UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

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

 

March 31, 2020

Date of Report

 

Q BioMed Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 000-55535 46-4013793
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

c/o Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP

366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor

New York, NY

10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(212) 588-0022

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

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

 

¨  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class:   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered:
None   None   None

 

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

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

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. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Financing Agreements

 

On April 6, 2020, we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with accredited investors (the “Investors”). Pursuant to the SPA, the Investors agreed to purchase:

 

76,566 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) in exchange for convertible debentures with principal and interest of $765,656.23,

 

100,000 Series A Preferred Shares for cash of $1,000,000,

 

203,134 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (‘the “Series B Preferred Shares”) in exchange for convertible debentures with principal and interest of $2,031,342.47,

 

100,000 Series B Preferred Shares for cash of $1,000,000 and

 

on April 17, 2020, 200,000 Series B Preferred Shares for $2,000,000 in cash.

 

By April 17, 2020 the Investors have the right to convert all remaining unconverted debt into 51,432 Series A Preferred Shares (“Optional Conversion Shares”).

 

We intend to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund our commercialization efforts on our Strontium-89 assets and general working capital.

 

We also executed a registration rights agreement requiring us to file a registration statement on Form S-1 within 15 days of the initial closing (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement shall register the shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares may be converted for resale. We are required to use our best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective within 90 days of the initial closing.

 

Debenture Amendment

 

On March 31, 2020, we entered into an amendment letter with the holder of debentures that we issued on November 1, 2018, October 11, 2019, December 6, 2019 and January 15, 2020 (the “Debentures”). Pursuant to the terms of the Debentures, we could not convert any portion of the Debentures or interest thereon that would result in the holder of the Debentures beneficially owning more than 4.99% of our common stock. In the amendment letter, we mutually agreed with the holder of the Debentures to increase that limit from 4.99% to 9.99%.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 hereof is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The 227,998 Series A Preferred Shares (including the Optional Conversion Shares) and 503,134 Series B Preferred Shares issuable pursuant to the SPA were issued, or will be issued, in reliance on exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act.  This transaction qualified for exemption from registration because among other things, the transaction did not involve a public offering, the investor was an accredited investor and/or qualified institutional buyer, the investor had access to information about our company and its investment, the investor took the securities for investment and not resale, and we took appropriate measures to restrict the transfer of the securities.

 

In addition, on March 31, 2020, we issued 1,050,496 shares to a note holder in exchange for the conversion of $1,050,496.78 of principal and interest on convertible notes.

 

 

 

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 hereof is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

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

 

Our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, authorize us to issue up to 100,000,000 million shares of preferred stock with the consent of our Board of Directors and without any further consent from our holders of common stock. On April 3, 2020:

 

· our Board of Directors authorized the creation of up to 500,000 shares of Class A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Class A Preferred Shares”) and up to 1,000,000 shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Class B Preferred Shares”)

 

· we filed a Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of Nevada creating such Class A and Class B Preferred Shares

 

The foregoing is only a summary of the Certificate of Designations, each of which is filed as an exhibit hereto so that you may more fully understand the terms of each class of preferred stock.

 

Class A Preferred Shares

 

Liquidation. The Series A Preferred Shares have a liquidation preference that is equal to that of the Series B Preferred Shares and superior to that of the Common Stock. In the event of a liquidation or similar event, any payment to holders of shares of capital stock shall first be made to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares. The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive a payment in an amount that is equal to $10 per share plus any dividends that are due on such share (the “Liquidation Value”).

 

Dividends. The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall receive an annual dividend for each Series A Preferred Share equal to 8% of the Liquidation Value to be paid in quarterly installments. The dividend shall be paid in shares of common stock in an amount that is equal to the dollar amount of the dividend divided by the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of our common stock on the day such payment is due.

 

Beneficial ownership limitation. We may not convert any Series A Preferred Shares if such conversion would result in the holder beneficially owning more than 9.99% of our then issued and common stock, provided that such limitation may be waived by the holder with 65 days’ notice.

 

Conversion at holder’s option. Subject to the beneficial ownership limitation, the Series A Preferred Shares may be converted at $1.00. 

 

Forced conversion. At any time that the following conditions (the “Forced Conversion Conditions”) have been met for ten consecutive trading days, we may deliver a written notice to the Investors to cause the Investors to convert all or part of the then outstanding Series A Preferred Shares:

 

(i)                 the VWAP of our common stock is in excess of $5.00;

 

(ii)                the dollar volume of our common stock traded on the principal market is in excess of $750,000;

 

(iii)               the shares of our common stock underlying the Series B Preferred Shares to be converted shall either (x) be registered for resale on an effective registration statement or (y) eligible for resale without restriction and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws;

 

 

 

 

(iv)              our Common Stock is designated for quotation on the OTCQB, Nasdaq or other similar market or exchange and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange or market nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market been threatened or pending either (A) in writing by such exchange or market or (B) by falling below the then effective minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market;

 

(v)              there shall not have occurred either (A) an event of default or (B) an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an event of default;

 

To the extent that any forced conversion would conflict with the beneficial ownership limitation, such forced conversion shall be delayed until it does not conflict with the beneficial ownership limitation.

 

Class B Preferred Shares

 

Liquidation. The Series B Preferred Shares have a liquidation preference that is equal to that of the Series A Preferred Shares and superior to that of the Common Stock. In the event of a liquidation or similar event, any payment to holders of shares of capital stock shall first be made to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series A Preferred Shares. The holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive a payment in an amount that is equal to $10 per share plus any dividends that are due on such share (the “Liquidation Value”).

 

Dividends. The holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall receive an annual dividend for each Series B Preferred Share equal to 8% of the Liquidation Value to be paid in quarterly installments. The dividend shall be paid in shares of common stock in an amount that is equal to the dollar amount of the dividend divided by the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of our common stock on the day such payment is due.

 

Beneficial ownership limitation. We may not convert any Series B Preferred Shares if such conversion would result in the holder beneficially owning more than 9.99% of our then issued and common stock, provided that such limitation may be waived by the holder with 65 days’ notice.

 

Conversion at holder’s option. Subject to the beneficial ownership limitation, the Series B Preferred Shares may be converted at the lower of: (a) $2.70 or (b) 93% of the average of the four lowest daily VWAPs during the 10 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the conversion date, provided that the conversion price may not be above $5.00 or less than $1.00; further provided that if the VWAP of our common stock for any 40 consecutive trading days is less than $1.00 for 30 of those days, then such floor conversion price shall be reduced from $1.00 to $0.35. 

 

Automatic conversion. At any time that the Forced Conversion Conditions have been met for ten consecutive trading days, we may deliver a written notice to the Investors to cause the Investors to convert all or part of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Shares. To the extent that any forced conversion would conflict with the beneficial ownership limitation, such forced conversion shall be delayed until it does not conflict with the beneficial ownership limitation.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On April 7, 2020, we issued a press release entitled “Q BioMed Enters into a Financial Restructuring of Approximately $7,800,000 Consisting of up to $4,000,000 New Cash and a minimum of $3,800,000 of Debt Conversion”. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.  The information in this Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K also shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibits.

 

3.1 Certificate of Designations for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock filed on April 6, 2020
3.2 Certificate of Designations for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock filed on April 6, 2020
10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 6, 2020
10.2 Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 6, 2020
99.1 Press Release entitled “Q BioMed Enters into a Financial Restructuring of Approximately $7,800,000 Consisting of up to $4,000,000 New Cash and a minimum of $3,800,000 of Debt Conversion”

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Q BioMed Inc.  
     
Date: April 7, 2020 By: /s/ Denis Corin  
  Name:  Denis Corin  
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer  
       
       

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

Business Entity - Filing Acknowledgement 04/06/2020 Work Order Item Number: W2020040600629-508483 Filing Number: 20200590748 Filing Type: Certificate of Designation Filing Date/Time: 4/6/2020 11:03:00 AM Filing Page(s): 12 Indexed Entity Information: Entity ID: E0565792013-4 Entity Name: Q BIOMED INC. Entity Status: Active Expiration Date: None Commercial Registered Agent NASCENT GROUP, INC. 1000 N GREEN VALLEY PKWY #440-484, HENDERSON, NV 89074, USA BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE Secretary of State KIMBERLEY PERONDI Deputy Secretary for Commercial Recordings STATE OF NEVADA OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Commercial Recordings Division 202 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 Telephone (775) 684-5708 Fax (775) 684-7138 North Las Vegas City Hall 2250 Las Vegas Blvd North, Suite 400 North Las Vegas, NV 89030 Telephone (702) 486-2880 Fax (702) 486-2888 The attached document(s) were filed with the Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recording Division. The filing date and time have been affixed to each document, indicating the date and time of filing. A filing number is also affixed and can be used to reference this document in the future. Respectfully, BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE Secretary of State Page 1 of 1 Commercial Recording Division 202 N. Carson Street Filed in the Office of Secretary of State State Of Nevada Business Number E0565792013-4 Filing Number 20200590748 Filed On 4/6/2020 11:03:00 AM Number of Pages 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, POWERS, PREFERENCES
AND OTHER RIGHTS OF PREFERRED STOCK AND QUALIFICATIONS,
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THEREOF
of
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
of
Q BIOMED INC.


(Pursuant to Section 78.1955 of the
Nevada Revised Statutes)

 

Q BIOMED INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 78.1955 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, does hereby make this Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Other Rights of Preferred Stock and Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions (the “Certificate of Designations”) and does hereby state and certify that pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended, the “Articles”), which authorizes the issuance of 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, in one or more series, the Board duly adopted the following resolutions, which resolutions remain in full force and effect as of the date hereof:

 

RESOLVED, that, pursuant to Article 5 of the Articles, the Board hereby authorizes the issuance of, and fixes the designation and preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of a series of preferred stock of the Corporation consisting of Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) shares, $0.001 par value per share, to be designated “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (each such share, a “ Series A Preferred Share”); and be it

 

RESOLVED, that each Series A Preferred Share shall rank equally in all respects and shall be subject to the following terms and provisions:

 

1. Dividends.

 

(a)            Dividends on Common Stock. The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, when, if and as declared by the Board, out of funds legally available therefor, any dividends or other distributions from the Corporation that are declared on the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) (other than dividends payable solely in additional Common Stock), in which case holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall each be entitled to receive, on an As-Converted Basis (as defined below, but without regard to the beneficial ownership limitations set forth in Section 5(c) hereof) pari passu with the amount of such dividends to be distributed to the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the declaration of such dividend or distribution.

 

As-Converted Basis” means, as of the time of determination, that, solely for the purpose of determining the applicable right (and without limitation to any rights of the Series A Preferred Shares), the Series A Preferred Share shall be treated as if each such Series A Preferred Share had been converted into shares of Common Stock.

 

(b)            Dividends on Series A Preferred Shares. Provided that the Forced Conversion Conditions (as defined in the Certificate of Designations for the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock) have not been met, on each three-month anniversary of the issuance of Series A Preferred Shares, the Company shall pay to the holder of such Series A Preferred Shares then outstanding a dividend equal to two percent (2%) of the Liquidation Value (as defined below) (such amount, the “Dividend Value”). Such dividend shall be paid in shares of Common Stock, and the number of shares of Common Stock shall be determined by dividing the Dividend Value by the VWAP on the date of the applicable dividend payment.

 

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2.            Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by law, (i) the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall have full voting rights and powers amongst themselves on a pari passu basis, (ii) any matters on which the holders of Series A Preferred Shares have voting rights shall be determined by a simple majority of the holders Series A Preferred Shares, (iii) the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall have full voting rights and powers amongst all holders on a pari passu basis, (iv) any matters on which the holders the Parity Securities have voting rights shall be determined by a simple majority of the holders Parity Securities with each share of such Parity Securities being equal to a share of the other Parity Securities and (v) the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall have no voting rights in connection with those matters on which the holders of Common Stock have voting rights and the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall not vote with the holders of the Common Stock as a class.

 

3.            Rights on Liquidation.

 

(a)            In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (any such event being hereinafter referred to as a “Liquidation”), the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, immediately after any distributions required by the Corporation’s Articles and any certificate(s) of designation, powers, preferences and rights in respect of any securities of the Corporation having priority over the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to the distribution of the assets of the Corporation upon Liquidation, or in terms of redemption rights or dividend rights (“Senior Securities”), and before and in preference to any distribution or payment of assets of the Corporation or the proceeds thereof may be made or set apart with respect to any other securities of the Corporation over which the Series A Preferred Shares have priority with respect to the distribution of the assets of the Corporation upon Liquidation (“Junior Securities”), an amount in cash with respect to each Series A Preferred Share held by such holders, equal to (i) $10 per Series A Preferred Share plus (ii) at the time of calculation, any accrued but unpaid dividends pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof (the amount payable pursuant to this sentence is hereinafter referred to as the “Liquidation Value”). If, upon such Liquidation, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the holders of Series A Preferred Shares and any securities of the Corporation having equal priority with the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to the distribution of the assets of the Corporation upon Liquidation, or in terms of redemption rights or dividend rights (“Parity Securities”, which for clarity includes, and at the time of filing of this Certificate of Designations only includes, the Series B Preferred Convertible Stock) shall be insufficient to permit payment in full to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares and Parity Securities, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution to such holders of the Series A Preferred Shares and Parity Securities then outstanding shall be distributed ratably among such holders based upon the proportion the total amount distributable on each share upon liquidation bears to the aggregate amount available for distribution on all Series A Preferred Shares and of such Parity Securities, if any.

 

(b)            A change of control of the Corporation (including any change in the ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting capital of the Corporation) shall not be deemed a Liquidation.

 

(c)            In the event of a Liquidation, after the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the holders of Parity Securities, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of shares of Common Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder.

 

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4.            Actions Requiring the Consent of Holders of Series A Preferred Shares. From the period beginning on the date of filing of this Certificate of Designations and ending on the earlier to occur of the date that (i) the Liquidation Value of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares and the liquidation value of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Convertible Stock (as calculated pursuant to the Certificate of Designations for the Series B Preferred Convertible Stock) is less than $1,000,000 or (ii) the Forced Conversion Conditions have been met, the consent of the majority of the holders of the Parity Securities outstanding, given in accordance with the Articles and Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended, shall be necessary for effecting or validating any of the following transactions or acts, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise:

  

(a)            Create, issue, or reclassify any existing shares of capital stock that (i) are Senior Securities or Parity Securities or have a liquidation preference over the Parity Securities, (ii) contain any dividend or conversion rights that are preferential to the dividend rights of the Parity Securities or (iii) are redeemable;

 

(b)            Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase of property or services, (ii) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (iii) capital lease obligations, and (iv) contingent obligations, including guaranties and obligations of reimbursement or respecting letters of credit ((i) through (iv), “Indebtedness”), other than Permitted Indebtedness or cause or suffer any “Subsidiary” (which shall mean any corporation of which a majority of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors (otherwise than as the result of a default) is owned by the Company directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries) to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Indebtedness;

 

Permitted Indebtedness” shall mean (i) any Indebtedness existing on the initial date of the filing of the Certificate of Designations, (ii) Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of any equipment, including capital lease obligations with no recourse other than to such equipment; (iv) indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of acquiring drug product to be sold by the Company which shall include Strontium-89 and Metastron; (v) indebtedness associated with acquiring new intellectual property assets and licenses, so long as the proceeds are going to the party(ies) from which the Company is acquiring the assets, licenses, and other properties (vi) any Indebtedness not existing at the time hereof and not covered in (i) through (v) above not to exceed an aggregate of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) at any one time;

 

(c)            Create or permit to a Lien other than Permitted Liens on its assets or the assets of any Subsidiary;

 

Lien” shall mean any lien, security interest, pledge, bailment, lease, mortgage, hypothecation, conditional sales and title retention agreement, charge, claim on any of the Company’s or Subsidiary’s, as applicable, property, or other encumbrance.

 

Permitted Liens” shall mean (i) existing Liens existing on the initial date of the filing of the Certificate of Designations; (ii) inchoate Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due, as to which the grace period, if any, related thereto has not yet expired, or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (iii) Liens of carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, mechanics and landlords and other similar Liens which secure amounts which are not yet overdue by more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (iv) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to other persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company; (v) Liens securing capitalized lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing an acquisition or lease; (vi) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, municipal zoning ordinances and other similar charges or encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies, in each case not securing debt and not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company and not materially detracting from the value of the property subject thereto; (vii) Liens arising out of the existence of judgments or awards which judgments or awards do not constitute an Event of Default; (viii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation claims, unemployment insurance, pension liabilities and social security benefits and Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases and contracts in the ordinary course of business, statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (other than appeal bonds) incurred in the ordinary course of business (exclusive of obligations in respect of the payment for borrowed money); (ix) Liens in favor of a banking institution arising by operation of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and contractual set-off rights held by such banking institution and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry and only burdening deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; (x) usual and customary set-off rights in leases and other contracts; (xi) escrows in connection with acquisitions and dispositions and (xii) royalties and other rights to revenue derived from the sale of the Company’s products that are granted in the ordinary course of business.

 

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(d)            By merger, consolidation, sale, lease back or other similar transaction (i) sell, transfer or dispose of 25% or more of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (ii) permit the issuance or transfer of more than 25% of the voting control of the Company or a Subsidiary in a single transaction or series of related transaction (other than issuances of Common Stock pursuant to the Parity Securities), or (iii) which results in the Company becoming privately held.

 

(e)            Amend any corporate governance document, including the Certificates of Designations of any Parity Securities so as to alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights of such Parity Securities or otherwise adversely affect the rights and preferences of such Parity Securities;

 

(f)             Enter into any agreement that would restrict the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the terms of any of the Parity Securities;

 

(g)            Declare or pay a dividend on any security (other than the Parity Securities or a dividend on the Common Stock payable solely in additional shares of Common Stock);

 

(h)            Redeem any shares of its capital stock; and

 

(i)             Create any Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary required for regulatory reasons to carry out the Company’s ordinary course of business.

 

5.            Conversion.

 

(a)            Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions herein, at any time or times on or after the issuance of Series A Preferred Shares, the holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to convert any Series A Preferred Shares into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 5(b), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) the Conversion Amount (as defined below) by (y) the Conversion Price (the "Conversion Rate"). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. All calculations under this Section (5) shall be rounded to the nearest $0.0001. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Series A Preferred Shares.

 

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"Conversion Amount" means those Series A Preferred Shares being converted multiplied by the Liquidation Value.

 

"Conversion Price" means $1.00.

 

(b)            Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(i)            Optional Conversion. To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a "Conversion Date"), a holder of Series A Preferred Shares shall (A) transmit by email (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the "Conversion Notice") to the Company and (B) if required by Section 5(b)(iv), surrender the Series A Preferred Shares to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company (or an indemnification undertaking reasonably satisfactory to the Company with respect to those Series A Preferred Shares in the case of its loss, theft or destruction). On or before the third Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Company shall (X) if legends are not required to be placed on certificates of Common Stock and provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company's ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled to its or its designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of such holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends unless required pursuant to rules and regulations of the Commission. If a certificate representing Series A Preferred Shares is physically surrendered for conversion and the certificate represents more Series A Preferred Shares than those being converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of the certificate and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such holder a new certificate representing the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock upon the transmission of a Conversion Notice.

 

(ii)           Forced Conversion. At any time that the Forced Conversion Conditions are met, the Series A Preferred Shares shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate pursuant to the terms hereof. Prior to any such forced conversion hereunder, the Company shall notify the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares of the upcoming forced conversion with three days’ notice to provide the holders the opportunity to notify the Company as to whether such forced conversion would violate the beneficial ownership limitations set out herein. In the event that any such conversion would violate the beneficial ownership limitations set out in this Certificate of Designations, only those shares that would not violate such limitations shall be automatically converted at such time (any remaining Series A Preferred Shares, the “Non-Automatic Conversion Shares”). At those subsequent times that the forced conversion of the Non-Automatic Conversion Shares, would not violate the beneficial ownership limitations set out herein, that portion of the Non-Automatic Conversion shares that when converted would not violate the beneficial ownership limitations set out herein will automatically convert into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price.

 

The “Forced Conversion Conditions” shall be met if:

 

(1)            on each Trading Day during the period beginning ten Trading Days prior to the Forced Conversion Date and including the applicable date of determination (the "Equity Conditions Measuring Period"), the VWAP of the Common Stock on the Principal Market is in excess of $5.00;

 

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(2)            on each Trading Day during Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the dollar volume of Common Stock traded on the Principal Market is in excess of $750,000;

 

(3)            on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Preferred Stock to be converted shall either (x) be registered for resale on an effective registration statement or (y) eligible for resale without restriction and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws;

 

(4)            on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Common Stock is designated for quotation on the Principal Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange or market nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market been threatened or pending either (A) in writing by such exchange or market or (B) by falling below the then effective minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market;

 

(5)            during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred either (A) an Event of Default or (B) an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default;

 

(iii)          Company's Failure to Timely Convert. If within three (3) Trading Days after the Company's receipt of a Conversion Notice the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to such holder or credit its balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder is entitled upon such holder's conversion of any Conversion Amount (a "Conversion Failure"), and if on or after such Trading Day such holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that such holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after such holder's request and in such holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to such holder in an amount equal to such holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out of pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "Buy-In Price"), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to such holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to such holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion Date.

 

(iv)          Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of Series A Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, a holder of Series A Preferred Shares shall not be required to physically surrender a certificate representing those Series A Preferred Shares being converted unless (A) all of the Series A Preferred Shares are being converted or (B) the holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of such certificate upon its physical surrender. Such holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Series A Preferred Shares converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the holders of Series A Preferred Shares and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of such a certificate upon conversion.

 

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(c)            Limitations on Conversions.

 

(i)            Beneficial Ownership. A holder of Series A Preferred Shares shall not have the right to convert any Series A Preferred Shares or otherwise receive shares of Common Stock hereunder (including pursuant to Section 1) to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion or receipt of such shares, such holder, together with any affiliate thereof, would beneficially own (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion or receipt of shares as payment of dividends. Such holder shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will limit any particular conversion hereunder and to the extent that such holder determines that the limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of which Series A Preferred Shares are convertible shall be the responsibility and obligation of such holder. If such holder has delivered a Conversion Notice for Series A Preferred Shares that, without regard to any other shares that such holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall notify such holder of this fact and shall honor the conversion for the maximum Series A Preferred Shares permitted to be converted on such Conversion Date in accordance with Section 5(a) and, any Series A Preferred Shares tendered for conversion in excess of the permitted amount hereunder shall remain outstanding. The provisions of this Section may be waived by a holder (but only as to itself and not to any other holder) upon not less than 65 days prior notice to the Company. Other holders shall be unaffected by any such waiver.

 

(b)            Other Provisions.

 

(i)            The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares and payment of dividends thereon, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the holder, not less than such number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions set forth herein) upon the conversion of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid, nonassessable.

 

(ii)           Nothing herein shall limit the right of a holder of Series A Preferred Shares to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief, in each case without the need to post a bond or provide other security. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit such holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

6.            Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by email (provided confirmation of transmission is electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) Trading Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and email for such communications shall be:

 

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If to the Company, to: Q Biomed Inc.
 

c/o Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP

366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10017

  Attn: William Rosenstadt
  Telephone:  (212) 588-0022
  Email:  wsr@orllp.legal

 

If to the a holder, at such address provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the holder acquired Series A Preferred Shares or at such other address and/or email and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party three (3) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (i) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (ii) electronically generated by the sender's email service provider containing the time, date, recipient email address or (iii) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

7.            Certain Definitions. The following capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the following meanings:

 

Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Company (except that the acquisition of voting securities by the holder of Series A Preferred Shares or any other current holder of convertible securities of the Company shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction for purposes hereof), (b) a replacement at one time or over time of more than one-half of the members of the board of directors of the Company (other than as due to the death or disability of a member of the board of directors) which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the board of directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors who are members on the date hereof), (c) the merger, consolidation or sale of fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in one or a series of related transactions with or into another entity, or (d) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (a), (b) or (c). No transfer to a wholly-owned subsidiary shall be deemed a Change of Control Transaction under this provision.

 

Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or 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):

 

(i)            the Company's failure to pay to the holder of any Series A Preferred Shares any dividend or other amount when and as due under this Certificate of Designations or any other Transaction Document within five (5) Business Days after such payment is due;

 

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(ii)           The Company or any Subsidiary shall commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Company or any Subsidiary commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or there is commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 61 days; or the Company or any Subsidiary is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Company or any Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, private or court appointed receiver or the like for it or any substantial part of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61) days; or the Company or any Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or the Company or any Subsidiary shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or the Company or any Subsidiary shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other action is taken by the Company or any Subsidiary for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

(iii)          The Company or any Subsidiary shall default in any of its obligations under any other debenture or any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement of the Company or any Subsidiary in an amount exceeding $200,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable and such default is not cured within five (5) Business Days;

 

(iv)          The Common Stock shall cease to be quoted or listed for trading, fail to have a bid price or VWAP, or fail to maintain a trading market on any Principal Market, for a period of 10 consecutive Trading Days;

 

(v)            The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction unless in connection with such Change of Control Transaction this the Series A Preferred Shares are retired;

 

(vi)           the Company's (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure by delivery of (I) the required number of shares of Common Stock or (II) the Buy-In Price within five (5) Business Days after the applicable Conversion Failure or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Series A Preferred Shares, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a request for conversion of any Series A Preferred Shares into shares of Common Stock that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, other than pursuant to Section 5(c);

 

(vii)          The Company shall fail for any reason to deliver the payment in cash pursuant to a Buy-In (as defined herein) within five (5) Business Days after such payment is due;

 

(viii)         The Company shall fail to observe or perform any other material covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any material breach or default of any material provision of any Transaction Document which is not cured within the time prescribed.

 

Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

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Principal Market” means any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the OTC QB, and any successor to any of the foregoing markets or exchanges.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement” means any agreements entered into by the Company pursuant to which an original issuance of Series A Preferred Shares is transacted.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted or traded on a Primary Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then quoted or listed; provided, that in the event that the shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

 

Transaction Document(s)” shall mean this Certificate of Designations, along with the Securities Purchase Agreement and any other documents or agreements entered into in connection with the foregoing.

 

"VWAP" means, for any security as of any date, the daily dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Primary Market as reported by Bloomberg through its “Historical Prices – Px Table with Average Daily Volume” functions, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being a duly authorized officer of the Corporation, does file this Certificate of Designations, hereby declaring and certifying that the facts stated herein are true and accordingly has hereunto set his hand this April 3, 2020.

 

  Q BIOMED INC.
       
  By:   /s/ Denis Corin
  Name:   Denis Corin
  Title:   President and CEO

 

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Exhibit 3.2

Business Entity - Filing Acknowledgement 04/06/2020 Work Order Item Number: W2020040600638-508494 Filing Number: 20200590772 Filing Type: Certificate of Designation Filing Date/Time: 4/6/2020 11:04:00 AM Filing Page(s): 13 Indexed Entity Information: Entity ID: E0565792013-4 Entity Name: Q BIOMED INC. Entity Status: Active Expiration Date: None Commercial Registered Agent NASCENT GROUP, INC. 1000 N GREEN VALLEY PKWY #440-484, HENDERSON, NV 89074, USA BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE Secretary of State KIMBERLEY PERONDI Deputy Secretary for Commercial Recordings STATE OF NEVADA OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Commercial Recordings Division 202 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 Telephone (775) 684-5708 Fax (775) 684-7138 North Las Vegas City Hall 2250 Las Vegas Blvd North, Suite 400 North Las Vegas, NV 89030 Telephone (702) 486-2880 Fax (702) 486-2888 The attached document(s) were filed with the Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recording Division. The filing date and time have been affixed to each document, indicating the date and time of filing. A filing number is also affixed and can be used to reference this document in the future. Respectfully, BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE Secretary of State Page 1 of 1 Commercial Recording Division 202 N. Carson Street Filed in the Office of Secretary of State State Of Nevada Business Number E0565792013-4 Filing Number 20200590772 Filed On 4/6/2020 11:04:00 AM Number of Pages 13 

 

 

  

 

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, POWERS, PREFERENCES
AND OTHER RIGHTS OF PREFERRED STOCK AND QUALIFICATIONS,
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THEREOF
of
SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
of
Q BIOMED INC.


(Pursuant to Section 78.1955 of the
Nevada Revised Statutes)

 

Q BIOMED INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 78.1955 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, does hereby make this Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Other Rights of Preferred Stock and Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions (the “Certificate of Designations”) and does hereby state and certify that pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended, the “Articles”), which authorizes the issuance of 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, in one or more series, the Board duly adopted the following resolutions, which resolutions remain in full force and effect as of the date hereof:

 

RESOLVED, that, pursuant to Article 5 of the Articles, the Board hereby authorizes the issuance of, and fixes the designation and preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of a series of preferred stock of the Corporation consisting of One Million (1,000,000) shares, $0.001 par value per share, to be designated “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” (each such share, a “Series B Preferred Share”); and be it

 

RESOLVED, that each Series B Preferred Share shall rank equally in all respects and shall be subject to the following terms and provisions:

 

1. Dividends.

 

(a)            Dividends on Common Stock. The holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, when, if and as declared by the Board, out of funds legally available therefor, any dividends or other distributions from the Corporation that are declared on the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) (other than dividends payable solely in additional Common Stock), in which case holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall each be entitled to receive, on an As-Converted Basis (as defined below, but without regard to the beneficial ownership limitations set forth in Section 5(c) hereof) pari passu with the amount of such dividends to be distributed to the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the declaration of such dividend or distribution.

 

As-Converted Basis” means, as of the time of determination, that, solely for the purpose of determining the applicable right (and without limitation to any rights of the Series B Preferred Shares), the Series B Preferred Share shall be treated as if each such Series B Preferred Share had been converted into shares of Common Stock.

 

(b)            Dividends on Series B Preferred Shares. Provided that the Forced Conversion Conditions (as defined herein) have not been met, on each three-month anniversary of the issuance of Series B Preferred Shares, the Company shall pay to the holder of such Series B Preferred Shares then outstanding a dividend equal to two percent (2%) of the Liquidation Value (as defined below) (such amount, the “Dividend Value”). Such dividend shall be paid in shares of Common Stock, and the number of shares of Common Stock shall be determined by dividing the Dividend Value by the VWAP on the date of the applicable dividend payment.

 

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2.            Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by law, (i) the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall have full voting rights and powers amongst themselves on a pari passu basis, (ii) any matters on which the holders of Series B Preferred Shares have voting rights shall be determined by a simple majority of the holders Series B Preferred Shares, (iii) the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall have full voting rights and powers amongst all holders on a pari passu basis, (iv) any matters on which the holders the Parity Securities have voting rights shall be determined by a simple majority of the holders Parity Securities with each share of such Parity Securities being equal to a share of the other Parity Securities and (v) the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall have no voting rights in connection with those matters on which the holders of Common Stock have voting rights and the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall not vote with the holders of the Common Stock as a class.

 

3.            Rights on Liquidation.

 

(a)            In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (any such event being hereinafter referred to as a “Liquidation”), the holders of record of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, immediately after any distributions required by the Corporation’s Articles and any certificate(s) of designation, powers, preferences and rights in respect of any securities of the Corporation having priority over the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to the distribution of the assets of the Corporation upon Liquidation, or in terms of redemption rights or dividend rights (“Senior Securities”), and before and in preference to any distribution or payment of assets of the Corporation or the proceeds thereof may be made or set apart with respect to any other securities of the Corporation over which the Series B Preferred Shares have priority with respect to the distribution of the assets of the Corporation upon Liquidation (“Junior Securities”), an amount in cash with respect to each Series B Preferred Share held by such holders, equal to (i) $10 per Series B Preferred Share plus (ii) at the time of calculation, any accrued but unpaid dividends pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof (the amount payable pursuant to this sentence is hereinafter referred to as the “Liquidation Value”). If, upon such Liquidation, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the holders of Series B Preferred Shares and any securities of the Corporation having equal priority with the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to the distribution of the assets of the Corporation upon Liquidation, or in terms of redemption rights or dividend rights (“Parity Securities”, which for clarity includes, and at the time of filing of this Certificate of Designations only includes, the Series A Preferred Convertible Stock) shall be insufficient to permit payment in full to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares and Parity Securities, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution to such holders of the Series B Preferred Shares and Parity Securities then outstanding shall be distributed ratably among such holders based upon the proportion the total amount distributable on each share upon liquidation bears to the aggregate amount available for distribution on all Series B Preferred Shares and of such Parity Securities, if any.

 

(b)            A change of control of the Corporation (including any change in the ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting capital of the Corporation) shall not be deemed a Liquidation.

 

(c)            In the event of a Liquidation, after the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the holders of Parity Securities, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of shares of Common Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder.

 

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4.            Actions Requiring the Consent of Holders of Series B Preferred Shares. From the period beginning on the date of filing of this Certificate of Designations and ending on the earlier to occur of the date (i) the Liquidation Value of the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares and the liquidation value of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Convertible Stock (as calculated pursuant to the Certificate of Designations for the Series A Preferred Convertible Stock) is more than $1,000,000 or (ii) the Forced Conversion Conditions have been met, the consent of the majority of the holders of the Parity Securities outstanding, given in accordance with the Articles and Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended, shall be necessary for effecting or validating any of the following transactions or acts, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise:

  

(a)            Create, issue, or reclassify any existing shares of capital stock that (i) are Senior Securities or Parity Securities or have a liquidation preference over the Parity Securities, (ii) contain any dividend or conversion rights that are preferential to the dividend rights of the Parity Securities or (iii) are redeemable;

 

(b)            Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase of property or services, (ii) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (iii) capital lease obligations, and (iv) contingent obligations, including guaranties and obligations of reimbursement or respecting letters of credit ((i) through (iv), “Indebtedness”), other than Permitted Indebtedness or cause or suffer any “Subsidiary” (which shall mean any corporation of which a majority of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors (otherwise than as the result of a default) is owned by the Company directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries) to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Indebtedness;

 

“Permitted Indebtedness” shall mean (i) any Indebtedness existing on the initial date of the filing of the Certificate of Designations, (ii) Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of any equipment, including capital lease obligations with no recourse other than to such equipment; (iv) indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of acquiring drug product to be sold by the Company which shall include Strontium-89 and Metastron; (v) indebtedness associated with acquiring new intellectual property assets and licenses, so long as the proceeds are going to the party(ies) from which the Company is acquiring the assets, licenses, and other properties (vi) any Indebtedness not existing at the time hereof and not covered in (i) through (v) above not to exceed an aggregate of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) at any one time;

 

(c)            Create or permit to a Lien other than Permitted Liens on its assets or the assets of any Subsidiary;

 

“Lien” shall mean any lien, security interest, pledge, bailment, lease, mortgage, hypothecation, conditional sales and title retention agreement, charge, claim on any of the Company’s or Subsidiary’s, as applicable, property, or other encumbrance.

 

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“Permitted Liens” shall mean (i) existing Liens disclosed by the Company on the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto; (ii) inchoate Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due, as to which the grace period, if any, related thereto has not yet expired, or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (iii) Liens of carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, mechanics and landlords and other similar Liens which secure amounts which are not yet overdue by more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (iv) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to other persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company; (v) Liens securing capitalized lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing an acquisition or lease; (vi) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, municipal zoning ordinances and other similar charges or encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies, in each case not securing debt and not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company and not materially detracting from the value of the property subject thereto; (vii) Liens arising out of the existence of judgments or awards which judgments or awards do not constitute an Event of Default; (viii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation claims, unemployment insurance, pension liabilities and social security benefits and Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases and contracts in the ordinary course of business, statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (other than appeal bonds) incurred in the ordinary course of business (exclusive of obligations in respect of the payment for borrowed money); (ix) Liens in favor of a banking institution arising by operation of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and contractual set-off rights held by such banking institution and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry and only burdening deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; (x) usual and customary set-off rights in leases and other contracts; (xi) escrows in connection with acquisitions and dispositions and (xii) royalties and other rights to revenue derived from the sale of the Company’s products that are granted in the ordinary course of business.

 

 

(d)            By merger, consolidation, sale, lease back or other similar transaction (i) sell, transfer or dispose of 25% or more of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (ii) permit the issuance or transfer of more than 25% of the voting control of the Company or a Subsidiary in a single transaction or series of related transaction (other than issuances of Common Stock pursuant to the Parity Securities), or (iii) which results in the Company becoming privately held.

 

(e)            Amend any corporate governance document, including the Certificates of Designations of any Parity Securities so as to alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights of such Parity Securities or otherwise adversely affect the rights and preferences of such Parity Securities;

 

(f)           Enter into any agreement that would restrict the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the terms of any of the Parity Securities;

 

(g)            Declare or pay a dividend on any security (other than the Parity Securities or a dividend on the Common Stock payable solely in additional shares of Common Stock);

 

(h)            Redeem any shares of its capital stock; and

 

(i)             Create any Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary required for regulatory reasons to carry out the Company’s ordinary course of business.

 

5.            Conversion.

 

(a)            Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions herein, at any time or times on or after the issuance of Series B Preferred Shares, the holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to convert any Series B Preferred Shares into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 5(b), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) the Conversion Amount (as defined below) by (y) the Conversion Price (the "Conversion Rate"). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. All calculations under this Section (5) shall be rounded to the nearest $0.0001. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Series B Preferred Shares.

 

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"Conversion Amount" means those Series B Preferred Shares being converted multiplied by the Liquidation Value.

 

"Conversion Price" means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination the lower of (i) $2.70 (the “Fixed Conversion Price”), (ii) 93% of the average of the 4 lowest daily VWAPs during the 10 consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date or other date of determination, but not lower than the Floor Price or (iii) a price agreed to by the Company and a holder of Series B Preferred Shares (as applicable, the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the other terms and conditions of this Certificate of Designations.

 

(b)            Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(i)            Optional Conversion. To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a "Conversion Date"), a holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall (A) transmit by email (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the "Conversion Notice") to the Company and (B) if required by Section 5(b)(iv), surrender the Series B Preferred Shares to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company (or an indemnification undertaking reasonably satisfactory to the Company with respect to those Series B Preferred Shares in the case of its loss, theft or destruction). On or before the third Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Company shall (X) if legends are not required to be placed on certificates of Common Stock and provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company's ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled to its or its designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of such holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends unless required pursuant to rules and regulations of the Commission. If a certificate representing Series B Preferred Shares is physically surrendered for conversion and the certificate represents more Series B Preferred Shares than those being converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of the certificate and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such holder a new certificate representing the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock upon the transmission of a Conversion Notice.

 

(ii)           Forced Conversion. At any time that the Forced Conversion Conditions are met, the Series B Preferred Shares shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate pursuant to the terms hereof. Prior to any such forced conversion hereunder, the Company shall notify the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares of the upcoming forced conversion with three days’ notice to provide the holders the opportunity to notify the Company as to whether such forced conversion would violate the beneficial ownership limitations set out herein. In the event that any such conversion would violate the beneficial ownership limitations set out in this Certificate of Designations, only those shares that would not violate such limitations shall be automatically converted at such time (any remaining Series B Preferred Shares, the “Non-Automatic Conversion Shares”). At those subsequent times that the forced conversion of the Non-Automatic Conversion Shares, would not violate the beneficial ownership limitations set out herein, that portion of the Non-Automatic Conversion shares that when converted would not violate the beneficial ownership limitations set out herein will automatically convert into shares of Common Stock at the Fixed Conversion Price.

 

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The “Forced Conversion Conditions” shall be met if:

 

(1)            on each Trading Day during the period beginning ten Trading Days prior to the Forced Conversion Date and including the applicable date of determination (the "Equity Conditions Measuring Period"), the VWAP of the Common Stock on the Principal Market is in excess of $5.00;

 

(2)            on each Trading Day during Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the dollar volume of Common Stock traded on the Principal Market is in excess of $750,000;

 

(3)            on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Preferred Stock to be converted shall either (x) be registered for resale on an effective registration statement or (y) eligible for resale without restriction and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws;

 

(4)            on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Common Stock is designated for quotation on the Principal Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange or market nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market been threatened or pending either (A) in writing by such exchange or market or (B) by falling below the then effective minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market;

 

(5)            during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred either (A) an Event of Default or (B) an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default;

 

(iii)          Company's Failure to Timely Convert. If within three (3) Trading Days after the Company's receipt of a Conversion Notice the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to such holder or credit its balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder is entitled upon such holder's conversion of any Conversion Amount (a "Conversion Failure"), and if on or after such Trading Day such holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that such holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after such holder's request and in such holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to such holder in an amount equal to such holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out of pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "Buy-In Price"), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to such holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to such holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion Date.

 

(iv)          Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of Series B Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, a holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall not be required to physically surrender a certificate representing those Series B Preferred Shares being converted unless (A) all of the Series B Preferred Shares are being converted or (B) the holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of such certificate upon its physical surrender. Such holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Series B Preferred Shares converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the holders of Series B Preferred Shares and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of such a certificate upon conversion.

 

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(c)            Limitations on Conversions.

 

(i)            Beneficial Ownership. A holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall not have the right to convert any Series B Preferred Shares or otherwise receive shares of Common Stock hereunder (including pursuant to Section 1) to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion or receipt of such shares, such holder, together with any affiliate thereof, would beneficially own (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion or receipt of shares as payment of dividends. Such holder shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will limit any particular conversion hereunder and to the extent that such holder determines that the limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of which Series B Preferred Shares are convertible shall be the responsibility and obligation of such holder. If such holder has delivered a Conversion Notice for Series B Preferred Shares that, without regard to any other shares that such holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall notify such holder of this fact and shall honor the conversion for the maximum Series B Preferred Shares permitted to be converted on such Conversion Date in accordance with Section 5(a) and, any Series B Preferred Shares tendered for conversion in excess of the permitted amount hereunder shall remain outstanding. The provisions of this Section may be waived by a holder (but only as to itself and not to any other holder) upon not less than 65 days prior notice to the Company. Other holders shall be unaffected by any such waiver.

 

(b)            Other Provisions.

 

(i)            The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares and payment of dividends thereon, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the holder, not less than such number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions set forth herein) upon the conversion of the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid, nonassessable.

 

(ii)           Nothing herein shall limit the right of a holder of Series B Preferred Shares to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief, in each case without the need to post a bond or provide other security. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit such holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

6.            Adjustments to Conversion Price

 

(a)            Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company, at any time while the Series B Preferred Shares are outstanding, shall (a) pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock, (b) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (c) combine (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (d) issue by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then each of the Fixed Conversion Price and the Floor Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 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.

 

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(b)            Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 6 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features, or issuing Convertible Securities with a variable conversion formula that is more favorable than those of the Series B Preferred Shares), then the Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Conversion Price so as to protect the rights of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares; provided that no such adjustment will increase the Conversion Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 6.

 

(c)            Other Corporate Events. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a "Corporate Event"), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that a holder of Series B Preferred Shares will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of Series B Preferred Shares, at such holder's option, (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which such holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by such holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Series B Preferred Shares) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as such holder would have been entitled to receive had the Series B Preferred Shares initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the majority of the Parity Securities. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of the Series B Preferred Shares.

 

(d)            Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 6 hereof, the Company shall promptly mail to the holders of Series B Preferred Shares a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

(e)            In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company of more than one-half of the assets of the Company in one or a series of related transactions, a holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall have the right to (A) convert the Series B Preferred Shares then outstanding into the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such merger, consolidation or sale, and such holder shall be entitled upon such event or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the shares of Common Stock into which the Series B Preferred Shares could have been converted immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sales would have been entitled, or (B) in the case of a merger or consolidation, require the surviving entity to issue to the holders of Series B Preferred Shares a convertible preferred shares in amount and on terms equal to the Series B Preferred Shares then held by such holders, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends and other amounts owing thereon, which such newly issued shares of preferred stock shall have terms identical (including with respect to conversion) to the terms of the Series B Preferred Shares, and shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of the Series B Preferred Shares and the agreements pursuant to which the Series B Preferred Shares were issued. In the case of clause (B), the conversion price applicable for the newly issued shares of convertible preferred stock shall be based upon the amount of securities, cash and property that each share of Common Stock would receive in such transaction and the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness or closing date for such transaction. The terms of any such merger, sale or consolidation shall include such terms so as to continue to give the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares the right to receive the securities, cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion or redemption following such event. This provision shall similarly apply to successive such events.

 

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7.            Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by email (provided confirmation of transmission is electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) Trading Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and email for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company, to: Q Biomed Inc.
 

c/o Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP

366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10017

  Attn:       William Rosenstadt
  Telephone:  (212) 588-0022
  Email:  wsr@orllp.legal

  

If to the a holder, at such address provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the holder acquired Series B Preferred Shares or at such other address and/or email and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party three (3) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (i) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (ii) electronically generated by the sender's email service provider containing the time, date, recipient email address or (iii) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

8.            Certain Definitions. The following capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the following meanings:

 

Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Company (except that the acquisition of voting securities by the holder of Series B Preferred Shares or any other current holder of convertible securities of the Company shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction for purposes hereof), (b) a replacement at one time or over time of more than one-half of the members of the board of directors of the Company (other than as due to the death or disability of a member of the board of directors) which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the board of directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors who are members on the date hereof), (c) the merger, consolidation or sale of fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in one or a series of related transactions with or into another entity, or (d) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (a), (b) or (c). No transfer to a wholly-owned subsidiary shall be deemed a Change of Control Transaction under this provision.

 

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Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or 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):

 

(i)            the Company's failure to pay to the holder of any Series B Preferred Shares any dividend or other amount when and as due under this Certificate of Designations or any other Transaction Document within five (5) Business Days after such payment is due;

 

(ii)           The Company or any Subsidiary shall commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Company or any Subsidiary commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or there is commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 61 days; or the Company or any Subsidiary is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Company or any Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, private or court appointed receiver or the like for it or any substantial part of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61) days; or the Company or any Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or the Company or any Subsidiary shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or the Company or any Subsidiary shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other action is taken by the Company or any Subsidiary for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

(iii)          The Company or any Subsidiary shall default in any of its obligations under any other debenture or any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement of the Company or any Subsidiary in an amount exceeding $200,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable and such default is not cured within five (5) Business Days;

 

(iv)          The Common Stock shall cease to be quoted or listed for trading, fail to have a bid price or VWAP, or fail to maintain a trading market on any Principal Market, for a period of 10 consecutive Trading Days;

 

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(v)           The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction unless in connection with such Change of Control Transaction this the Series B Preferred Shares are retired;

 

(vi)          the Company's (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure by delivery of (I) the required number of shares of Common Stock or (II) the Buy-In Price within five (5) Business Days after the applicable Conversion Failure or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Series B Preferred Shares, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a request for conversion of any Series B Preferred Shares into shares of Common Stock that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, other than pursuant to Section 5(c);

 

(vii)         The Company shall fail for any reason to deliver the payment in cash pursuant to a Buy-In (as defined herein) within five (5) Business Days after such payment is due;

 

(viii)        The Company shall fail to observe or perform any other material covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any material breach or default of any material provision of any Transaction Document which is not cured within the time prescribed.

 

Floor Price” means $1.00, provided that if the VWAP is below $1.00 for at least 30 Trading Days during a period of 40 consecutive Trading Days, it shall mean $0.35.

 

Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

Principal Market” means any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the OTC QB, and any successor to any of the foregoing markets or exchanges.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement” means any agreements entered into by the Company pursuant to which an original issuance of Series B Preferred Shares is transacted.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted or traded on a Primary Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then quoted or listed; provided, that in the event that the shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

 

Transaction Document(s)” shall mean this Certificate of Designations, along with the Securities Purchase Agreement and any other documents or agreements entered into in connection with the foregoing.

 

"VWAP" means, for any security as of any date, the daily dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Primary Market as reported by Bloomberg through its “Historical Prices – Px Table with Average Daily Volume” functions, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg.

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being a duly authorized officer of the Corporation, does file this Certificate of Designations, hereby declaring and certifying that the facts stated herein are true and accordingly has hereunto set his hand this April 3, 2020.

 

 

  Q BIOMED INC.
       
  By:   /s/ Denis Corin
  Name:   Denis Corin
  Title:   President and CEO

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 6, 2020, is between Q BIOMED INC., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada, with headquarters located at 366 Madison Ave, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, 10022 (the “Company”), and YA II PN, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempt limited partnership (the “Buyer”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer is the holder of (i) a convertible debenture issued on November 1, 2018 in the original principal amount of $2,000,000 and designated as “QBIO-5,” (“Debenture 5”). As of the date hereof, the aggregate outstanding balance owed under Debentures 5 is $765,656.23 consisting of $765,000 of principal and $656.23 of accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer is the holder of a convertible debenture issued on October 11, 2019 in the original principal amount of $500,000 and designated as “QBIO-6” (“Debenture 6”). As of the date hereof, the aggregate outstanding balance owed under Debenture 6 is $513,561.64 consisting of $500,000 of principal and $13,561.64 of accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer is the holder of (i) a convertible debenture issued on December 6, 2019 in the original principal amount of $1,000,000 and designated as “QBIO-7,” and (ii) a convertible debenture issued on January 15, 2020 in the original principal amount of $1,000,000 and designated as “QBIO-8” (collectively, “Debentures 7/8”). As of the date hereof, the aggregate outstanding balance owed under Debentures 7/8 is $2,031,342.47 consisting of $2,000,000 of principal and $31,342.47 of accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has authorized the issuance of a series of preferred stock of the Company consisting of 500,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share, designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (each such share, a “Series A Preferred Share”) which are convertible into common stock of par value $0.001 of the Company (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designation of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series A Convertible Preferred Shares (“Series A Certificate”) attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

WHEREAS, the Board has authorized the issuance of a series of preferred stock of the Company consisting of 1,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share, designated as “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” (each such share, a “Series B Preferred Share”) which shall be convertible into Common Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designation of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series B Convertible Preferred Shares (“Series B Certificate”) attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyer desire to enter into this transaction (A) for the exchange of (i) Debentures 5 for 76,566 validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable Series A Preferred Shares of the Company, (ii), Debentures 6 for up to 51,432 validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable Series A Preferred Shares of the Company, and (iii) Debentures 7/8 for 203,134 validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable Series B Preferred Shares of the Company, and (B) for the Company to issue and sell and the Buyer to purchase (i) 100,000 validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable Series A Preferred Shares of the Company, and (ii) 300,000 validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable Series B Preferred Shares of the Company, in each case pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration under the rules and as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

     

 

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof the parties shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agrees to file a registration statement on Form S-1 to register the resale of the Conversion Shares by the Buyer.

 

WHEREAS, the Series A Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares, and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares ((as converted, the “Conversion Shares”) are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”).

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:

 

1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFFERED STOCK.

 

(a)            Exchange of Debentures for the Preferred Shares. On the date hereof (or such other date as may be mutually agreed to by the parties, such date being the “First Closing Date”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, (i) the Company agrees to issue to the Buyer 76,566 Series A Preferred Shares solely in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of Debenture 5 by the Buyer, and for no additional consideration, and (ii) the Company agrees to issue to the Buyer 203,134 Series B Preferred Shares solely in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of Debentures 7/8 by the Buyer, and for no additional consideration.

 

(b)            Exchange of Debenture 6 for the Preferred Shares. On or before April 17, 2020 (or such other date as may be mutually agreed to by the parties, such date being the “Debenture 6 Closing Date”), at the option of the Buyer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein the Company agrees to issue to the Buyer up to 51,432 Series A Preferred Shares solely in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of Debenture 6 by the Buyer, and for no additional consideration, provided however, in the event that the Buyer has converted a portion of Debenture 6 into Common Stock, then the conversion of the remaining outstanding balance of Debenture 6 shall be exchanged for Series A Preferred Shares on a pro rata basis. The Buyer agrees that in the event that all debt obligations owed to Chicago Ventures has been extinguished on or before April 17, 2020, then subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Buyer shall be compelled to exchange any remaining unconverted portion of Debenture 6 for Series A Preferred Shares.

 

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(c)            Closing of Purchase and Sale of Preferred Shares.

 

(i)            On the First Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Buyer agrees to purchase, 100,000 Series A Preferred Shares at a price of $10 per share and 100,000 Series B Preferred Shares at a price of $10 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000. The purchase price shall be paid to the Company as set forth on the Closing Statement. The Company shall deliver to the Buyer the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares and the Company and the Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 1(d) deliverable on the First Closing Date. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 1(e), the closing shall occur at the offices of Buyer or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

(ii)           On April 17, 2020 (or such other date as may be mutually agreed to by the parties, such date being the “Second Closing Date”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Buyer agrees to purchase, 200,000 Series B Preferred Shares at a price of $10 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000. The purchase price shall be paid to the Company as set forth on the Closing Statement. The Company shall deliver to the Buyer the Series B Preferred Shares and the Company and the Buyer shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 1(d) deliverable on the Second Closing Date. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 1(e), the closing shall occur at the offices of Buyer or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

(d)            Closing Deliverables.

 

On the First Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Buyer the following: (i) this Agreement and the Closing Statement duly executed by the Company, (ii) 176,566 Series A Preferred Shares and 303,134 Series B Preferred Shares, duly issued to the Buyer and registered in the name of the Buyer on the books and records of the Company. On or prior to the First Closing Date, the Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following: (i) this Agreement and the Closing Statement duly executed by the Buyer, (ii) the purchase price for the 176,566 Series A Preferred Shares and 303,134 Series B Preferred Shares set forth in Section 1(a) and 1(c)(i) above, less any deductions that may be agreed upon by the Company and the Buyer in the Closing Statement, by wire transfer to the Company, and (iii) Debenture 5 and Debentures 7/8 for cancellation.

 

On the Debenture 6 Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Buyer the following: (i) up to 51,432 Series A Preferred duly issued to the Buyer and registered in the name of the Buyer on the books and records of the Company. On or prior to the Debenture 6 Closing Date, the Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following: (i) the purchase price for the Series A Preferred Shares so issued pursuant to Section 1(b) above, less any deductions that may be agreed upon by the Company and the Buyer in the Closing Statement, by wire transfer to the Company, and (iii) Debenture 6 for cancellation.

 

On the Second Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Buyer the following 200,000 Series B Preferred Shares, duly issued to the Buyer and registered in the name of the Buyer on the books and records of the Company and the Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the ) the purchase price for the 200,000 Series B Preferred Shares set forth in Section 1(c)(ii) above, less any deductions that may be agreed upon by the Company and the Buyer in the Closing Statement, by wire transfer to the Company.

 

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(e)            Closing Conditions.

 

The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the closings on the First Closing Date, the Debenture 6 Closing Date, and the Second Closing Date (each, a “Closing Date”) are subject to the following conditions being met: (i) the accuracy in all material respects on each Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Buyer contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date), (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Buyer required to be performed at or prior to the each Closing Date shall have been performed; and, (iii) the delivery by the Buyer of the items set forth in Section 1(d) of this Agreement.

 

The obligations of the Buyer hereunder in connection with the closings on each Closing Date are subject to the following conditions being met: (i) the accuracy in all material respects on each Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date), (ii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 1(d) of this Agreement; (iii) the Buyer shall have received the opinion of Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP, the Company's counsel, dated as of the First Closing Date, in the form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, (iv) the Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third-party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, including without limitation, those required by the Principal Market, if any, (v) the Buyer shall have received evidence of the approval of the Board in a form satisfactory to the Buyer for the transactions contemplated hereby, (vi) the Series A Certificate and the Series B Certificate shall have been approved by the Board and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, (vii) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof, (viii) in respect of the second closing, the daily VWAP of the Common Stock during each of the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the Second Closing Date shall be at least $1.50, and (ix) from the date hereof to each Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to each Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic of disease or infection, or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Buyer, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at such closing.

 

(f)            Fees. On the First Closing Date, the Company shall pay to YA Global II SPV, LLC (as designee of the Purchaser) a legal fee of $15,000, which shall be deducted from the gross proceeds as set forth in the Closing Statement.

 

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2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

The Buyer represents and warrants to the Company that, as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date:

 

(a)            Investment Purpose. The Buyer is acquiring the Securities for its own account for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Buyer reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to an effective registration statement covering such Securities or an available exemption under the Securities Act. The Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.

 

(b)            Accredited Investor Status. The Buyer is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D.

 

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

 

(d)            Information. The Buyer and its advisors (and his or, its counsel), if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information he deemed material to making an informed investment decision regarding his purchase of the Securities, which have been requested by the Buyer. The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by the Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below. The Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. The Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

 

(e)            Transfer or Resale. The Buyer understands that: (i) the Securities and the Underlying Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Securities or Underlying Shares to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirements, or (C) the Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and broker representation letters) that such Securities or Underlying Shares can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”), in each case following the applicable holding period set forth therein; and (ii) any sale of the Securities or Underlying Shares made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities or Underlying Shares under circumstances in which the seller (or the person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the Securities Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

 

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(f)             Legends. The Buyer agrees to the imprinting, so long as it is required by this Section 2(f), of a restrictive legend on the Securities or Underlying Shares in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARD RESALE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Certificates evidencing the Conversion Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth above), (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Conversion Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the SEC). The Buyer agrees that the removal of restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities or Underlying Shares as set forth in this Section 3(f) is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Buyer will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.

 

(g)            Organization; Authority. The Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

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(h)            Authorization, Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Buyer enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and remedies.

 

(i)             No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Buyer, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Buyer is a party or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to the Buyer, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(j)             Certain Trading Activities. The Buyer hereby agrees that it shall not directly or indirectly, engage in any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending when no Securities remain outstanding. "Short Sales" means all "short sales" as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the 1934 Act (as defined below). The Buyer is aware that Short Sales and other hedging activities may be subject to applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations and the Buyer acknowledges that the responsibility of compliance with any such federal or state securities laws, rules and regulations is solely the responsibility of the Buyer.

 

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

 

Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and to qualify any representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of such disclosure, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to the Buyer as of each Closing Date:

 

(a)            Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements or instruments to be entered into by the Company in connection herewith or therewith or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined below). “Subsidiaries” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the outstanding capital stock having voting power or holds a majority of the equity or similar interest of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “Subsidiary”.

 

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(b)            Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares, and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares) have been duly authorized by the Company's Board and no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board or its stockholders or other governmental body. This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party will be duly executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into by the Company or delivered by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(c)            Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Series A Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares, and the Conversion Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance and payment in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Share shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances (collectively “Liens”) with respect to the issuance thereof. As of each Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) such preferred share are convertible into the maximum number of Common Shares possible, (y) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares set forth therein, including any floor price). Upon issuance or conversion in accordance with the Series A Preferred Shares or the Series B Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.

 

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(d)            No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Series A Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares, and the reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation (as defined below), Bylaws (as defined below), certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, U.S. federal and state securities laws and regulations, the securities laws of the jurisdictions of the Company's incorporation or in which it or its subsidiaries operate and the rules and regulations of the OTC QB (the “Principal Market”) and including all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the State of Nevada) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of (ii) and (iii) for any conflict, default, right or violation that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)            Consents. The Company is not required to obtain any material consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than any filings as may be required by any federal or state securities agencies and any filings as may be required by the Principal Market), any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or any regulatory or selfregulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the each Closing Date, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future. The Company has notified the Principal Market of the issuance of all of the Securities hereunder, which does not require obtaining the approval of the stockholders of the Company or any other Person or Governmental Entity, and the Principal Market has completed its review of the related Listing of Additional Share form. “Governmental Entity” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasigovernmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multinational organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.

 

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(f)            Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer's Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm's length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) to its knowledge, an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) to its knowledge, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act). The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer's purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company's decision to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

 

(g)            No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company under any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated for quotation. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps that would cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the Company.

 

(h)            Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Series A Certificate or the Series B Certificate is, absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

 

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(i)             Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its Board have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested stockholder, business combination, poison pill (including, without limitation, any distribution under a rights agreement), stockholder rights plan or other similar antitakeover provision under the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company's issuance of the Securities and the Buyer's ownership of the Securities.

 

(j)            SEC Documents; Financial Statements. During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered or has made available to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal yearend audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate). The reserves, if any, established by the Company or the lack of reserves, if applicable, are reasonable based upon facts and circumstances known by the Company on the date hereof and there are no loss contingencies that are required to be accrued by the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are not provided for by the Company in its financial statements or otherwise. No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to any of the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents (including, without limitation, information in the disclosure schedules to this Agreement) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made. The Company is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the financial statements (including, without limitation, any notes or any letter of the independent accountants of the Company with respect thereto) included in the SEC Documents (the “Financial Statements”), nor is the Company currently aware of facts or circumstances which would require the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements, in each case, in order for any of the Financials Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Company has not been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend that the Company amend or restate any of the Financial Statements or that there is any need for the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements.

 

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(k)            Absence of Certain Changes. Since the date of the Company's most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Since the date of the Company's most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any material assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) made any material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.

 

(l)             No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur specific to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise), that has not been publicly disclosed and would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)            Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term under its Articles of Incorporation, any certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter, certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, Articles of Incorporation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for violations which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future. During the one year prior to the date hereof, (i) the Common Stock has been listed or designated for quotation on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market, which has not been publicly disclosed. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit. There is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(n)            Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee, nor any other person acting for or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (individually and collectively, a “Company Affiliate”) have violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA) or any other applicable antibribery or anti corruption laws, nor has any Company Affiliate offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the giving of anything of value, to any officer, employee or any other person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Entity to any political party or official thereof or to any candidate for political office (individually and collectively, a “Government Official”) or to any person under circumstances where such Company Affiliate knew or was aware of a high probability that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, for the purpose, in violation of applicable law, of: (i) (A) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his/her official capacity, (B) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his/her lawful duty, (C) securing any improper advantage, or (D) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, or (ii) assisting the Company or its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

(o)            Equity Capitalization.

 

(i)            Definitions:

 

(A)            “Common Stock” means (x) the Company's shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (y) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

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(B)            “Preferred Stock” means (v) the Company's blank check preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, the terms of which may be designated by the board of directors of the Company in a statement of designations, (w) the Company’s Series A Preferred Shares, the terms of which are designated by the Series A Certificate, (x) the Company’s Series B Preferred Shares, the terms of which are designated by the Series B Certificate, and (y) any capital stock into which any preferred stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such preferred stock (other than a conversion of such preferred stock into Common Stock in accordance with the terms of such Certificate of Designations).

 

(ii)           Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (A) 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which, 22,468,185 are issued and outstanding, (B) 500,000 Series A Preferred Shares, none of which are issued and outstanding, (C) 1,000,000 Series B Preferred Shares, none of which are issued and outstanding, and (E) 98,500,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, none of which are issued and outstanding.

 

(iii)          Valid Issuance; Available Shares. All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(iv)          Existing Securities; Obligations. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents: (A) none of the Company's or any Subsidiary's shares, interests or capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or Liens suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (B) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except pursuant to this Agreement); (D) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) there are no securities or instruments containing antidilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; and (G) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or "phantom stock" plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement.

 

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(v)            Organizational Documents. The Company has furnished to the Buyers or filed on EDGAR true, correct and complete copies of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles of Incorporation”), and the Company's bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all Convertible Securities and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

 

(p)            Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, arbitration, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, other Governmental Entity, selfregulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the Company's or its Subsidiaries' officers or directors, whether of a civil or criminal nature or otherwise, in their capacities as such, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. After reasonable inquiry of its employees, the Company is not aware of any event which might result in or form the basis for any such action, suit, arbitration, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding. Without limitation of the foregoing, there has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any current or former director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is the subject of any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Entity that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(q)            Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. In accordance with the previous sentence, the Company currently maintains no insurance policies. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(r)             Manipulation of Price. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(s)            Registration Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the resale of the Conversion Shares by the Buyers using Form S-1 promulgated under the 1933 Act.

 

(t)             Shell Company Status. The Company is not, but was until January 8, 2016, an issuer identified in, or subject to, Rule 144(i).

 

(u)            Money Laundering. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have not previously violated, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and nonU.S. antimoney laundering laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs (“Sanctions Programs”) administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), including, without limitation, (i) Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 entitled, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism" (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)); and any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V.

 

(v)            Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All of the written information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to each Buyer pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, taken as a whole, will be true and correct in all material respects as of the date on which such information is so provided and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly disclosed. All financial projections and forecasts that have been prepared by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and made available to the Buyers have been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions and represented, at the time each such financial projection or forecast was delivered to each Buyer, the Company's best estimate of future financial performance (it being recognized that such financial projections or forecasts are not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by any such financial projections or forecasts may differ from the projected or forecasted results). The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.

 

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(w)            No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 

(x)             Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Buyer’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Buyer as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Primary Market.

 

4. COVENANTS.

 

(a)            Reporting Status. Until the date on which the Buyers shall have sold all of the Underlying Securities, as defined below, (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.

 

(b)            Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital and other general corporate purposes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the transactions contemplated herein, or lend, contribute, facilitate or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person (i) to fund, either directly or indirectly, any activities or business of or with any Person that is identified on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocker Persons maintained by OFAC, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions Programs, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions Programs.

 

(c)            Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all of the Underlying Securities (as defined below) upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as the case may be) (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all Underlying Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents on such national securities exchange or automated quotation system. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s listing or authorization for quotation (as the case may be) on the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the OTCQX or the OTCQB (each, an “Eligible Market”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(c). “Underlying Securities” means the (i) the Conversion Shares, and (ii) any common stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Series A Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares, or the Conversion Shares, including, without limitation, (1) as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise and (2) shares of capital stock of the Company into which the shares of Common Stock are converted or exchanged without regard to any limitations on conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares or the Series B Preferred Shares.

 

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(d)            Pledge of Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by an Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by a Buyer.

 

(e)            Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. The Company shall, on or before 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the first (1st) Business Day after the date of this Agreement, file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching all the material Transaction required to be filed (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company shall have disclosed all material, nonpublic information (if any) provided to the Buyer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Buyers or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide the Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date hereof without the express prior written consent of the Buyer (which may be granted or withheld in the Buyer's sole discretion).

 

(f)             Reservation of Shares. So long as any of the Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares then outstanding (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) such preferred share are convertible into the maximum number of Common Shares possible, (y) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares or the Series B Preferred Shares set forth therein, including any floor price) (the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 4(g) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any conversion and/or redemption, or reverse stock split. If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserved Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company's obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, and obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserved Amount.

 

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(g)            Piggy-Back Registration. If at any time there is not an effective Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Conversion Shares and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Buyer a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of such notice, any such Buyer shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Conversion Shares, subject to applicable rules and regulations, such Buyer requests to be registered; provided, however, that, the Company shall not be required to register any Conversion Shares pursuant to this Section that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement.

 

(h)            Conduct of Business. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Entity, except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)             For the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the liquidation value of the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares (as calculated pursuant to the Series B Certificate) and the liquidation value of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Convertible Stock (as calculated pursuant to the Series A Certificate) is less than $1,000,000, or (b) the Forced Conversion Conditions have been met, unless the holders of at least a majority of both the then outstanding Series A Preferred Shares and Series B Preferred Shares shall have given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not a subsidiary on the date hereof) to, directly or indirectly (i) other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, (ii) other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien, security interest, option or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, (iii) amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares, or issue any Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares, other than to Chicago Ventures on terms substantially similar to the terms set forth herein, (iv) create any shares, issue and shares, or reclassify any existing shares into any series of shares, senior to or on parity with the of the Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares as to liquidation, dividends, conversion, or redemption rights, or (v) merge, consolidate, sell, or lease back of 25% or more of the assets of the Company or any subsidiary, or other transaction in which greater than 25% of the voting control of the Company is transferred, or any transaction which results in the Company becoming privately held.

 

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Permitted Indebtedness” shall having the meaning given it in the Series B Certificate.

 

Permitted Liens” shall having the meaning given it in the Series B Certificate.

 

 

5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS; LEGEND.

 

(a)            Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices or with the Transfer Agent (or at such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Series A Preferred Shares and Series B Preferred Shares in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), and the number of Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of the Buyer or its legal representatives.

 

(b)            Transfer Restrictions. The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Buyer or in connection with a pledge as contemplated herein, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Buyer under this Agreement.

 

6. TERMINATION.

 

In the event that the First Closing Date shall not have occurred within five (5) days of the date hereof, then the Buyer shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement at any time on or after the close of business on such date without liability of the Buyer to any other party; provided, however, (i) the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6 shall not be available to the Buyer if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of the Buyer's breach of this Agreement and (ii) the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Securities shall be applicable only to the Buyer by providing written notice, provided further that no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Company under this Agreement to reimburse the Buyer for the expenses described herein. Nothing contained in this Section 6 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

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7. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)            Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or under any of the other Transaction Documents or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Buyer from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company's obligations to such Buyer or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of such Buyer. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

(b)            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an email which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature page shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an original thereof.

 

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(c)            Headings; Gender. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms "including," "includes," "include" and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words "without limitation." The terms "herein," "hereunder," "hereof" and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.

 

(d)            Entire Agreement, Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyer, the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

 

(e)            Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by email (provided confirmation of transmission is electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) Business 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 and email addresses for such communications shall be:

 

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If to the Company, to: Q Biomed Inc.
 

c/o Ortoli Rosenstadt

366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10017

Telephone:  212-588-0022
Attention:  William Rosenstadt
E-Mail:  wsr@orllp.legal

   
With Copy to:

Denis Corin

10 Market Street

Suite 427

Grand Cayman

KY1-9006

Cayman Islands

Email: dcorin@qbiomed.com

   
If to a Buyer, to its address and email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer's representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,
   
   
With copy to:

David Fine, Esq.

c/o Yorkville Advisors Global, LP

1012 Springfield Avenue

Mountainside, NJ 07092

Email: legal@yorkvilleadvisors.com

   

or to such other address, email address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party 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) electronically generated by the sender's e-mail service provider containing the time, date, recipient e-mail address 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 (iii) above, respectively

 

(f)            Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of any of the Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares (but excluding any purchasers of Underlying Securities, unless pursuant to a written assignment by the Buyer). The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Buyers. In connection with any transfer of any or all of its Securities, a Buyer may assign all, or a portion, of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with such Securities without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such transferred Securities.

 

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(g)            Indemnification.

 

(i)            In consideration of each Buyer's execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company's other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each holder of any Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons' agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (i) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary contained in any of the Transaction Documents or (iii) any cause of action, suit, proceeding or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary) or which otherwise involves such Indemnitee that arises out of or results from (A) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, (B) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, or (C) any disclosure properly made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(f), or (D) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities either as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as a party to this Agreement (including, without limitation, as a party in interest or otherwise in any action or proceeding for injunctive or other equitable relief). To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.

 

(ii)           Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 7(g) of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Section 7(g), deliver to the Company a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the Company shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the Company so desires, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the Company if: (A) the Company has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (B) the Company shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Indemnified Liability and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee in any such Indemnified Liability; or (C) the named parties to any such Indemnified Liability (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnitee and the Company, and such Indemnitee shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnitee and the Company (in which case, if such Indemnitee notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Company, then the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company), provided further, that in the case of clause (C) above the Company shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for the Indemnitees. The Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Indemnified Liability by the Company and shall furnish to the Company all information reasonably available to the Indemnitee which relates to such action or Indemnified Liability. The Company shall keep the Indemnitee reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the Company shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such Indemnified Liability or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnitee. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the Company shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the Company within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve the Company of any liability to the Indemnitee under this Section 7(g), except to the extent that the Company is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

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(iii)          The indemnification required by this Section 7(g) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, within ten (10) days after bills supporting the Indemnified Liabilities are received by the Company.

 

(iv)          The indemnity agreement contained herein shall be in addition to (A) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnitee against the Company or others, and (B) any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

(h)            No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

  COMPANY:  
     
  Q BIOMED INC.  
         
  By:      
  Name:   Denis Corin  
  Title:   President  

   

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  BUYER:
           
           
  YA II PN, Ltd.
   
  By:   Yorkville Advisors Global, LP
  Its:   Investment Manager
       
      By:   Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC
     Its:   General Partner
           
      By:    
      Name:    
      Title:   Member

  

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EXHIBIT A

 

SERIES A CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

SERIES B CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 6, 2020, by and among Q BIOMED INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and YA II PN, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempt limited partnership (the “Investor”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.            In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith (the Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to the Investor (i) up to 227,998 shares of preferred stock of the Company $0.001 par value per share, designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (each such share, a “Series A Preferred Share”) which are convertible into common stock of par value $0.001 of the Company (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designation of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series A Convertible Preferred Shares (“Series A Certificate”) attached as Exhibit A to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (ii) up to 503,134 shares of preferred stock of the Company $0.001 par value per share, designated as “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” (each such share, a “Series B Preferred Share”) which are convertible into Common Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designation of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series B Convertible Preferred Shares (“Series A Certificate”) attached as Exhibit A to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

B.            the Series A Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares, and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares (as converted, the “Conversion Shares”) are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

 

C.            To induce the Investor to execute and deliver the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “Securities Act”), and applicable state securities laws and other rights as provided for herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:

 

1.            DEFINITIONS.

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)            “Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to a Registration Statement filed hereunder, the 90th calendar day following the date hereof, provided, however, in the event the Company is notified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that one of the Registration Statements, as defined below, will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth calendar day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the date required above.

 

 

 

 

(b)            “Filing Deadline” means, with respect to a Registration Statement required hereunder, the 15th calendar day following the date hereof.

 

(c)            “Person” means a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

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

 

(e)            “Registrable Securities” means all of (i) the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares, (ii) any shares of Common Stock issuable upon payment of dividends pursuant to the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares, and (iii) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable with respect to the Conversion Shares as a result of any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event or otherwise (in each case without giving effect to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares).

 

(f)             “Registration Statement” means the registration statements required to be filed hereunder (including any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(e)), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

(g)            “Required Registration Amount” means (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement at least 5,000,000 of the Registrable Securities, and (ii) with respect to subsequent Registration Statements at least such number of shares of Common Stock as shall equal up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares then outstanding (without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares), in each case subject to any cut back set forth in Section 2(d). If there is more than one holder of Registrable Securities, then the Required Registration Amount shall be allocated among such holders based on (i) the Registrable Securities held by such holder divided by (ii) the aggregate Registrable Securities held by all holders (the “Pro-Rata Holding”).

 

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(h)             “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

2.            REGISTRATION.

 

(a)            The Company’s registration obligations set forth in this Section 2 including its obligations to file Registration Statements, obtain effectiveness of Registration Statements, and maintain the continuous effectiveness of Registration Statement that have been declared effective shall begin on the date hereof and continue until all the Registrable Securities have been sold or may permanently be sold without any restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Registration Period”).

 

(b)            Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall, on or prior to the Filing Deadline, prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or, if the Company is not then eligible, on Form S-1) covering the resale by the Investor of Required Registration Amount. Each Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Registration Amount as of date the Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC. Each Registration Statement shall contain the “Selling Stockholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and contain all the required disclosures set forth on Exhibit B. The Company shall use its best efforts to have each Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 am on the date following the date of effectiveness, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final Prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement. Prior to the filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC, the Company shall furnish a draft of the Registration Statement to the Investor for their review and comment. The Investor shall furnish comments on the Registration Statement to the Company within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt thereof from the Company.

 

(c)            During the Registration Period, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with a Registration Statement, which Prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, (ii) prepare and file with the SEC additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (iii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iv) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the SEC with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably possible provide the Investor true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the SEC relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Investor which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company); and (v) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 2(e)) by reason of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company shall incorporate such report by reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement.

 

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(d)               Reduction of Registrable Securities Included in a Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in the event that the SEC requires the Company to reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration Statement in order to allow the Company to rely on Rule 415 with respect to a Registration Statement, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement (which may be a subsequent Registration Statement if the Company needs to withdraw a Registration Statement and refile a new Registration Statement in order to rely on Rule 415) only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities as the SEC shall permit. If there is more than one holder of Registrable Securities, such limited portion to be included on such Registration Statement shall be determined according to the Pro-Rata Holding then in effect. Any Registrable Securities that are excluded in accordance with the foregoing terms are hereinafter referred to as “Cut Back Securities.” To the extent Cut Back Securities exist, as soon as may be permitted by the SEC, the Company shall be required to file a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Cut Back Securities (subject also to the terms of this Section) and shall use best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable thereafter.

 

3.            RELATED OBLIGATIONS.

 

(a)            The Company shall, not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for annual reports on Form 10-K), furnish to each Investor copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the reasonable and prompt review of such Investor, the Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Investor shall reasonably object in good faith; provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than two (2) Trading Days after the Investor has been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement.

 

(b)            The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) at least one (1) copy of such Registration Statement as declared effective by the SEC and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) ten (10) copies of the final prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, which are not publicly available through EDGAR, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

 

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(c)            The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Investor reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (w) make any change to its articles of incorporation or by-laws, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(c), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(d)            As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or development, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to each Investor. The Company shall also promptly notify each Investor in writing (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to each Investor by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.

 

(e)            The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction within the United States of America and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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(f)             If, after the execution of this Agreement, an Investor believes, after consultation with its legal counsel, that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, at the request of any Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investor. Upon the request of the documents discussed above pursuant to this Section 3(f), the Investor shall provide documents to the Company typically provided by an underwriter of its securities in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, including an opinion of counsel representing the Investor for purposes of such Registration Statement, addressed to the Company.

 

(g)            If, after the execution of this Agreement, an Investor believes, after consultation with its legal counsel, that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, at the request of any Investor, the Company shall make available for inspection by (i) any Investor and (ii) one (1) firm of accountants or other agents retained by the Investor (collectively, the “Inspectors”) all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree, and each Investor hereby agrees, to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to an Investor) or use any Record or other information which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the Securities Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement of which the Inspector and the Investor has knowledge. Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential.

 

(h)            The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning the Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.

 

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(i)             The Company shall either cause all the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement (i) to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or (ii) to be included for quotation on the Nasdaq Capital Markets for such Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(i).

 

(j)             The Company shall cooperate with each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investor may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investor may request.

 

(k)            The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

(l)             The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

 

(m)           Within two (2) business days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

(n)            The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by each Investor of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

4.            OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTOR.

 

(a)            The Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d) such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until the Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(d) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended certificates for shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

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(b)            The Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

5.            EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.

 

All expenses incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers, legal and accounting fees, except legal fees of Investor’s counsel associated with the review of the Registration Statement and any comment letters issued by the SEC relating to such Registration Statement, shall be paid by the Company.

 

6.            INDEMNIFICATION.

 

With respect to Registrable Securities which are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

 

(a)            To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Investor, the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, “Claims”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation there under relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, “Violations”). The Company shall reimburse the Investor and each such controlling person promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or disbursements or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (x) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (y) shall not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c); and (z) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person.

 

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(b)            In connection with a Registration Statement, the Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers, employees, representatives, or agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or is based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(d), such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the prospectus was corrected and such new prospectus was delivered to each Investor prior to such Investor’s use of the prospectus to which the Claim relates.

 

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(c)            Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one (1) counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

  

(d)            The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 

(e)            The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

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7.            CONTRIBUTION.

 

To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities.

 

8.            REPORTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT.

 

With a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investor to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“Rule 144”), and as a material inducement to the Investor’s purchase of the Securities, the Company represents, warrants, and covenants to the following:

 

(a)            The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months prior to the date hereof (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), other than Form 8-K reports

 

(b)            During the Registration Period, the Company shall file with the SEC in a timely manner all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (it being understood that nothing herein shall limit the Company’s obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement) and such reports shall conform to the requirement of the Exchange Act and the SEC for filing thereunder.

 

(c)            The Company shall furnish to the Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investor to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

 

9.            AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and Investor who then hold at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to fewer than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

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10.           MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)            A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities or owns the right to receive the Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two (2) or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable Securities.

 

(b)            No Piggyback on Registrations. The Company shall not file any other registration statements on Form S-3 until the initial Registration Statement required hereunder is declared effective by the SEC, provided that this Section 10(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements already filed.

 

(c)            Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Investor a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of such notice, any such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Investor requests to be registered; provided, however, that, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 10(c) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement.

 

(d)            Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by email (provided confirmation of transmission is electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and email for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company, to: Q BioMed Inc.
   
 

c/o Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP
366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017

Telephone:  (212) 588-0022
Attention:  William Rosenstadt
Email:  wsr@orllp.legal

 

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  Denis Corin
With Copy to:

10 Market Street

Suite 427

Grand Cayman

KY1-9006

Cayman Islands

Email: dcorin@qbiomed.com

   

 

If to the Investor(s):

YA II PN, Ltd.
  1012 Springfield Avenue
  Mountainside, NJ 07092
  Attention: Mark Angelo
  Portfolio Manager
  Telephone:(201) 985-8300
 

Email: mangelo@yorkvilleadvisors.com

   

With a Copy (which shall not

Constitute notice or delivery of process) to:

 
 

David Fine, Esq.

1012 Springfield Avenue

  Mountainside, NJ 07092
  Telephone: (201) 985-8300
  Email:  legal@yorkvilleadvisors.com

 

 

or to such other address and/or email and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party 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) electronically generated by the sender’s email service provider containing the time, date, and recipient email or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

(e)            Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 

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(f)            The laws of the State of New York shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Investor as its stockholders. All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, sitting in New York County, New York and federal courts for the Southern District of New York sitting New York, New York, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(g)            This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

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

 

(i)             This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

(j)             Each party 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 documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(k)            The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

(l)             This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused their signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
  Q Biomed Inc.
           
  By:    
  Name:        
  Title:        
           
  INVESTOR:
  YA II PN, Ltd.
   
  By:   Yorkville Advisors Global, LP
  Its:   Investment Manager
       
      By:   Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC
     Its:   General Partner
           
      By:    
      Name:    
      Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT A

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

AND PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

OTHER DISCLOSURES

 

 

[See attachment provided]

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

 

Attention:

 

Re: Q BIOMED INC.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are counsel to Q BIOMED INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) entered into by and among the Company and the Investor named therein (the “Investor”) pursuant to which the Company issued to the Investor (i) up to 227,998 shares of preferred stock of the Company $0.001 par value per share, designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (each such share, a “Series A Preferred Share”) which are convertible into common stock of par value $0.001 of the Company (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designation of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series A Convertible Preferred Shares (“Series A Certificate”) attached as Exhibit A to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (ii) up to 503,134 shares of preferred stock of the Company $0.001 par value per share, designated as “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” (each such share, a “Series B Preferred Share”) which are convertible into Common Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designation of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series B Convertible Preferred Shares (“Series A Certificate”) attached as Exhibit A to the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Investor (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________ ____, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form ________ (File No. 333-_____________) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the Registrable Securities which names the Investor as a selling stockholder there under.

 

In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act at [ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS] and we have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

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  Very truly yours,
       
  [Law Firm]
       
  By:    

 

cc: [LIST NAMES OF Investors]

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Q BioMed Enters into a Financial Restructuring of Approximately $7,800,000 Consisting of $4,000,000 New Cash and a minimum of $3,800,000 of Debt Conversion

 

Sets Roadmad to Uplisting and Provides Cash Runway to 2021 and Beyond

 

NEW YORK, April 7, 2020 - Q BioMed Inc. (OTCQB: QBIO), a commercial stage biotech company, announced today the entering of a significant financial transaction with its lead investor, Yorkville Advisors Global (“YA”). Under the agreement, on closing, YA will have converted a minimum of $3,800,000 into common stock and preferred stock and may convert an additional $500,000 which would be the total debt held by them. As part of the agreement, YA will fund an additional $4,000,000 in new capital over the next 2 weeks.

 

This restructuring of the debt and new capital transforms the Company’s balance sheet creating significant positive shareholder equity, a requirement for a Nasdaq listing. The new capital injection will provide enough runway for the Company to implement its full commercial plan as it brings its FDA approved non-opioid, Strontium89 Chloride USP Injection drug to market.

 

Denis Corin, QBioMed CEO said, “In addition to the rollout of our Strontium89 drug, this funding allows us to advance other key pipeline assets such as our infectious disease platform including a potential treatment for COVID-19, influenza and others, liver cancer therapy Uttroside B and our rare disease drug development in non-verbal autism spectrum disorders.”

 

Along with the revenue expected from Strontium89 sales and the significant non-dilutive grant funding available from the Mannin platform, Q BioMed does not anticipate needing more capital until the first quarter of 2021, if not well beyond.

 

For more information on QBioMed, please visit our website www.QBioMed.com.

Also, please visit www.stontium89.com for more information on this important cancer pain drug.

 

 

 

 

A current report on Form 8-K detailing the funding translation will be filed with the SEC today.

 

 

About Q BioMed Inc.

Q BioMed Inc. is a biotech acceleration and commercial stage company. We are focused on licensing and acquiring undervalued biomedical assets in the healthcare sector. Q BioMed is dedicated to providing these target assets the strategic resources, developmental support, and expansion capital needed to ensure they meet their developmental potential, enabling them to provide products to patients in need‏.

 

Please visit http://www.QBioMed.com and sign up for regular updates.

 

Q BioMed Media Contact:

Denis Corin

CEO

 

Investor Relations:

Keith Pinder

+1(404) 995-6671

ir@qbiomed.com

 

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements include, but are not limited to, any statements relating to our growth strategy and product development programs and any other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated are: risks related to our growth strategy; risks relating to the results of research and development activities; our ability to obtain, perform under, and maintain financing and strategic agreements and relationships; uncertainties relating to preclinical and clinical testing; our dependence on third-party suppliers; our ability to attract, integrate, and retain key personnel; the early stage of products under development; our need for substantial additional funds; government regulation; patent and intellectual property matters; competition; as well as other risks described in our SEC filings. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations or any changes in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law.