parties;

 

WHEREAS the Issuer, the Subsidiary Parties, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent (if applicable), the Trustee and the other parties party thereto may enter into one or more Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements from time to time (as such agreements may be amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, each an “ Intercreditor Agreement ”), which will govern the liens upon and security interests in the Collateral granted by the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS each Grantor executed and delivered the Agreement, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture to induce the Trustee to enter into the Indenture and for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities; and

 

WHEREAS Section 8.11 of the Agreement and Section 4.10 of the Indenture provide that additional Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer (unless such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture)) shall become Subsidiary Parties under the Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement.  The undersigned Subsidiary (the “ New Subsidiary ”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture Documents to become a Subsidiary Party under the Agreement.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture and the Agreement.

 

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                             In accordance with Section 8.11 of the Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Party and a Grantor under the Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Party

 


 

and the New Subsidiary hereby expressly assumes, and hereby agrees to perform and observe, each and every one of the covenants, rights promises, agreements, terms, conditions, obligations, appointments, duties and liabilities applicable to it as a Subsidiary Party and Grantor thereunder and all other Indenture Documents applicable to it as a Subsidiary Party and Grantor under the Agreement. By virtue of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary hereby accepts and assumes any liability of a Grantor (as to itself only) related to each representation, warranty, covenant or obligation made by a Grantor (as to itself only and after giving effect to this Supplement) in the Agreement and hereby expressly affirms, as of the date hereof, each of such representations, warranties, covenants and obligations (after giving effect to this Supplement).  In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations, does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and Lien on all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral of the New Subsidiary.  Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary.  The Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.                             The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that (a) the New Subsidiary has the requisite [corporate, partnership or company] power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Supplement and that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, (b) the representations and warranties set forth in the Agreement (after giving effect to this Supplement) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as such representations and warranties apply to the New Subsidiary (except to the extent that any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date) with the same force and effect as if made on the date hereof and (c) as of the date hereof, the New Subsidiary is “located” (as such term is used in Article 9-307 of the UCC) in [ name of state or foreign country ].

 

SECTION 3.                             This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent has executed a counterpart hereof.  Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission or by email shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.                             The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a copy of a fully completed Perfection Certificate executed by the New Subsidiary. The information contained in the Perfection Certificate delivered by the New Subsidiary is correct and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof.  The information set forth in Schedule I is hereby added to the information set forth in the corresponding exhibits to the Agreement.

 


 

SECTION 5.                             Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 6.                          THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT LOCAL LAW GOVERNS THE CREATION, PERFECTION, PRIORITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTERESTS.

 

SECTION 7.                             In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 8.                             All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.1 of the Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.                             The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement as required by Section 7.6(e) of the Agreement.

 

SECTION 10.                      Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the Agreement, the Liens created thereby and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for therein and herein are subject in all respects to the provisions of each Intercreditor Agreement (if any).  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Agreement, this Supplement and any Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 

SECTION 11.                      It is expressly understood and agreed that U.S. Bank National Association is entering into this Supplement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent as appointed pursuant to the Indenture, and shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, immunities and protections under the Indenture as if such rights, privileges, immunities and protections were set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

[NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY]

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Name:

 

 

 

Jurisdiction of Formation:

 

 

 

Location of Chief Executive office:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 


 

Schedule I
to the Supplement No    to the
Amended and Restated Collateral Agreement

 

PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

 


 

EXHIBIT I
(see Section 3.11 of Agreement)

 

LEASED PROPERTY

 


 

EXHIBIT J
(see Section 3.9 of Agreement)

 

BANK ACCOUNTS AND RELATED ITEMS

 


 

EXHIBIT K
(see Section 3.12 of Agreement)

 

TRADE NAMES

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

 

This STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of January 31, 2019 (the “ Effective Date ”), is by and among Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and each of the Stockholders (as defined below) signatory hereto.

 

WHEREAS , the Corporation, Egalet US Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (“ Newco ” and, together with the Corporation, the “ Buyer ”) and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc., a business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (registered number 1732699) (the “ Seller ”), have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2018 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), providing for, among other things, the purchase of all of the assets and rights of the Seller and its subsidiaries, other than the Excluded Assets (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), from the Seller and its subsidiaries by the Buyer (the “ Acquisition ”);

 

WHEREAS , as partial consideration for the Acquisition and as a condition to the closing of the Acquisition, the Corporation will issue to the Stockholders, on the Effective Date, an aggregate of 4,586,875 shares of Common Stock (the “ Closing Shares ”) and New Warrants to acquire 2,436,459 shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrant Shares ”) in the amounts set forth opposite each Stockholder’s name on Schedule A ; and

 

WHEREAS , it is a condition to the closing of the Acquisition that the Corporation and each of the Stockholders has executed and delivered this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the promises and of the mutual consents and obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Definitions; Interpretation .

 

(a)                                  Definitions .  As used herein, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means as to any Person, any other Person or entity who directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. As used in this definition, the term “control,” including the correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.

 

Board ” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

Business Day ” means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in the city to which the notice or communication is to be sent are not required to be open.

 

Change of Control ” means the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons (other than an underwriter pursuant to an underwritten public offering), of the Corporation’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation (or the surviving entity).

 


 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation and any stock into which such Common Stock may hereafter be reclassified or converted, substituted or for which such Common Stock may be exchanged, and shall also include any Common Stock of the Corporation of any class hereafter authorized.

 

Derivative Securities ” means any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Common Stock, including options and warrants.

 

Disqualifying Event ” means, with respect to any member of or nominee for election to the Board, any of the “bad actor” disqualifying events described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) under the Securities Act.

 

Equity Consideration Shares ” means the Closing Shares and the Warrant Shares; for the avoidance of doubt, references to outstanding Equity Consideration Shares shall refer solely to Closing Shares and Warrant Shares actually issued and outstanding at the relevant time.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding ” means, as of time of calculation, (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding plus (y) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or conversion of any other issued and outstanding Derivative Securities (including the New Warrants, but excluding the securities issued or issuable pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) approved in accordance with the Plan).

 

Governance Documents ” means the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Corporation, in each case as amended and/or restated and in effect from time to time.

 

Group ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act.

 

Hedging Transaction ” means any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from the Restriction Shares or any other agreement that Transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Restriction Shares.

 

Lock-Up Period ” means a period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the earliest of (i) date that is ninety (90) days immediately following the Effective Date and (ii) such other date and time designated by mutual agreement of the Corporation and the Stockholders.

 

Nasdaq ” means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

 

Nasdaq Listing Rules ” means the listing rules and standards of Nasdaq.

 

New Securities ” means, collectively, equity securities of the Corporation, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity securities, other than securities issued (i) pursuant to an option plan, equity plan, employment agreement, compensation or similar arrangement or otherwise to managers, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (including any exercise or conversion of any derivative securities issued thereunder), (ii) in connection with any capital reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock split or stock dividend (including dividends on preferred stock whether in the form

 

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of shares of Common Stock or preferred stock) paid on a proportionate basis to all holders of the affected class of capital stock, (iii) as consideration in any direct or indirect acquisition (of stock or assets) or business combination by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, whether by merger, asset purchase, stock purchase or other reorganization, (iv) in connection with the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ notes, debentures or other indebtedness (whether or not existing on the date hereof) in accordance with the terms of such notes, debentures or other indebtedness or (v) to financiers in connection with transactions that are primarily debt financing transactions to which the Corporation and an unaffiliated third party may be a party and which are approved by the Board.

 

New Warrants ” means a perpetual warrant issued by the Corporation, with a nominal exercise price, to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Plan, the terms of which will provide that it will not be exercisable unless such exercise otherwise complies with applicable law and the form of which warrant is reasonably acceptable to the Stockholders and the Corporation.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, trust, government, governmental agency or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

 

Plan ” means Debtors’ First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization, filed with the Court on January 10, 2019, as amended or modified and as confirmed by that certain order of the Bankruptcy Court (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), dated January 14, 2019 [Docket Ref: 223].

 

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement filed or to be filed with the SEC under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, including the related prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Restriction Shares ” means, with respect to each Stockholder, (i) fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Closing Shares received by such Stockholder as part of the Equity Consideration Shares set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Schedule A and (ii) fifty percent (50%) of any Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of any New Warrant set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Schedule A , to the extent such New Warrant has been exercised at the time of determination.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor governmental agency.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

Securities Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

Standstill Period ” means a period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the date which is eighteen (18) months immediately following the Effective Date.

 

Stockholders ” means, collectively, any stockholder signatory hereto, as well as any of their respective Affiliates or such other Persons to which such Person may transfer or distribute any

 

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securities after the date hereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (and each, individually, a “ Stockholder ”).

 

Transfer ” means, with respect to securities of the Corporation, any transfer, sale, gift, exchange, assignment, pledge, grant of any option to purchase, hypothecation or other disposition by a holder of securities of the Corporation.

 

(b)                                  Rules of Construction .  For all purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise expressly provided:

 

(i)                                      “own,” “ownership,” “held” and “holding” refer to ownership or holding as record holder or record owner;

 

(ii)                                   the headings and captions of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof; and

 

(iii)                                whenever the context requires, the gender of all words used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, and the number of all words shall include the singular and plural.

 

Section 2.                                            Market Stand-Off .

 

(a)                                  In addition to the restrictions set forth in Section 7 , during the Lock-Up Period, no Stockholder shall Transfer (except as may be specifically required by court order or by operation of law) any of such Stockholder’s Restriction Shares, enter into any Hedging Transaction, or make any offer or enter into any agreement or binding arrangement or commitment providing for any of the foregoing, or publicly disclose the intention to take any of the foregoing actions.

 

(b)                                  The restrictions set forth in Section 2(a)  shall not apply to:

 

(i)                                      Transfers by a Stockholder which is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity to its stockholders, partners, members or other equity holders or trust beneficiaries as part of a distribution, or Transfers to any Affiliate of such Stockholder;

 

(ii)                                   Transfers to any person that has executed a lock-up agreement on substantially similar terms to this Section 2 substantially concurrently with the Effective Date;

 

(iii)                                Transfers of Restriction Shares as bona fide gifts;

 

(iv)                               Transfers of Restriction Shares to the Corporation;

 

(v)                                  pledges in a bona fide transaction to a lender to such Stockholder, including any Company Lender (as defined in the Purchase Agreement);

 

(vi)                               any Restriction Shares sold pursuant to an underwritten public offering; and

 

(vii)                            Transfers to or from any investment fund or other entity controlled by such Stockholder in a transaction not involving a disposition for value;

 

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provided , that , with respect to Transfers pursuant to Sections 2(b)(i) , 2(b)(v)  and 2(b)(vii) , it shall be a condition to the Transfer that any such transferee shall hold such Restriction Shares subject to the same restrictions applicable hereunder to its transferor and, prior to such Transfer shall become a party to, and agree in writing to be bound by, the terms of this Agreement; provided , further , that the restrictions in this Section 2 shall be applicable to the Stockholders only if the Corporation uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, keep in place and enforce a lock-up agreement for the Lock-Up Period and on substantially similar terms to this Section 2 from each of the Corporation’s stockholders owning (together with all of its Affiliates) more than two point five percent (2.5%) of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock (each a “ Lock-Up Agreement ”).

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the Stockholders shall be permitted to make Transfers, sales, tenders or other dispositions of Restriction Shares to a bona fide third party pursuant to a tender offer for securities of the Corporation or any other transaction, including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation or other business combination, made to all holders of Common Stock involving a Change of Control of the Corporation (including, without limitation, entering into any lock-up, voting or similar agreement pursuant to which the undersigned may agree to transfer, sell, tender or otherwise dispose of Restriction Shares in connection with any such transaction, or vote any Restriction Shares in favor of any such transaction); provided , that all Restriction Shares subject to this Agreement that are not so transferred, sold, tendered or otherwise disposed of remain subject to this Agreement; and provided, further , that it shall be a condition of such transfer, sale, tender or other disposition that if such tender offer or other transaction is not completed, any Restriction Shares subject to this Agreement shall remain subject to the restrictions in this Section 2.

 

Section 3.                                            Standstill

 

(a)                                  Each Stockholder agrees that, during the Standstill Period, unless specifically authorized in writing by a majority of the Board or otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, neither such Stockholder nor any of its Affiliates will, directly or indirectly, in any manner:

 

(i)                                      purchase or otherwise acquire (except by reason of any stock dividend, split, reverse split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or similar event with respect to the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Corporation held by such Stockholder, or pursuant to any rights offering to existing holders of the capital stock of the Corporation, in each case, in which all holders of Common Stock are treated on a proportionate basis) beneficial ownership of any capital stock of the Corporation; provided , that , the restrictions in this Section 3(a)  shall not apply to any (i) transaction effected pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) , Section 2(b)(ii) , or Section 2(b)(iv) , (ii) securities offered to any Stockholder pursuant to Section 4; (iii) transaction specifically required by court order or by operation of law or (iv) exercise of New Warrants that results in the Stockholders beneficially owning (individually or as a group with other Stockholders or other Persons), in the aggregate, no more than forty nine percent (49%) of the Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding;

 

(ii)                                   knowingly take any action resulting in, or that would reasonably be expected to result in, such Stockholder forming or taking any action in any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act) with respect to the Common Stock, except for any such group consisting solely of the Stockholder and its Affiliates on the Effective Date and/or any such group with which the Stockholder is a party on the Effective Date;

 

(iii)                                exercise any New Warrant that would result in the Stockholders beneficially owning (individually or as a group with other Stockholders or other Persons), in the

 

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aggregate, more than forty nine percent (49%) of the Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding at the time; or

 

(iv)                               publicly disclose any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with any provision of this Section 3(a) .

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the restrictions in Section 3(a)  shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect if and upon the first to occur of:

 

(i)                                      failure of the Corporation to enter into Lock-Up Agreements for the Lock-Up Period and on substantially similar terms to Section 2 with holders of the 13% Notes (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) that receive, in the aggregate, at least seventy five (75%) of the shares of Common Stock (assuming, for the purpose of such calculation, the exercise of all New Warrants) received by all holders of 13% Notes pursuant to the Plan, and to keep in place and enforce any such Lock-Up Agreements in accordance with their terms;

 

(ii)                                   a material breach by the Corporation of this Agreement and such breach remains uncured for a period of five (5) Business Days from the date that the Corporation receives a written notice of such breach from any Stockholder;

 

(iii)                                a material breach by the Buyer of any of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement; or

 

(iv)                               a default by the Buyer under the terms and conditions of the New Senior Secured Notes Indenture (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

 

(c)                                   The Corporation shall provide written notice to the Stockholders (i) within five (5) days of the exercise of any warrants by any stockholder of the Corporation (ii) of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and of Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding from time to time upon the reasonable request of the Stockholders.  Each warrant issued by the Corporation on the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) shall include a blackout period of no less than twenty-five (25) days prior to the record date of any vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.  In the event that any warrant not held by a Stockholder is exercised within ten (10) days before the beginning of such blackout period (a “ Pre-Blackout Exercise ”), the Stockholders will be given the opportunity during such blackout period to exercise that portion of their New Warrants necessary for them to hold, in the aggregate, up to forty nine (49%) of the Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding.

 

(d)                                  The Corporation shall, upon receipt of reasonable notice, provide the Stockholders with such information as the Stockholders may reasonably require in order to calculate such Stockholder’s percentage ownership of Common Stock and the number and ownership of any then outstanding Derivative Securities.

 

Section 4.                                            Preemptive Right

 

(a)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4 and applicable securities laws, for so long as the Stockholders hold, in the aggregate, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Equity Consideration Shares acquired pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as adjusted for any reverse split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or similar event with respect to the Common Stock, or any rights offering to existing holders of the capital stock of the Corporation), if the Corporation proposes to offer or sell any New Securities, the Corporation shall first

 

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offer such New Securities to each Stockholder.  A Stockholder shall be entitled to apportion the right of first offer hereby granted to it in such proportions as it deems appropriate, among itself and its Affiliates; provided that , each such Affiliate agrees to enter into a joinder to this Agreement as a “Stockholder” hereunder.

 

(b)                                  With respect to any such offering or sale:

 

(i)                                      The Corporation shall give written notice (the “ Offer Notice ”) to each Stockholder, stating (1) its bona fide intention to offer such New Securities, (2) the number of such New Securities to be offered and the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding equity securities such issuance would represent, and (3) the price and terms, if any, upon which it proposes to offer such New Securities, in the case of clauses (2) and (3), to the extent known to the Corporation at the time such Offer Notice is given; provided , that , if the information in clauses (2) or (3) is not known to the Corporation at such time, the Offer Notice will include such information as is then available to the Corporation and the Corporation will provide the information required by clauses (2) and (3) to the Stockholders as soon as reasonably possible thereafter and, in any case, no later than the time at which such information is provided to any other investor or proposed investor in such offering (as defined below.)

 

(ii)                                   By notification to the Corporation within five (5) Business Days after the Offer Notice is received (or such shorter period as the managing underwriter may designate in the case of an underwritten public offering) (the “ Exercise Period ”), each Stockholder may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice (or, in the case of a public offering of securities, at the price and on the terms offered to the public), up to that portion of such New Securities which equals the proportion that (x) the Common Stock then held by such Stockholder (including any and all shares of Common Stock then issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of any Derivative Securities then held by such Stockholder (including the New Warrants)) bears to (y) the total Common Stock of the Corporation then outstanding (assuming full conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of all Derivative Securities then outstanding (including the New Warrants)).

 

(iii)                                The closing of any sale pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii)  shall occur within the later of ninety (90) days after the date that the Offer Notice is given and the date of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Section 4(b)(iv) ; provided , however , that the closing of any purchase of New Securities by any Stockholder may be extended beyond the closing of the transaction in the Offer Notice to the extent necessary to (1) obtain required government approvals and other required third party approvals or consents (and the Corporation and the Stockholders shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such approvals) and (2) permit the Stockholders purchasing New Securities to complete their internal capital call process following the Exercise Period; provided , that the extension pursuant to this clause (2) shall not exceed thirty (30) days.

 

(iv)                               If all New Securities referred to in the Offer Notice are not elected to be purchased or acquired as provided in Section 4(b)(ii) , the Corporation may, during the ninety (90) day period following the expiration of the periods provided in Section 4(b)(ii)  and Section 4(b)(iii)  offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in the Offer Notice (or, with respect to any public offering, at the price and on the terms offered to the public).  If the Corporation does not enter into an agreement for the sale of the New Securities within such period, or if such agreement is not consummated within thirty (30) days after the execution thereof, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such New

 

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Securities shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Stockholders in accordance with this Section 4 .

 

(v)                                  In the event the Stockholders elect to participate in any offering of pursuant to this Section 4 during the Standstill Period and all or any portion of the New Securities to be offered and sold by the Corporation are Common Stock, each Stockholder will receive its Warrant Percentage of such shares in the form of warrants substantially in the form of the New Warrants (any such warrants, “ Pre-Emptive Rights Warrants ”).  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Warrant Percentage ” shall mean, as of the time of determination, a number (1) the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of any New Warrants or Pre-Emptive Rights Warrants then held by the Stockholder (collectively, the “ Total Warrant Shares ”) and (2) the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock then held by the Stockholder plus the Total Warrant Shares.

 

Section 5.                                            Representations, Warranties and Covenants of each Stockholder .  Each Stockholder hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Corporation, severally and not jointly, as follows:

 

(a)                                  Such Stockholder is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.

 

(b)                                  Such Stockholder has all requisite power, capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder and the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action, if any, on the part of such Stockholder (including its board of directors or similar governing body, as applicable), and no other actions or proceedings on the part of such Stockholder are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by such Stockholder of this Agreement and the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Stockholder and, assuming due power and authority of, and due execution and delivery by, the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

(c)                                   The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the performance by such Stockholder of his, her or its agreements, covenants, and obligations hereunder will not, conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time or both), or require notice to or the consent of any Person under, any provisions of the organizational documents of such Stockholder (if applicable), or any agreement, commitment, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which such Stockholder is a party or by which such Stockholder is, or any of its assets are, bound, except for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or delay consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise prevent or delay such Stockholder from performing his, her or its agreements, covenants or obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 6.                                            Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Corporation .  The Corporation hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Stockholder as follows:

 

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(a)                                  The Corporation is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

 

(b)                                  The Corporation has all requisite power, capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Corporation and the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the Corporation (including its board of directors), and no other actions or proceedings on the part of the Corporation are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by the Corporation of this Agreement and the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated hereby.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and, assuming due power and authority of, and due execution and delivery by, the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

(c)                                   The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the performance by the Corporation of its agreements, covenants, and obligations hereunder will not, conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time or both), or require notice to or the consent of any Person under, any provisions of the organizational documents of the Corporation (if applicable), or any agreement, commitment, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is, or any of its assets are, bound, except for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or delay consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise prevent or delay the Corporation from performing its agreements, covenants or obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 7.                                            Securities Laws .

 

(a)                                  In addition to the restrictions set forth in Section 2 , during the Lock-Up Period, no Equity Consideration Shares or New Warrants held or beneficially owned by a Stockholder may be Transferred except upon the conditions specified in this Section 7 , which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise expressly provided by Section 7(c)  and Section 7(d) , certificated shares of Common Stock and New Warrants covered by this Agreement shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the form provided in Section 9(a)  and, upon the issuance or Transfer of any book-entry shares of Common Stock and New Warrants covered by this Agreement, a legend in substantially the form provided in Section 9(a)  shall be included in a notice to the record holder of such shares in accordance with applicable law.

 

(c)                                   During the Lock-Up Period, each Stockholder shall, prior to any Transfer of any Equity Consideration Shares or New Warrants (other than a Transfer in accordance with Section 2(b) ), give written notice to the Corporation of such Stockholder’s intention to effect such Transfer and to comply in all other respects with the provisions of this Section 7 .  Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed Transfer.  No Stockholder shall Transfer any shares of Common Stock held by it unless: (1) such shares of Common Stock are sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act or (2) the holder of such shares of Common Stock has met the requirements for Transfer of such shares pursuant to an exemption from any applicable registration requirements under the Securities Act (including, without limitation, pursuant to Rule 144 or Section 4(a)(7) of the Securities Act).

 

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(d)           Whenever the restrictions imposed by this Section 7 shall terminate, the holder of any shares of Common Stock represented by certificates as to which such restrictions have terminated shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation, at the Corporation’s expense, a new certificate (or, at such Stockholder’s election, book-entry shares) not bearing the restrictive legend set forth in Section 9(a)  and not containing any other reference to the restrictions imposed by this Section 7 ; provided , however , that so long as the restrictions on Transfer and ownership under Section 2 of this Agreement remain in effect, any such certificates relating to the shares covered by such restrictions shall contain a restrictive legend in the form set forth in Section 9(a), except that such legend may omit the first two sentences thereof.

 

Section 8.              Board of Directors .

 

(a)           Prior to or on the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended and restated to include the following terms: (i) the Board shall consist of no more than seven (7) directors and (ii) directors shall be elected to the Board by plurality vote of the stockholders of the Corporation (the “ A&R Certificate ”).  Without the prior written consent of the Stockholders holding a majority of the Equity Consideration Shares held by Stockholders at the time of any such determination, the Corporation shall not take any action designed to amend the A&R Certificate, or influence or support any other Person to take any such action, that would have the effect of modifying the terms set forth in this Section 8(a) .

 

(b)           Immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Board shall consist of seven (7) directors, of which:

 

(i) two (2) have been designated for nomination by the Stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding Equity Consideration Shares, which directors will be, immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, Luke Düster and Todd Holmes (collectively with their respective successors and replacements, the “ Stockholder Directors ”);

 

(ii) one (1) has been designated for nomination by the members of the Ad Hoc Secured Noteholder Committee (as defined in the Plan) after consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, which director will be, immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, Andrea Heslin Smiley, and is an “independent director” within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and other applicable securities laws;

 

(iii) one (1) has been designated for nomination by the members of the Ad Hoc Convertible Noteholder Committee (as defined in the Plan) after consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, which director will be, immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, Joseph McInnis, and is an “independent director” within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and other applicable securities laws;

 

(iv) one (1) has been designated for nomination jointly by mutual agreement of the members of the Ad Hoc Secured Noteholder Committee (as defined in the Plan), the members of the Ad Hoc Convertible Noteholder Committee (as defined in the Plan) and the Stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding Equity Consideration Shares after consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, which director will be, immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the

 

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Purchase Agreement, Matthew Pauls, and is an “independent director” within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and other applicable securities laws;

 

(v) one (1) is the current chairman of the Board (who, for the avoidance of doubt, is an “independent director” within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and other applicable securities laws), which director will be, immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, Timothy P. Walbert; and

 

(vi) one (1) is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, which director will, immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, Robert S. Radie.

 

(c)           Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders or until such director’s earlier resignation, removal from office, death or incapacity.  Upon the expiration of the term of each Stockholder Director, the Stockholders shall have the right to nominate a successor director to fill the resulting vacancy on the Board, and the Board and the Corporation shall take all necessary action (subject to applicable law) to nominate such successor director for election to the Board in accordance with the Governance Documents of the Corporation and shall fully support the election of such nominees by the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(d)           The Stockholders shall have the right, by vote of the Stockholders holding a majority of the total shares of Common Stock held by the Stockholders at such time, to remove from the Board, at any time and with or without cause, any Stockholder Director nominated for election to the Board by the Stockholders.  In the event that any individual previously designated or nominated by the Stockholders to serve on the Board under Section 8(b)  is removed or resigns pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise ceases to serve as a member of the Board during such director’s term of office (including pursuant to Section 8(h) ), then the Stockholders holding a majority of the total shares of Common Stock held by the Stockholders at such time shall have the right to nominate a successor director to fill the resulting vacancy on the Board, and the Board and the Corporation shall take all necessary action (subject to applicable law) to appoint or elect such nominee as a member of the Board during the period of such vacancy in accordance with the Governance Documents of the Corporation, until the next meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof), or pursuant to any action by written consent, for the election of a director or directors. For the avoidance of doubt, the successor-nominee to be designated pursuant to Section 8(b)(iv)  hereof shall be selected by joint approval of the Board and the Stockholders holding a majority of the total shares of Common Stock held by the Stockholders at such time prior to filling the resulting vacancy.

 

(e)           Unless otherwise determined by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office, the Board shall meet at least quarterly in accordance with an agreed-upon schedule.  The Corporation shall reimburse the directors for all reasonable out-of-pocket travel expenses incurred (consistent with the Corporation’s travel policy) in connection with attending meetings of the Board.  The Corporation shall maintain an audit and compensation committee, and any such other committee as required by and in accordance with applicable securities laws and the Nasdaq Listing Rules.

 

(f)            The Stockholder Directors shall be entitled to indemnification by the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and shall enter into a director indemnification agreement with each Stockholder Director in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A . If the Corporation or any of its successors or assignees consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, then to the extent necessary, the Corporation shall use

 

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commercially reasonable efforts to provide that the successors and assignees of the Corporation assume the obligations of the Corporation with respect to indemnification of members of the Board of Directors as in effect immediately before such transaction, whether such obligations are contained in the Corporation’s Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, an indemnification agreement or elsewhere, as the case may be.

 

(g)           The Corporation hereby acknowledges that the Stockholder Directors may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more of the Stockholders and certain of their Affiliates (collectively, the “ Stockholder Indemnitors ”).  The Corporation hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to any such Stockholder Director are primary and any obligation of the Stockholder Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Stockholder Director are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by such Stockholder Director and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of any such Stockholder Director to the extent legally permitted and as required by the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (or any agreement between the Corporation and such Stockholder Director), without regard to any rights such Stockholder Director may have against the Stockholder Indemnitors, and, (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Stockholder Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Stockholder Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof.  The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Stockholder Indemnitors on behalf of any such Stockholder Director with respect to any claim for which such Stockholder Director has sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect the foregoing and the Stockholder Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Stockholder Director against the Corporation.  The Stockholder Directors and the Stockholder Indemnitors are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 8(g)  and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions of this Section 8(g)  as though they were a party to this Agreement.

 

(h)   As a condition to the appointment of any Stockholder’s designee to the Board in accordance with this Section 8 , (x) such Person shall provide, and the Stockholders shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such Person to provide, any information that the Corporation reasonably requires of all designees and nominees to the Board, including without limitation information required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing under applicable law, stock exchange rules or listing standards, information in connection with assessing eligibility, independence and other criteria applicable to directors or satisfying compliance and legal obligations, (y) such Person shall consent, and the Stockholders shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such Person to consent, to reasonable and customary background checks, and (z) such Person shall execute and deliver to the Corporation in accordance with Section 141(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and the Stockholders shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such Person to so execute and deliver, such Person’s written resignation as a director, which resignation shall be irrevocable and shall provide that it becomes effective immediately upon the delivery of a Resignation Request validly given in accordance with this Section 8(h) .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if at any time (including without limitation, following such Person’s nomination or designation but prior to his or her appointment or election to the Board), the Corporation learns of a Disqualifying Event, then (i) the Board and the Stockholders, in their respective sole discretion, shall not be required to take any of the actions otherwise required by Section 8(c) , as applicable, (and the Corporation shall have no corresponding obligations with respect to such Person pursuant to this Section 8 for actions or omissions after the delivery of such Resignation Request), and (ii) the Board or the Stockholders may, by notice delivered to the Corporation, request that such Person resign from the Board and any committees thereof (a “ Resignation Request ”).  If for any reason any such Person’s resignation shall not have become effective immediately upon and by

 

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virtue of the delivery of a Resignation Request validly delivered in accordance with this Section 8(h) , then immediately following the delivery thereof, such Person shall, and the Stockholders shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such Person to, take any and all actions to resign from the Board and any committees thereof which shall be effective immediately.

 

(i)            The obligations of the Corporation and each Stockholder under this Section 8 shall terminate upon the first to occur of (i) with respect to each Stockholder on a Stockholder-by-Stockholder basis, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9(b)(ii)  with respect to such Stockholder, (ii) with respect to all Stockholders and the Corporation, the failure of the Stockholders to hold, in the aggregate, shares of Common Stock and/or New Warrants representing twenty-five percent (25%) of the Equity Consideration Shares acquired pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as adjusted for any reverse split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or similar event with respect to the Common Stock, or any rights offering to existing holders of the capital stock of the Corporation), or (iii) with respect to all Stockholders and the Corporation, the dissolution of the Corporation in accordance with Section 9(b)(i) .

 

Section 9.              Miscellaneous .

 

(a)           Legend on Stock Certificates .  Each certificate representing shares of Common Stock owned by any Stockholder (or notice sent upon the issuance or Transfer of any book-entry shares of Common Stock owned by any Stockholder) shall bear the following legend as and to the extent required under Section 7 :

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.  THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT OR LAWS.  THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO A STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT DATED AS OF               , 2019, AMONG THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES AND THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED THEREIN.  THE TERMS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.  A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF EGALET CORPORATION.

 

(b)           Termination; Survival .  This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the dissolution of the Corporation (unless the Corporation continues to exist after such dissolution as a limited liability company or in another form, whether incorporated in Delaware or another jurisdiction), (ii) with respect to any Stockholder, such Stockholder disposing of and ceasing to beneficially own any shares of Common Stock covered by this Agreement, in which event such Stockholder shall be relieved and have no further liability arising hereunder for events occurring from and after the date of such Transfer and (iii) with respect to the Corporation, the failure of the Stockholders to hold, in the aggregate, shares of Common Stock and/or New Warrants representing twenty-five percent (25%) of the Equity Consideration Shares acquired pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as adjusted for any reverse split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or similar event with respect to the Common Stock, or any rights offering to existing holders of the capital

 

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stock of the Corporation). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of this Agreement with respect to any Stockholder shall not affect the rights of any other Stockholder, and the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Corporation shall not affect the rights which any Stockholder may have by operation of law as a stockholder of the Corporation. The provisions of this Section 9(b) , Sections 9(e) , 9 (h) , 9 (i) , 9 (j) , 9 (k) , and 9 (m)  and the last sentence of Section 9(g)  shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

(c)           Specific Performance .  Any Person having rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically, to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in their favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party hereto may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain from any such court, specific performance and/or injunctive relief (without posting any bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement and shall not be required to prove irreparable injury to such party or that such party does not have an adequate remedy at law with respect to any breach of this Agreement (each of which elements the parties admit). The parties hereto further agree and acknowledge that each and every obligation applicable to it contained in this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable against it and hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of their respective obligations hereunder. All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies available under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

(d)           Severability .  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.  Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.

 

(e)           Governing Law; Jurisdiction .

 

(i)            This Agreement, and any and all transactions or actions related to or arising out of this Agreement, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely within that State.

 

(ii)           Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, and any and all transactions or actions related to or arising out of this Agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other party hereto or its successors or assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware).  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts.  Each of

 

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the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this Section 8(e) , (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, any claim that (x) the suit, action or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably agrees that notice to such party in accordance with Section 8(h)  hereof shall constitute effective service of process on such party in any such action or proceeding.

 

(iii)          JURY TRIAL .  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

(f)            Stock Dividends, Etc .  The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to any and all shares of capital stock of the Corporation or any successor or assignee of the Corporation (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) which may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution for the Equity Consideration Shares, by reason of any stock dividend, split, reverse split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or otherwise in such a manner, and with such appropriate adjustments as to reflect the intent and meaning of the provisions hereof and so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Equity Consideration Shares as so changed.

 

(g)           Benefits of Agreement .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Corporation and its successors and assigns and each Stockholder and each of their respective permitted assigns, legal representatives, heirs and beneficiaries. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Person not a party to this Agreement, as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise, shall be entitled to enforce any rights or remedies under this Agreement.

 

(h)           Notices .  All notices or other communications which are required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if (1) personally delivered or sent by electronic mail in portable document (or similar) format, (2) sent by nationally recognized overnight courier or (3) sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:

 

(i)            If to the Corporation, to:

 

Egalet Corporation

600 Lee Road, Suite 100

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

E-mail: rradie@egalet.com

 

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

 

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Dechert LLP

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Attention: David Rosenthal

E-mail:  david.rosenthal@dechert.com

 

(ii)           If to any Stockholder, to such Stockholder’s address set forth on such Stockholder’s signature page hereto.

 

Any such communication shall be deemed to have been received (a) when delivered, if personally delivered or sent by electronic mail (with confirmation of transmission), if delivered during normal business hours of the recipient and on the next Business Day if delivered after normal business hours of the recipient, (b) the next Business Day after delivery, if sent by nationally recognized, overnight courier and (c) on the third (3rd) Business Day following the date on which the piece of mail containing such communication is posted, if sent by first-class mail.

 

(i)            Modification; Waiver .  This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by a written instrument duly executed by the Corporation and the Stockholders holding a majority of the Common Stock then outstanding held by Stockholders in the aggregate.  No course of dealing between the Corporation and any Stockholder or any delay in exercising any rights hereunder will operate as a waiver of any rights of any party to this Agreement.  The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement will in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and will not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

(j)            Entire Agreement .  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings of the parties in connection therewith.  Unless otherwise provided herein, any consent required by the Corporation may be withheld by the Corporation in its sole discretion. Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge and agree that such party has undertaken its own due diligence and, in entering into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, has not relied on any representation or warranty from any party hereto or any other person other than those expressly set forth in this Agreement, and each party hereto expressly disclaims reliance on any such representation or warranty.

 

(k)           Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement) and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties. The failure of any Stockholder to execute this Agreement does not make it invalid as against any other Stockholder.

 

(l)            Further Assurances .  Each party hereto shall do and perform or cause to be done and performed all such further acts and things and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents as any other party hereto reasonably may request in order to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(m)          Sophisticated Parties; Advice of Counsel . Each of the parties to this Agreement specifically acknowledges that he, she or it (i) is a knowledgeable, informed, sophisticated Person capable of understanding and evaluating the provisions set forth in this Agreement, (ii)  has been fully advised

 

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and represented by legal counsel of his, her or its own independent selection and has relied wholly upon his, her or its independent judgment and the advice of such counsel in negotiating and entering into this Agreement, (iii) has carefully read and fully understands all of the terms of this Agreement, and (iv) is under no disability or impairment that affects its, his or her decision to sign this Agreement and he, she or it knowingly and voluntarily intends to be legally bound by this Agreement. Each Stockholder agrees it will not bring, commence, institute, maintain, prosecute, participate in or voluntarily aid any action, claim, suit or cause of action, in law or in equity, in any court or before any governmental entity, that challenges the validity of or seeks to enjoin the operation of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

CORPORATION:

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Robert S. Radie

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

CEO

 

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

STOCKHOLDER:

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

/s/ Todd Smith

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Todd Smith

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

CEO

 

 


Exhibit 10.4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS LETTER

 

January 31, 2019

 

Egalet Corporation

600 Lee Road

Suite 100

Wayne, PA

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Egalet Corporation (the “ Corporation ”) and its affiliated debtors, dated December 3, 2018, as amended and modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code (the “ Plan of Reorganization ”). In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization, the undersigned (the “ Stockholder ”) and the Corporation hereby agree as follows:

 

1.               Subject to the terms and conditions of this letter agreement and applicable securities laws, for so long as the Stockholder holds, in the aggregate on a fully diluted basis, at least two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation (including as outstanding for such purpose any Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any New Warrants held by such Stockholder) (as adjusted for any reverse split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or similar event with respect to the Common Stock, or any rights offering to existing holders of the capital stock of the Corporation), if the Corporation proposes to offer or sell any New Securities, the Corporation shall first offer a portion of such New Securities to the Stockholder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such purchase right shall not apply to (a) any transaction in which no other Investor participates or invests or (b) any public offering or private placement of equity or debt securities that is marketed widely to third party investors (including, without limitation, a confidentially marketed public offering); provided , further , that in the case of any transaction described in clause (b), the Corporation shall instruct the underwriter or placement agent in any such offering to provide the opportunity to the Stockholder to participate in such offering.  A Stockholder shall be entitled to apportion the right of first offer hereby granted to it in such proportions as it deems appropriate, among itself and its Affiliates; provided that , each such Affiliate agrees to enter into a joinder to this letter agreement as a “Stockholder” hereunder.

 


 

2.               With respect to any such offering or sale:

 

a.               The Corporation shall give written notice (the “ Offer Notice ”) to the Stockholder at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the consummation of the transaction, stating (1) its bona fide intention to offer such New Securities, (2) the number of such New Securities to be offered and the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding equity securities such issuance would represent, and (3) the price and terms, if any, upon which it proposes to offer such New Securities, in the case of clauses (2) and (3), to the extent known to the Corporation at the time such Offer Notice is given; provided , that , if the information in clauses (2) or (3) is not known to the Corporation at such time, the Offer Notice will include such information as is then available to the Corporation and the Corporation will provide the information required by clauses (2) and (3) to the Stockholder as soon as reasonably possible thereafter and, in any case, no later than the time at which such information is provided to any other investor or proposed investor in such offering (as defined below.)

 

b.               By notification to the Corporation within ten (10) calendar days after the Offer Notice is received (or such shorter period as the managing underwriter may designate in the case of an underwritten public offering) (the “ Exercise Period ”), the Stockholder may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice (or, in the case of a public offering of securities, at the price and on the terms offered to the public), up to that portion of such New Securities which equals the proportion that (x) the Common Stock then held by such Stockholder (including any and all shares of Common Stock then issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of any Derivative Securities then held by such Stockholder (including the New Warrants)) bears to (y) the total Common Stock of the Corporation then outstanding (assuming full conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of all Derivative Securities then outstanding (including the New Warrants)).

 

c.                The closing of any sale pursuant to Section 2(b)  shall occur within the later of ninety (90) days after the date that the Offer Notice is given and the date of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Section 2(d) ; provided , however , that the closing of any purchase of New Securities by the Stockholder may be extended beyond the closing of the transaction in the Offer Notice to the extent necessary to (1) obtain required government approvals and other required third party approvals or consents (and the Corporation and the Stockholder shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such approvals) and (2) permit the Stockholder purchasing New Securities to complete their internal capital call process following the Exercise Period; provided , that the extension pursuant to this clause (2) shall not exceed thirty (30) days.

 

d.               If all New Securities referred to in the Offer Notice are not elected to be purchased or acquired as provided in Section 2(b) , the Corporation may,

 

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during the ninety (90) day period following the expiration of the periods provided in Section 2(b)  and Section 2(c)  offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in the Offer Notice (or, with respect to any public offering, at the price and on the terms offered to the public).  If the Corporation does not enter into an agreement for the sale of the New Securities within such period, or if such agreement is not consummated within thirty (30) days after the execution thereof, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such New Securities shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Stockholder in accordance with this letter agreement.

 

e.                In the event the Stockholder elects to participate in any offering pursuant to this letter agreement at such time when such Stockholder holds New Warrants and all or any portion of the New Securities to be offered and sold by the Corporation are Common Stock, the Stockholder may elect to receive its Warrant Percentage of such shares in the form of warrants substantially in the form of the New Warrants (any such warrants, “ Pre-Emptive Rights Warrants ”).  For purposes of this letter agreement, the term “ Warrant Percentage ” shall mean, as of the time of determination, a number (1) the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of any New Warrants or Pre-Emptive Rights Warrants then held by the Stockholder (collectively, the “ Total Warrant Shares ”) and (2) the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock then held by the Stockholder plus the Total Warrant Shares.

 

3.               Notwithstanding Section 2, if in the good faith determination of a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Corporation, the failure to consummate such an offering or sale described in Section 1 without giving effect to the Stockholder’s preemptive rights described in Section 1 would result in a material adverse effect to the Corporation and its subsidiaries or their financial position, taken as a whole, the Corporation may propose and consummate such an offering or sale without regard to the preemptive rights described herein; provided , that, promptly following the consummation of such an offering or sale, the Stockholder shall have the right to invest in securities or lend amounts to the Corporation at the price and on the terms on which other investors or lenders in such offering or sale purchased or participated up to the amount that each such holder otherwise would have been eligible to purchase or participate in if the Corporation had complied with the preemptive rights provisions described herein in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

4.               The terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall expire at 11:59 New York City time on January 31, 2021.

 

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5.               For purposes of this letter agreement:

 

a.               Affiliate ” means as to any Person, any other Person or entity who directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. As used in this definition, the term “control,” including the correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.

 

b.               Board ” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

c.                Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation and any stock into which such Common Stock may hereafter be reclassified or converted, substituted or for which such Common Stock may be exchanged, and shall also include any Common Stock of the Corporation of any class hereafter authorized.

 

d.               Derivative Securities ” means any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Common Stock, including options and warrants.

 

e.                Investor ” means any stockholder of the Corporation that has entered into a preemptive rights letter agreement or stockholder agreement with the Corporation pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization.

 

f.                 New Securities ” means, collectively, any debt or equity or other capital raising transactions of the Corporation, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such debt or equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such debt, equity or other capital raising transactions, other than securities issued (i) pursuant to an option plan, equity plan, employment agreement, compensation or similar arrangement or otherwise to managers, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (including any exercise or conversion of any derivative securities issued thereunder), (ii) in connection with any capital reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock split or stock dividend (including dividends on preferred stock whether in the form of shares of Common Stock or preferred stock) paid on a proportionate basis to all holders of the affected class of capital stock, (iii) as consideration in any direct or indirect acquisition (of stock or assets) or business combination by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, whether by merger, asset purchase, stock purchase or other reorganization (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any equity or debt financing in connection with such transaction), or (iv) in connection with the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of the Corporation’s or any of its

 

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subsidiaries’ notes, debentures or other indebtedness (whether or not existing on the date hereof) in accordance with the terms of such notes, debentures or other indebtedness.

 

g.                New Warrants ” means a perpetual warrant issued by the Corporation, with a nominal exercise price, to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Plan of Reorganization, the terms of which will provide that it will not be exercisable unless such exercise otherwise complies with applicable law and the form of which warrant is reasonably acceptable to the Stockholder and the Corporation.

 

h.               Person ” means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, trust, government, governmental agency or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

 

i.                   Plan of Reorganization ” means the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Corporation and its subsidiaries dated December 3, 2018, as amended or modified and as confirmed by that certain order of the Bankruptcy Court (as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2018 by and between the Corporation, Egalet US Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc.) Case No. 18-12439 (BLS).

 

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The undersigned understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.  This agreement may only be modified, supplemented, terminated (other than in accordance with its terms) or waived in a writing executed by the undersigned and the Company.

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Preemptive Rights Agreement]

 


 

 

[STOCKHOLDER]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Preemptive Rights Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.5

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT is dated as of January 31, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), by and between Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), and Egalet US, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer desires that the Company provides or causes to be provided to the Buyer and its Affiliates various Services (as defined below) for the periods specified herein following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2018 (as amended, modified or restated from time to time, the “ Purchase Agreement ”), among Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc., Buyer and Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation;

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth their respective roles and responsibilities with respect to the provision of the Services; and

 

WHEREAS, the execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the covenants and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Definitions . Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

2.                                       Services Engagement .

 

(a)                                  Effective as of immediately following the Closing, the Buyer hereby engages the Company as an independent contractor to provide to the Buyer, for use in connection with the transition of services in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Purchase Agreement, the transition services described on Schedule A and any amended or additional services (including with respect to the scope and duration of such services) that are agreed to in writing by the Company and the Buyer from time to time hereafter, (collectively, the “ Services ” and each, individually, a “ Service ”) during the Services Period (as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and on Schedule A .

 

(b)                                  Any Services provided hereunder shall be consistent with those provided by the Company as of the date hereof and in accordance with applicable Law.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Buyer acknowledges that (i) the Company cannot guarantee the continued employment or engagement of specific employees, subcontractors or independent contractors, (ii) the Company shall not be responsible or liable for any suspension, disruption or termination of any Services if a particular employee, subcontractor or independent contractor who is responsible for the performance of such Services is no longer employed or engaged by the Company or any of its Affiliates and the Company does not otherwise provide the same or similar Services, and (iii) the Company shall have no obligation to replace or substitute for any such employee, subcontractor or independent contractor.  The Company shall be responsible for paying such employees’ respective compensation and providing to such employees any benefits.  The Buyer acknowledges that (i) the Company is not in the business of providing the Services to third parties, (ii) the Services may be provided by a subcontractor or independent contractor of the Company

 


 

and (iii) the Company is providing the Services only as an accommodation to the Buyer to allow the Buyer a period of time to obtain its own Services.

 

(c)                                   The Company in its reasonable discretion may subcontract some or all of the Services (i) to any Person set forth on Schedule A , (ii) to any Affiliates of the Company and (iii) with the Buyer’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to any other third party. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that each such third party contractor engaged or employed by the Company to provide Services shall (if applicable) provide such Services in substantially the same manner and with substantially the same level of care as such contractor provided such services in the ordinary course of business to the Company as of immediately prior to the date hereof and in accordance with applicable Law and this Agreement and shall ensure that such Affiliate or subcontractor is subject to the confidentiality obligations applicable to the Company pursuant to Section 7 hereof, and the Buyer shall not pay more than the rates specified on Schedule A for the Services in the event that a third party is engaged to provide any services.  The Company shall be responsible for the performance or non-performance of its Affiliates and subcontractors in accordance with this Agreement.  The Company shall, and the Company shall cause its Affiliates and its subcontractors to, follow the reasonable policies, procedures and practices of Buyer applicable to the Services that are known or made known to the Company.

 

(d)                                  The Company and the Buyer shall each nominate one or more representatives to act as the primary contact person (each, a “ Service Coordinator ”) with respect to the performance of the Services.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed upon by the Company and the Buyer in writing, all communications relating to this Agreement and to the Services provided hereunder shall be directed to the Service Coordinators.  The Service Coordinators shall meet at such time and place as the Service Coordinators shall mutually agree (acting reasonably) from time to time on an as-needed basis.  All requests for additional Services shall be in writing and provided by the applicable party only to the extent agreed to by the Company and the Buyer in writing (including with respect to scope and duration of such services).  The initial Service Coordinator for the Company will be Todd Smith.  The initial Service Coordinator for the Buyer is Mark Strobeck.  Either party may replace its Service Coordinator at any time by providing written notice in accordance with Section 11 . Within fifteen (15) days of the date of this Agreement, the Service Coordinators shall discuss a plan for the implementation of the Services to be provided hereunder.  Thereafter, the Service Coordinators shall discuss, no less than once every thirty (30) days, the status of the implementation of the Services to be provided hereunder.

 

3.                                 Services Period .  The provision of the Services shall commence on the date hereof and shall terminate at the applicable time and date set forth on Schedule A with respect to each applicable Service (the “ Services Period ”), and, upon such termination, the Company shall have no obligation to provide such Service.  The Buyer, in its sole discretion, may terminate any Service or portion thereof, at any time upon such prior written notice to the Company as provided on Schedule A and, if no such notice period is provided on Schedule A , at any time upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Company, and, upon such termination, the Company shall have no obligation to provide such Service, and the Buyer’s obligation to pay or reimburse the Company for any future amounts for such terminated Service provided after such termination shall cease ( provided , that the Buyer shall pay and reimburse the Company for all of such amounts due and payable as provided herein through the effective date of termination of such Service or as otherwise required by Schedule A , it being agreed that such payment and reimbursement obligations shall survive any such termination until satisfied in full; provided , further , that all obligations with respect to all other non-terminated Services shall not be effected thereby and shall continue).  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if (a) Mark Murphy is no longer employed by the Company, the Buyer may terminate the Finance Services described on Schedule A immediately and (b) George Donato is no longer employed by the Company, the Buyer may terminate the Manufacturing/QA/Regulatory Services described on Schedule A immediately, in each case without further obligation to the Buyer for such respective Services ( provided , that the Buyer shall pay and reimburse the Company for all such amounts due and payable as provided herein for Services that are terminated as a

 

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result of either Mark Murphy or George Donato no longer being employed by the Company through the effective date of the termination of such respective Service — it being understood that the Buyer shall only be required to pay the pro rata portion of any monthly fee in which such terminated Services were rendered if such termination occurs prior to the any month-end).  The Company shall provide the Buyer with prompt written notice of any termination of employment with the Company of Mark Murphy or George Donato.

 

4.                                       Fees; Reimbursements .

 

(a)                                  The Buyer shall pay to the Company fees for each Service in the amounts and at the times set forth on Schedule A .  In addition, the Buyer shall reimburse the Company for reasonable and documented out-of-pocket third party costs and expenses incurred by the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with the provision of the Services hereunder that are not otherwise covered by the Service fees set forth on Schedule A .

 

(b)                                  In the event the Company and the Buyer mutually agree in writing to additional services either not listed or not contemplated hereunder, the Company and the Buyer shall work together in good faith to determine the fees applicable to such services.

 

(c)                                   The Company shall deliver to the Buyer an invoice (each, an “ Invoice ”) on a monthly basis in arrears for all Services provided during the preceding calendar month (or portion thereof). At the Company’s option, (i) the Buyer shall pay all amounts due and payable on such Invoices within ten (10) Business Days following receipt thereof, without any setoff, deduction or withholding or (ii) the Company shall withhold from amounts otherwise payable to Buyer all amounts due and payable on such Invoices.  Subject to Section 4(d) , any amount for an item in an Invoice that is not paid when due shall bear interest from and after the date on which the amount with respect to such item in the applicable Invoice first became overdue at an annual rate equal to the prime rate as determined by the Wall Street Journal.  The Company shall have the right to suspend and/or terminate the performance of the applicable Services for which any amount is overdue during any period when any such amount is overdue (even if such overdue amount is being disputed pursuant to Section 4(d) ).

 

(d)                                  In the event of an Invoice dispute, the Buyer shall deliver a written statement to the Company no later than fifteen (15) days after such party’s receipt of the disputed Invoice listing all disputed items and providing a reasonably detailed description of each disputed item.  Items not so disputed within such fifteen (15) day period shall be deemed accepted and shall be paid, notwithstanding disputes on other items, within the period set forth in Section 4(c) .  During the period of fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of such written dispute statement, the parties shall seek to resolve all such disputes expeditiously and in good faith.  Upon resolution of any dispute with respect to any item on an Invoice, the Company shall pay to the Buyer any amounts that were overpaid in respect of such item pursuant to the applicable Invoice, and the Buyer shall promptly pay to the Company any amounts still owing with respect to the applicable Invoice.

 

(e)                                   The Buyer shall pay (or reimburse the Company and its Affiliates for) any and all taxes and governmental charges, including, without limitation, sales or use charges, which the Company or any of its Affiliates shall have any obligation to collect or remit to any Taxing Authority with respect to or relating to the applicable Services or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, other than income taxes, gross receipt taxes or similar taxes imposed on the income of the Company or its Affiliates.

 

5.                                       Cooperation .  The Buyer shall cooperate with the Company and provide the Company with such information and assistance as the Company shall reasonably require to enable the Company to provide the Services.  The Buyer shall grant to the personnel of the Company reasonable access to the Buyer’s locations, systems and information as reasonably necessary for the Company to perform its obligations hereunder.  The Company shall have no liability to the Buyer or any of its Affiliates for any failure to

 

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perform or delay in performing its obligations under this Agreement to the extent such failure or delay results from the failure of the Buyer or any of its Affiliates to comply with this Section 5 .

 

6.                                       Intellectual Property .  The Buyer shall, and hereby does, grant to the Company and its Affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-assignable (except to a third party contractor consented to in accordance with Section 2(c) ) license to use, practice and otherwise exploit any Intellectual Property of the Buyer or its Affiliates, solely as is reasonably necessary to allow the Company and its Affiliates to perform its obligations under this Agreement, which license shall terminate automatically at the end of the Services Period or, with respect to any Service that is terminated prior to the end of the Services Period pursuant to Section 3 , the date that such Service is terminated. Except as expressly provided in this Section 6 , no rights or obligations in respect of a party’s intellectual property rights are granted to the other party or shall be implied from this Agreement and each party shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of its intellectual property rights.

 

7.                                       Confidentiality .  Each party agrees that it and its Affiliates, and its and their respective employees, advisors, agents and representatives, including, with respect to the Company, any third parties engaged to provide the Services pursuant to Section 2(c) , shall keep confidential all data, documents, records and information obtained from the other party or its representatives in connection with this Agreement in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

8.                                       Limitation of Liability; Indemnity .  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY DOES NOT MAKE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY AGREEMENT, DOCUMENT, OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANTABILITY, OR SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR TRADE USAGE.  EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT ARISING OUT OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF WILLFUL MISCONDUCT BY THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR SUBCONTRACTORS, THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, UNFORESEEN, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING DIMINUTION OF VALUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS REPUTATION OR OPPORTUNITY, OR DAMAGES THAT ARE CALCULATED AS A MULTIPLE OF EARNINGS, REVENUE OR OTHER SIMILAR MEASURE.  The Buyer shall indemnify and hold the Company and its Affiliates, officers, employees and directors harmless from and against any Damages arising out of, relating to, or in connection with (i) a material breach by Buyer of this Agreement or under any agreement, document, or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) Buyer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided , however , that Buyer will not indemnify the Company to the extent that such losses directly arise out of or result from the Company’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or to the extent a Buyer Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification for such losses pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Purchase Agreement.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold Buyer and its Affiliates, officers, employees and directors harmless from and against any Damages arising out of, relating to, or in connection with the Company’s, its Affiliates’ and its subcontractors’ gross negligence or willful misconduct in providing the Services provided under this Agreement or under any agreement, document, or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement; provided , however , that the Company will not indemnify Buyer to the extent that such losses directly arise out of or result from Buyer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or to the extent the Company, its Affiliates or their Representatives are entitled to indemnification for such losses pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Purchase Agreement; and provided , further , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the total and cumulative liability of the Company under this Agreement and any agreement, document, or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed the aggregate fees paid to the Company by Buyer hereunder.

 

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9.                                       Independent Contractor Relationship .  The relationship between the Buyer, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, established under this Agreement is that of independent contractors and no party shall be deemed an employee, agent, fiduciary, partner, or joint venturer of or with the other, and no party shall have the right to bind the other party to any agreement with a third party.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create or constitute a partnership or joint venture between the parties, or any other relationship between the parties not expressly provided for herein.  Except as provided in Section 4(e) , each party shall be responsible for and shall withhold or pay, or both, as may be required by Law, all Taxes pertaining to the employment of such party’s personnel and/or performance by such party of the Services rendered hereunder.  Except as provided in Section 4(e) , each party also assumes responsibility for the payment of all payroll burdens, fringe benefits and payroll Taxes, whether federal, state, municipal or otherwise, as to such party’s employees, servants or agents engaged in the performance of the Services.

 

10.                                Replacement Services .  The parties acknowledge the transitional nature of the Services.  Accordingly, as promptly as practicable following the execution of this Agreement, Buyer agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to make a transition of each Service to its own internal organization or to obtain alternate third-party sources to provide the Services.

 

11.                                Notices .  Any notice, demand, request or consent permitted or required to be delivered hereunder shall be so delivered in accordance with Section 8.1 of the Purchase Agreement, in each case, mutatis mutandis .

 

12.                                Governing Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of Law provision or rule that would cause the application of Laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Delaware.

 

13.                                Submission to Jurisdiction . Each of the parties to this Agreement (a) consents to submit itself to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware) in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court, (c) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (d) agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any other court.  Each of the parties hereto waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding so brought and waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other party with respect thereto.  Any party hereto may make service on another party by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the party to be served at the address and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 11 of this Agreement.  Nothing in this Section 13 , however, shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law.

 

14.                                WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (a) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (b) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (c) SUCH

 

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PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (d) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

15.                                Miscellaneous .

 

(a)                            Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise by either of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other party, and any such assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void, except that the Buyer may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, from time to time to one (1) or more of its Affiliates; provided that such transfer or assignment shall not relieve the Buyer of its primary liability for its obligations hereunder or enlarge, alter or change any obligation of the Company hereto.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(b)                            This Agreement (together with the Purchase Agreement and the appendices, schedules and exhibits thereto and the schedules and exhibits hereto (the “ Schedules and Exhibits ”)) contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters.  The Schedules and Exhibits referred to herein shall be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein.

 

(c)                             Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Buyer and the Company, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom such waiver is intended to be effective.  No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

(d)                            Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.  If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.  In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term.

 

(e)                             The heading references herein are for convenience purposes only, and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

(f)                              This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which, including those received via facsimile transmission or email (including by .PDF attachment), shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(g)                             Each party agrees to execute such agreements and other documents and to take such further actions as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the provisions of this Agreement in accordance herewith.

 

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(h)                            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither party shall be liable for any interruption of its provision of Services, or any delay or failure to perform under this Agreement, and the obligations of such party under this Agreement with respect to any Service may be suspended during the period and to the extent that such party is prevented or hindered from providing such Service, or such party is prevented or hindered from receiving such Service, due to any of the following causes: (i) acts of God, (ii) flood, fire or explosion, (iii) war, invasion, riot or other civil unrest, (iv) governmental order or applicable law, (v) actions, embargoes or blockades in effect on or after the date of this Agreement, (vi) action by any Governmental Entity, (vii) national or regional emergency, (viii) strikes, labor stoppages or slowdowns or other industrial disturbances, (ix) shortage of adequate power or transportation facilities, or (x) any other event which is beyond the reasonable control of the applicable party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have executed this Transition Services Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

THE COMPANY:

 

 

 

IROKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Todd Smith

 

Name:

Todd Smith

 

Title:

CEO

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

EGALET US, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

Name:

Robert S. Radie

 

Title:

Authorized Officer

 

Signature Page to Transition Services Agreement

 


Exhibit 10.6

 

Execution Version

 

LOCK-UP LETTER

 

January 31, 2019

 

Egalet Corporation

600 Lee Road

Suite 100

Wayne, PA

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Restructuring Support Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2018 (the “ RSA ”), by and among Egalet Corporation (the “ Company ”), the undersigned and certain other holders of the Company’s 13% Senior Secured Notes.

 

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the RSA, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Company, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date hereof (the “ Restricted Period ”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the number of shares received on the date hereof (including, for such purpose, shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to the undersigned on the date hereof) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)), by the undersigned or any other securities so owned convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for  such number of shares of Common Stock (“ Lock-Up Securities ”) (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) publicly disclose the intention to take any of the actions described in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2).  The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transfers of Lock-Up Securities by the undersigned to any other person that also executed a substantially similar lock-up agreement with the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the RSA, (b) distributions of Lock-Up Securities to limited or general partners, members, stockholders or to direct or indirect affiliates of the undersigned, including funds or other entities under common control or management with the undersigned, (c) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to any immediate family member, any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned or any of their successors upon death or any partnership or limited liability company the partners or members of which consist of the undersigned and one or more members of the undersigned’s immediately family (for purposes hereof, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin) provided that such transfers shall not involve a disposition for value, (d) transfers of

 


 

Lock-Up Securities to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will, other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent, (e) transfers of Lock-Up Securities as bona fide gifts, (f) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to the Company, (g) bona fide pledges of Lock-Up Securities by the undersigned pursuant to customary financing transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business, (h) transfers of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency and (i) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to a  nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (a) through (g) above; provided that (i) in the case of a transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d), (e), (h) (to the extent it is not inconsistent with such order) or (i), each transferee or distributee (if not already party to a lock-up agreement similar to this agreement) shall execute and deliver to the Company a lock-up agreement in the form of this agreement whereby such transferee or distribute agrees in writing to be bound by the same restrictions in place for the undersigned pursuant to this agreement for the duration that such restrictions remain in effect at the time of transfer and (ii) in the case of any pledge of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to clause (g), the pledgee shall, if such pledge is in existence, execute and deliver to the Company a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph upon receipt of such Lock-Up Securities, and if such pledge occurs in the future, execute and deliver to the Company a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph at the time such pledge is granted. For the avoidance of doubt, this agreement shall not apply to any sale or other transfer by the undersigned of shares of Common Stock acquired by the undersigned in open market purchases following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the RSA so long as (a) such sales or transfers are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the SEC or otherwise and (b) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing regarding such sales or transfers, in each case during the Restricted Period.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the undersigned shall be permitted to make transfers, sales, tenders or other dispositions of Lock-Up Securities to a bona fide third party pursuant to a tender offer for securities of the Company or any other transaction, including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation or other business combination, made to all holders of Common Stock involving a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company (including, without limitation, entering into any lock-up, voting or similar agreement pursuant to which the undersigned may agree to transfer, sell, tender or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities in connection with any such transaction, or vote any Lock-Up Securities in favor of any such transaction); provided , that all Lock-Up Securities subject to this agreement that are not so transferred, sold, tendered or otherwise disposed of remain subject to this agreement; and provided , further , that it shall be a condition of transfer, sale, tender or other disposition that if such tender offer or other transaction is not completed, any Lock-Up Securities subject to this agreement shall remain subject to the restrictions herein.

 

As used herein, “Change of Control” shall mean the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons (other than an Underwriter pursuant to the Public Offering), of the Company’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company (or the surviving entity).

 

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In addition, nothing in this agreement shall prohibit the undersigned from establishing a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan during the Restricted Period; provided that (a) no transactions thereunder are made until after the expiration of the Restricted Period and (b) no public disclosure of such plan shall be required or voluntarily made until after the expiration of the Restricted Period.

 

The undersigned understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.  This agreement may only be modified, supplemented, terminated (other than in accordance with its terms) or waived in a writing executed by the undersigned and the Company.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[                                         ]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 


 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

RECITALS

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of January 31, 2019, by and among Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc., a business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (registration number 1732699) (the “ Stockholder ”).

 

WHEREAS , the Company, Egalet US Inc. and the Stockholder are parties to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated January 30, 2019, and by Amendment No. 2, dated as of January 31, 2019 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”); and

 

WHEREAS , in order to induce the Company and the Stockholder to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to induce the Stockholder to sell substantially all of its assets to the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Stockholder and the Company hereby agree that this Agreement shall govern the rights of the Stockholder to cause the Company to register shares of Common Stock issued to the Stockholder, and shall govern certain other matters, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises set forth above and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Definitions .  For purposes of this Agreement:

 

1.1                                      Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including without limitation any general partner, managing member, officer, director or trustee of such Person, or any venture capital fund or registered investment company now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners, managing members or investment adviser of, or shares the same management company or investment adviser with, such Person, and “ control ” for these purposes means the direct or indirect power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of another Person, whether by operation of law or regulation, through ownership of securities, as trustee or executor or in any other manner.

 

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

 

1.3                                      Common Stock ” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

1.4                                      Damages ” means any loss, damage, claim or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, claim or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon: (i) any untrue statement or

 


 

alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Company, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.

 

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

 

1.6                                      Excluded Registration ” means (i) a registration relating to the sale, issue or grant of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, equity incentive or similar plan; (ii) a registration relating to a transaction under Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act; (iii) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (iv) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.

 

1.7                                      Form S-1 ” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC.

 

1.8                                      Form S-3 ” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits forward incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

 

1.9                                      Holder ” means the Stockholder, any Permitted Designee (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and any Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), in each case, that holds Registrable Securities.

 

1.10                               Immediate Family Member ” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including, adoptive relationships, of a natural person referred to herein.

 

1.11                               Initiating Holders ” means, collectively, Holders who properly initiate a registration request in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

1.12                               New Senior Secured Notes ” means the 13% Senior Secured Notes of the Company issued pursuant to the New Senior Secured Notes Indenture (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

 

1.13                               Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.

 

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1.14                               Registrable Securities ” means (i) the Equity Consideration issued to the Stockholder or any Permitted Designee pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; (ii) any Common Stock acquired by the Stockholder, any Permitted Designee (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or any Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) after the date hereof; and (iii) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares referenced in clauses (i)  and (ii)  above; excluding in all cases, however, (x) any Registrable Securities sold by a Person in a transaction in which the applicable rights under this Agreement are not assigned pursuant to Subsection 4.1 , and (y) any Registrable Securities sold pursuant to a registration statement covering such securities which has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and excluding for purposes of Section 2 any shares for which all registration rights have terminated pursuant to this Agreement.

 

1.15                               Registrable Securities then outstanding ” means the sum of (i) the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock that are Registrable Securities and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (directly or indirectly) pursuant to then exercisable and/or convertible securities that are Registrable Securities.

 

1.16                               SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

1.17                               SEC Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

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

 

1.19                               Selling Expenses ” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder, except for the fees and disbursements of the Selling Holder Counsel borne and paid by the Company as provided in Subsection 2.6 .

 

2.                                       Registration Rights.   The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

 

2.1                                      Demand Registration.

 

(a)                                  Form S-1 Demand .  If at any time after the date which is one hundred eighty (180) days following the date that any equity securities of the Company or any of its Affiliates are accepted for listing on any national securities exchange (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include OTC) (the “ Uplift Event ”), the Company receives a written request from Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement with respect to at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, would exceed $10 million), then the Company shall (x) within ten (10) days after the date such request is received, give notice thereof (the “ Demand Notice ”) to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (y) as soon as practicable, and in

 

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any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders requested to be registered and any additional Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Subsections 2.1(c)  and 2.3 . The rights to demand registration provided to the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.1(a)  may not be exercised more than four (4) times during the term of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Form S-3 Demand .  If at any time when it is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the Company receives a written request from Holders of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-3 registration statement with respect to outstanding Registrable Securities of such Holders having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, of at least $5 million, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give a Demand Notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Subsections 2.1(c)  and 2.3 . The rights to demand registration provided to the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.1(b)  may not be exercised more than four (4) times during the term of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Subsection 2.1 a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to either be filed or become effective, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than sixty (60) days (“ Deferral Period ”) after the request of the Initiating Holders is given; provided , however , that the Company may not invoke this right more than twice in any eighteen (18) month period, or more than once in any eighteen (18) month period in which it has invoked a Blackout Period right under Section 2.7 ; and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of any other stockholder during such sixty (60) day period other than an Excluded Registration.

 

(d)                                  The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a)  (i) during the period that is sixty (60) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (ii) after the Company has effected four (4) registrations pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a) ; or (iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may at such time be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b) .  The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to

 

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take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b)  (i) during the period that is thirty (30) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (ii) if the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b)  within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date of such request.   A registration shall not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d)  until such time as the applicable registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC, unless the Initiating Holders withdraw their request for such registration, elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor, and forfeit their right to one demand registration statement pursuant to Subsection 2.6 , in which case such withdrawn registration statement shall be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d) ; provided , that if such withdrawal is during a period the Company has deferred taking action pursuant to Subsection 2.1(c) , then the Initiating Holders may withdraw their request for registration and such registration will not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d) .

 

2.2                                      Company Registration .  If the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its securities under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than in an Excluded Registration), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder notice of such registration.  Upon the request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Subsection 2.3(b) , cause to be registered all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be included in such registration.  The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Subsection 2.2 before the effective date of such registration, whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration.  The expenses (other than Selling Expenses) of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Subsection 2.6 .

 

2.3                                      Underwriting Requirements .

 

(a)                                  If, pursuant to Subsection 2.1 , the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Subsection 2.1 , and the Company shall include such information in the Demand Notice.  The underwriter(s) will be selected by a majority in interest (based on the aggregate number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders) of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.  In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein.  All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Subsection 2.4(e) ) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subsection 2.3 , if the managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the

 

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number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that otherwise would be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders of Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the number of Registrable Securities owned by each Holder or in such other proportion as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; provided , however , that the number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.  To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.

 

(b)                                  In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Subsection 2.2 , the Company shall not be required to include any of the Holders’ Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless the Holders accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters in their sole discretion determine will not adversely affect the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering.  If the total number of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds the number of securities to be sold (other than by the Company for its own account) that the underwriters in their reasonable discretion determine is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters and the Company in their sole discretion determine will not adversely affect the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering.  If the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated among the selling Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable to) the number of Registrable Securities owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders.  To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced unless all other securities (other than securities to be offered by the Company) are first entirely excluded from the offering.

 

(c)                                   For purposes of Subsection 2.1 , a registration shall not be counted as “effected” if, as a result of an exercise of the underwriter’s cutback provisions in Subsection 2.3 (a) , fewer than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to be included in such registration statement are actually included.

 

2.4                                      Obligations of the Company .  Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as promptly as reasonably possible:

 

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(a)                                  prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided , however , that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable SEC rules, such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for up to ninety (90) days, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;

 

(b)                                  prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, as may be necessary to comply with the Securities Act in order to enable the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

 

(c)                                   furnish to the selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, as required by the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;

 

(d)                                  use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;

 

(e)                                   in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the underwriter(s) of such offering;

 

(f)                                    use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

(g)                                   provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and provide a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

 

(h)                                  promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any managing underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the

 

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selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent , in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such registration statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;

 

(i)                                      notify each selling Holder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed;

 

(j)                                     after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Holder of any request by the SEC that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus;

 

(k)                                  to the extent reasonably practicable, make available executive officers of the Company for participation in a reasonable number of “road show” and other investor presentations requested by the selling Holders, their counsel and any underwriters;

 

(l)                                      use commercially reasonable efforts to otherwise facilitate the public offering of the Registrable Securities (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such commercially reasonable efforts shall not require the Company to pay any expenses of such offering other than in accordance with Section 2.6 ); and

 

(m)                              during the period when the prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

In addition, the Company shall ensure that, at all times after any registration statement covering a public offering of securities of the Company under the Securities Act shall have become effective, its insider trading policy shall provide that the Company’s directors may implement a trading program under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

2.5                                      Holder Obligations. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as is reasonably required or requested to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities, including but not limited to the information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities act or any successor rule thereto. Each Holder covenants and agrees that, in the event the Company informs the Holders in writing that it does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 promulgated under the Securities Act and, as a result thereof, such Holder is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities, such Holder 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

 

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shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method of distribution described in the Registration Statement. The Holders shall not effect sales of any securities covered by a registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement (i) prior to the withdrawal of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the registration or qualification of any Registrable Securities included in such registration statement for sale in any jurisdiction where such shares had previously been registered or qualified or (ii) after receipt of facsimile or other written notice from the Company instructing the Holder to suspend sales to permit the Company to correct or update such registration statement or prospectus until the Holder receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus that corrects any such misstatement(s) or omission(s) and receives notice that any required post-effective amendment has become effective. Each Holder agrees that it will promptly discontinue offers and sales of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until such Holder receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus that corrects any such misstatement(s) or omission(s) and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to provide to each Holder supplemented or amended prospectuses referenced in the foregoing two sentences as promptly as practicable.

 

2.6                                      Expenses of Registration. All expenses (other than Selling Expenses) incurred in connection with registrations, filings, or qualifications pursuant to Section 2 , including all registration, filing, and qualification fees; printers’ and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to exceed (i) $100,000 in the aggregate for all registration pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) $25,000 with respect to any single registration pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, of one counsel for the selling Holders (“ Selling Holder Counsel ”), shall be borne and paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Subsection 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all selling Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be included in the withdrawn registration), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Subsections 2.1(a)  or 2.1(b) , as the case may be; provided further that if, at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders shall have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness after learning of such information then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall not forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Subsections 2.1(a)  or 2.1(b) .  All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 2 shall be borne and paid by the Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities registered on their behalf.

 

2.7                                      Delay of Registration; Suspension of Registration Statement .  No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2 . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right to suspend the use of any registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement for a period of not greater than thirty (30) consecutive

 

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days and for not more than sixty (60) days in any eighteen (18) month period (“ Blackout Period ”), if, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, after consultation with counsel, material, nonpublic information exists, including, without limitation, the proposed acquisition or divestiture of assets by the Company, a strategic alliance or a financing transaction involving the Company or the existence of pending material corporate developments, the public disclosure of which would be necessary to cause the Registration Statement to be materially true and to contain no material misstatements or omissions, and in each such case, where, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, such disclosure would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company or on the proposed transaction; provided , however , that the Company may not invoke this right in any eighteen (18) month period in which it has invoked two Deferral Period rights under Section 2.1(c) . The Company must give the Holders notice promptly upon knowledge that a Blackout Period (without indicating the nature of such Blackout Period) may occur and prompt written notice if a Blackout Period will occur. Upon the conclusion of a Blackout Period, the Company shall provide the Holders written notice that such registration statement is again available for use.

 

2.8                                      Indemnification .  If any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2 :

 

(a)                                  To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each selling Holder, and the partners, members, officers, directors, and stockholders of each such Holder; legal counsel and accountants for each such Holder; any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for each such Holder; and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any Damages (including any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred); provided , however , that this Subsection 2.8 (a)  shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, nor shall the Company be liable for any Damages to the extent that they arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of any such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person for use in connection with such registration.

 

(b)                                  To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of its directors, each of its directors and officers who has signed the registration statement, each Person (if any), who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement, and any controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any Damages, in each case only to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such selling Holder for use in connection with such registration (including any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred); provided , however , that the indemnity agreement contained in this Subsection 2.8 (b)  shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of

 

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any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; and provided further that in no event shall the aggregate amounts payable by any Holder by way of indemnity or contribution under Subsections 2.8 (b)  and 2.8(c)  exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such Holder.

 

(c)                                   Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.8 of written notice of the commencement of any action, threat or proceeding (including any governmental action) for which a party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is made or intended to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 2.8 , give the indemnifying party written notice of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in such action and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, participate jointly with any other indemnifying party to which notice has been given, and to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties. Each indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of such counsel shall be paid by the indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party agrees to pay the same, (ii) the indemnifying party fails to assume the defense of such action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and the indemnified party has been advised by counsel that either (x) representation of such indemnified party and the indemnifying party by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct, as determined in the reasonable judgment of any party or (y) there may be one or more legal defenses available to the indemnified party which are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, it being understood, however that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for each group of similar indemnified parties (e.g., the Holders, as contrasted with executive officers and directors of the Company). In any of such cases, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as incurred. The failure to give 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 2.8 , except to the extent that such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party’s ability to defend such action. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement entered into without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of each indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such indemnified party is a party and indemnity has been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, that (i) does not include a complete release of such indemnified party from all liability with respect thereto, (ii) imposes any liability or obligation on such indemnified party, (iii) would impose a consent order, injunction or decree that would restrict the future activity or conduct of such indemnified party or (iv) would result in a finding or admission of a violation of law by such indemnified party that would have an adverse effect on such indemnified party.  For the avoidance of doubt, such indemnifying party may agree to any settlement that satisfies clauses (i) through (iv) of the preceding sentence without such indemnified party’s consent.

 

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(d)                                  To provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either (i) any party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.8 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, notwithstanding the fact that this Section 2.8 provides for indemnification in such case, (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any party hereto for which indemnification is provided under this Section 2.8 , or (iii) the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.8 from the indemnifying party is otherwise unavailable to an indemnified party hereunder, or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Damages (including any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result) referred to herein, then, and in each such case, such parties will severally and not jointly contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, Damages, liabilities, or expenses to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of each of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements, omissions, or other actions that resulted in such loss, claim, Damages, liability, or expense, as well as to reflect any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact, or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case, (x) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement (net of Selling Expenses), and (y) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and provided, further, that in no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Section 2.8(b) , when combined with the amounts paid or payable by such Holder pursuant to Section 2.8(b) , exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder).

 

(e)                                   The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Subsection 2. 8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration under this Section 2 , and otherwise shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

2.9                                      Reports Under Exchange Act .  The Company shall:

 

(a)                                  make and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144;

 

(b)                                  use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements); and

 

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(c)                                   furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO), the Securities Act, and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies); and (ii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration (at any time after the Company has become subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act) or pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies to use such form).

 

2.10                               Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights .  From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of seventy-five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would provide to such holder or prospective holder the right to include securities in any registration on other than either a pro rata basis with respect to the Registrable Securities or on a subordinate basis after all Holders have had the opportunity to include in the registration and offering all shares of Registrable Securities that they wish to so include.

 

2.11                               “Market Stand-off” Agreement .  Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Managing Underwriter (as defined below), during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to any registration by the Company for its own behalf of shares of its Common Stock or any other equity securities under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (the “ Managing Underwriter ”) of any such offering (such period not to exceed ninety (90) days), (i) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right, or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for Common Stock held immediately before the effective date of the registration statement for such offering or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Subsection 2.11 shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement, and shall be applicable to the Holders only if all officers and directors are subject to the same restrictions and the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a similar agreement from all stockholders individually owning more than five percent (5%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to the conversion of any securities convertible into Common Stock). The Managing Underwriter and any other underwriters in connection with such registration are intended third party beneficiaries of this Subsection 2.11 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto.  Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in connection with such registration that are consistent with this Subsection 2.11 or that are necessary to give further

 

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effect thereto.  Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions of any or all of such agreements by the Company or the underwriters shall apply pro rata to all Company stockholders that are subject to such agreements, based on the number of shares subject to such agreements .

 

3.                                       [RESERVED]

 

4.                                       Miscellaneous .

 

4.1                                      Successors and Assigns .  The rights under this Agreement may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee of Registrable Securities that (i) is an Affiliate of a Holder; (ii) is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or one or more of such Holder’s Immediate Family Members; or (iii) after such transfer, holds at least ten percent (10%) of Registrable Securities then outstanding (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, and other recapitalizations); provided , however , that (x) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee and the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred; and (y) such transferee agrees in a written instrument delivered to the Company to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Subsection 2.11 .  For the purposes of determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee, the holdings of a transferee (1) that is an Affiliate or stockholder of a Holder; (2) who is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member; or (3) that is a trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or such Holder’s Immediate Family Member shall be aggregated together and with those of the transferring Holder; provided further that all transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment of rights shall, as a condition to the applicable transfer, establish a single attorney-in-fact for the purpose of exercising any rights, receiving notices, or taking any action under this Agreement.  The terms and conditions of this Agreement inure to the benefit of and are binding upon the respective successors and permitted assignees of the parties.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.

 

4.2                                      Registration Rights Joinder .  All Permitted Designees and all Permitted Transferees (as such terms are defined in the Purchase Agreement, respectively), shall be required to duly execute and deliver to the Company and shall be bound by a joinder to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “ Registration Rights Joinder ”).

 

4.3                                      Governing Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by the internal law of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware.

 

4.4                                      Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g. , www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

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4.5                                      Titles and Subtitles .  The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

4.6                                      Notices .

 

(a)                                  All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail or facsimile during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) business day after the business day of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-day delivery, with written verification of receipt.  All communications shall be sent to the Holders at their addresses as set forth on their respective signature pages hereto and all communications shall be sent to the Company at its the principal office of the Company and to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer, in the case of the Company, or to such email address, facsimile number, or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Subsection 4.6 .  If notice is given to the Company, a copy shall also be sent to:

 

Dechert LLP, Three Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attn:  David Rosenthal

E-mail: david.rosenthal@dechert.com

 

and if notice is given to the Stockholder, a copy shall also be given to:

 

Baker & McKenzie LLP

815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006-4078

Attn: Marc R. Paul

E-mail: marc.paul@bakermckenzie.com

 

4.7                                      Amendments and Waivers .  Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding; and provided further that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to any Holder without the written consent of such Holder, unless such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver applies to all Holders in the same fashion.  The Company shall give prompt notice of any

 

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amendment, modification or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver.  Any amendment, modification, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Subsection 4.7 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto.  No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.

 

4.8                                      Severability .  In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be reformed and construed so that it will be valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

4.9                                      Aggregation of Stock .  All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such Affiliated persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.

 

4.10                               Entire Agreement .  This Agreement (including any Schedules and Exhibits hereto) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled.

 

4.11                               Dispute Resolution .  The parties (a) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware) or any appellate court thereof (the “ Delaware Courts ”) for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, (b) agree not to commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement except in the Delaware Courts, and (c) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL: EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, THE SECURITIES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF.  THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS.  THIS SECTION HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL

 

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NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.  Each of the parties to this Agreement consents to personal jurisdiction for any equitable action sought in the Delaware Courts or any court of the State of Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction.

 

4.12                               Delays or Omissions .  No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power, or remedy of such nonbreaching or nondefaulting party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence to any such breach or default, or to any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring.  All remedies, whether under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

4.13                               Termination of Registration Rights .  The right of any Holder to request registration or inclusion of Registrable Securities in any registration pursuant to Subsection 2.1 shall terminate upon the seventh anniversary of the Uplift Event.

 

4.14                               MNPI .

 

(a)                                  Each Holder acknowledges that the provisions of this Agreement that require communications by the Company or other Holders to such Holder may result in such Holder and its Representatives (as defined below) acquiring material non-public information (“ MNPI ”) (which may include, solely by way of illustration, the fact that an offering of the Company’s securities is pending or the number of Company securities or the identity of the selling Holders) (any such MNPI resulting from communications required under this Agreement, the “ Covered MNPI ”).

 

(b)                                  Each Holder agrees that it will maintain the confidentiality of the Covered MNPI and, to the extent such Holder is not a natural Person, such confidential treatment shall be in accordance with procedures adopted by it in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Holder (“ Policies ”).

 

(c)                                   Each Holder, by its execution of a counterpart to this agreement or of a Joinder, hereby acknowledges that it is aware that the U.S. securities laws prohibit any Person who has MNPI about a company from purchasing or selling, directly or indirectly, securities of such company (including entering into hedge transactions involving such securities), or from communicating such information to any other Person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such Person is likely to purchase or sell such securities.

 

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(d)                                  Each Holder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time (including after receiving information regarding any potential public offering), to elect not to receive any notice that the Company or any other Holders otherwise are required to deliver pursuant to this Agreement by delivering to the Company a written statement signed by such Holder that it does not want to receive any notices or any other Covered MNPI hereunder (an “ Opt-Out Request ”); in which case and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and other Holders shall not be required to, and shall not, deliver any notice or other information required to be provided to Holders hereunder to the extent that the Company or such other Holders reasonably expect would result in a Holder acquiring Covered MNPI. An Opt-Out Request may state a date on which it expires or, if no such date is specified, shall remain in effect indefinitely; provided, that a Holder who previously has given the Company an Opt-Out Request may revoke such request at any time by providing written notice of such revocation to the Company, and there shall be no limit on the ability of a Holder to issue and revoke subsequent Opt-Out Requests.

 

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

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION:

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Radie

 

 

 

 

Name:

Robert S. Radie

 

 

 

 

Title:

CEO

 

 

 

IROKO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.:

 

 

 

By:

/s Todd Smith

 

 

 

 

Name:

Todd Smith

 

 

 

 

Title:

CEO

 


 

Exhibit A

 

Registration Rights Joinder

 


Exhibit 10.8

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT (this “ Amendment ”), effective as of 12:01 a.m. [February 1], 2019, is entered into, consented to and approved by the undersigned individual, in his or her capacity as the Executive, and Egalet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to and in accordance with Sections [12(a) and 12(h)] of that certain Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of [ · ], by and between the Company and the Executive (the “ Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS , the Executive and the Company are party to the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , on January 31, 2019 (the “ Effective Date ”), the Company [consummated/will consummate] the transactions contemplated by (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 30, 2018, by and among the Company, Egalet US Inc. and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“ Iroko ”) and (ii) the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Egalet Corporation, et al., under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “ Plan ”), including, without limitation, the discharge, cancellation, release and extinguishment of all of the Company’s then-existing equity interests, and the issuance of new equity interests to Iroko (and/or its designees) and holders of claims under to the Plan (collectively, the “ Restructuring Transactions ”);

 

WHEREAS , the Restructuring Transactions [will] constitute[d] a “Change in Control,” as defined in the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , in accordance with the Plan, the board of directors of the Company intends to adopt and implement a customary incentive plan for Company management substantially in the form attached to the Plan (the “ Management Incentive Plan ”), pursuant to which shares of the Company’s common stock will be reserved for grants to participants in the Management Incentive Plan;

 

WHEREAS , as a condition to and as consideration for the Executive’s participation in the Management Incentive Plan, the Executive and the Company desire to (i) amend the Agreement to provide that the Restructuring Transactions do not constitute a “Change in Control” for purposes of the Agreement and (ii) waive any additional benefits otherwise payable to the Executive pursuant to the terms of the Agreement as a result of certain terminations of employment following the consummation of the Restructuring Transactions and the resulting “Change in Control;”

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and the Executive agree as follows.

 

1.                                       Amendment of the Agreement : Effective as of the date first set forth above, in accordance with Section 12(h) of the Agreement, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)                                  The defined term “Change in Control” is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth below to add the language denoted in bold and italics :

 

Change in Control ” means, after the Effective Date (and not including the initial public offering of the Company, which shall not be treated as a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement), any of the following events: (A) a “person” (as such term in used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”)), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13D-3 under the 1934

 


 

Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; (B) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in clauses (A), (C) or (D) hereof) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; (C) the Company merges or consolidates with any other corporation, other than in a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or (D) the complete liquidation of the Company or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; provided that no event shall constitute a Change in Control hereunder unless such event is also a “change in control event” as defined in Section 409A of the Code; provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 30, 2018, by and among the Company, Egalet US Inc. and Iroko Pharmaceuticals Inc. and (ii) the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Egalet Corporation, et al., under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “ Plan ”) on January 31, 2019 shall not constitute a “Change in Control” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

2.                                       Limited Waiver . In accordance with Section 12(a) of the Agreement, in the event the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, in each case, within 24 months after the Effective Date, (i) the Executive hereby waives the obligations of the Company pursuant to Section 6(f) of the Agreement to provide the benefits described in Section 6(c) of the Agreement for a period of 24 months following the date of such termination, solely with respect to the Change in Control resulting from the Restructuring Transactions(1) and (ii) the Company hereby waives the obligations of the Executive pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section 8(b) of the Agreement, solely with respect to the Change in Control resulting from the Restructuring Transactions.(2)

 

3.                                       Entire Agreement; Capitalized Terms . Except as expressly set forth herein, the Agreement shall apply, control and continue in full force and effect as originally constituted.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement

 

4.                                       Governing Law . This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with, and this Amendment and all matters arising out of or relating in any way whatsoever (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) to this

 


(1)  NTD: This section is saying that, assuming there is not another “Change in Control” in the meantime, if you are terminated without cause or you quit for good reason before January 31, 2021, you will receive the severance benefits described in Section 6(c) your employment agreement for only 12 months, rather than 24 months, as would otherwise be the case after a “Change in Control.”

 

(2)  NTD: This section is saying that, in turn, your non-compete period will only be 12 months, rather than 24 months, as well.

 


 

Amendment shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any conflicts of laws or choice of laws rules that may require application of another state’s laws.

 

5.                                       Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the last date written below.

 

 

THE COMPANY :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EGALET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

[Signature Page – Amendment to Employment Agreement]