UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

     

  

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

____________________

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2019

 

Amyris, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-34885 55-0856151

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

  

  5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100, Emeryville, CA 94608      
  (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)  

  

  (510) 450-0761  
  (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  

 

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share AMRS The Nasdaq Stock Market

 

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

 

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.

 

As previously reported, on November 15, 2019, the Company issued $66 million aggregate principal amount of senior convertible notes (the “November 2019 Notes”) that are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), to certain private investors (the “Investors”) pursuant to a Securities Exchange Agreement, dated November 8, 2019 (the “Prior Exchange Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Investors. The entry into the Prior Exchange Agreement, the issuance of the November 2019 Notes and related matters were reported in Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2019 (the “Prior 8-K”) and November 21, 2019, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

On December 30, 2019, the Company entered into separate exchange agreements (the “Exchange Agreements”) with each of the Investors, pursuant to which the Company and the Investors agreed to exchange the November 2019 Notes for (i) new senior convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount of $51 million (the “New Notes”), (ii) an aggregate of 2,742,160 shares of Common Stock (the “Exchange Shares”), (iii) rights (the “Rights”) to acquire up to an aggregate of 2,484,321 shares of Common Stock, (iv) warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price of $3.25 per share, with an exercise term of two years from issuance, (v) accrued and unpaid interest on the November 2019 Notes (payable on or prior to January 31, 2020) and (vi) cash fees in an aggregate amount of $1.0 million (payable on or prior to January 31, 2020) (the “Exchange”). The Exchange Agreements include customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties, and incorporate the representations, warranties and covenants of the parties contained in the Prior Exchange Agreement, except that the deadline for the Company to seek the Stockholder Approval (as defined in the Prior 8-K) was extended from January 31, 2020 to March 15, 2020.

 

The New Notes have substantially similar terms as the November 2019 Notes, except that (i) the Company would not be required to redeem the New Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $10 million on December 31, 2019, (ii) the Company would only be required to redeem the New Notes in an aggregate amount of $10 million following the receipt by the Company of at least $80 million of aggregate net cash proceeds from one or more financing transactions (as opposed to $75 million of aggregate net cash proceeds under the November 2019 Notes), and at a price of 107% of the amount being redeemed (as opposed to a price of at least 110% under the November 2019 Notes), (iii) the financing activity requirement was reduced such that the Company would only be required to raise aggregate net cash proceeds of $50 million from one or more financing transactions by January 31, 2020 (as opposed to a requirement to raise aggregate net cash proceeds of $30 million by December 31, 2019 and an additional $75 million by March 15, 2020 under the November 2019 Notes), (iv) the Company would have until January 31, 2020 to comply with certain covenants related to the repayment, conversion or exchange into equity or amendment of certain outstanding indebtedness of the Company, and (v) the deadline for the Company to seek the Stockholder Approval would be extended from January 31, 2020 to March 15, 2020.

 

The exercise price of the Warrants is subject to standard adjustments but does not contain any anti-dilution protection, and the Warrants only permit “cashless” or “net” exercise to the extent that there is not an effective registration statement covering the resale of the applicable Warrant Shares. In addition, the Investors may not exercise the Warrants, and the Company may not effect any exercise of the Warrants, to the extent that, (i) after giving effect to such exercise, the applicable Investor, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or such other percentage as determined by the Investor and notified to the Company in writing, not to exceed 9.99%, provided that any increase of such percentage will not be effective until 61 days after notice thereof) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to such exercise or (ii) the aggregate number of shares issued with respect to the Warrants, the New Notes, the Rights and any other transaction aggregated for such purpose, including the issuance of the Exchange Shares, after giving effect to such exercise, would exceed the Exchange Cap (as defined in the Prior 8-K), unless the Stockholder Approval has been obtained. In the event that after January 31, 2020 the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants as a result of the Exchange Cap, the Company shall pay cash in lieu of any shares that would otherwise be deliverable upon an exercise of the Warrants in excess of the Exchange Cap.

 

 

 

The Investors may not exercise the Rights, and the Company may not effect any exercise of the Rights, to the extent that, (i) after giving effect to such exercise, the applicable Investor, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or such other percentage as determined by the Investor and notified to the Company in writing, not to exceed 9.99%, provided that any increase of such percentage will not be effective until 61 days after notice thereof) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to such exercise or (ii) the aggregate number of shares issued with respect to the Rights, the New Notes, the Warrants and any other transaction aggregated for such purpose, including the issuance of the Exchange Shares, after giving effect to such exercise, would exceed the Exchange Cap, unless the Stockholder Approval has been obtained. In the event that after January 31, 2020 the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Rights as a result of the Exchange Cap, the Company shall pay cash in lieu of any shares that would otherwise be deliverable upon an exercise of the Rights in excess of the Exchange Cap.

 

The closing of the Exchange (the “Closing”) is expected to occur on or about January 7, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Exchange Agreements, the New Notes and the Warrants are qualified in their entirety by reference to the form of Exchange Agreement, the form of New Note and the form of Warrant, which are filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. 

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Exchange Shares, the New Notes, the Rights and the Warrants (including the shares of Common Stock underlying the New Notes, the Rights and the Warrants) were issued in a private exchange pursuant to the exemption from registration under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)       Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit Number  
Description
4.1   Form of New Note
4.2   Form of Warrant
10.1   Form of Exchange Agreement, dated December 30, 2019, by and between the Company and each of the Investors

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This report contains forward-looking statements, and any statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed to be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding the timing of the Closing and related matters. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the failure of closing conditions to be satisfied, and actual results may differ materially from these statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

    AMYRIS, INC.  
       
       
Date: December 30, 2019 By:  /s/ Kathleen Valiasek  
    Kathleen Valiasek  
    Chief Business Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT 4.1

 

Amyris, Inc.

 

Senior Convertible Note due 2022

 

Certificate No. A-1

 

Amyris, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for value received, promises to pay to [__] (the “Initial Holder”), or its registered assigns, one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the principal sum of [__] million dollars ($[__],000,000) (such principal sum, the “Principal Amount”) on the Maturity Date (as defined on the reverse of this Note), and to pay interest thereon, as provided in this Note, in each case as provided in and subject to the other provisions of this Note, including the earlier amortization, redemption, repurchase or conversion of this Note. [NTD: total amount of all notes to total $51,000,000.]

 

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Amyris, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.

     
    Amyris, Inc.
     
     
Date: [__], [____]   By:   ___________________________
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Senior Convertible Note due 2022, Certificate No. A-[__]]

 

 

  

Amyris, Inc.

 

Senior Convertible Note due 2022

 

This Note (this “Note” and, collectively with any Note issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, the “Notes”) is issued by Amyris, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and designated as one of its “Senior Convertible Notes due 2022.” This Note is issued pursuant to that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2019 (the “Exchange Date”), by and between the Company and investors party thereto (the “Exchange Agreement”), in exchange for that certain Senior Convertible Note due 2022, with an aggregate principal amount as of the Exchange Date of $[__] (the “Original Note”), and originally issued to the Initial Holder pursuant to that certain Securities Exchange Agreement, dated as November 8, 2019, by and among the Company and the investors referred to therein, as amended from time to time.

 

Section 1.                                Definitions.

 

Additional Redemption Amount” means the excess, if any, of (A) the Additional Redemption Base Price applicable to a redemption over (B) the Redemption Base Price applicable to such redemption. For the avoidance of doubt, the Additional Redemption Amount cannot be a negative number.

 

Additional Redemption Base Price” means, with respect to a redemption of this Note to pursuant to Section 7(A), a cash amount equal to one hundred and fifteen percent (115%) of the product of (A) the Conversion Rate in effect as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date; (B) the Principal Amount of this Note to be so redeemed divided by $1,000; and (C) the Additional Redemption Stock Price for such redemption.

 

Additional Redemption Stock Price” means, with respect to any redemption of this Note, the highest average Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock over any five (5) consecutive VWAP Trading Days occurring during the thirty (30) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the related Redemption Date.

 

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

Amortization Date” means, with respect to a Note, (A) the first calendar day of each month beginning on February 1, 2020; and (B) if not otherwise included in clause (A), the Maturity Date.

 

Amortization Payment” means, (A) with respect to Amortization Dates up to and including July 1, 2020, [__] dollars ($[__]), [NTD: to be proportional amount of $2,970,000 based on proportion of total Notes issued] and (B) with respect to Amortization Dates after July 1, 2020, [__] dollars ($[__]) [NTD: to be proportional amount of $3,432,000 based on proportion of total Notes issued]; provided, that the Holder and the Company may agree to increase the size of any Amortization Payment by mutual written consent; and provided further, that in no event shall the amount of any Amortization Payment exceed 110% of the amount of Principal outstanding with respect to the Note as of such Amortization Date.

 

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Amortization Share Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(B).

 

Amortization Share Payment Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(C).

 

Amortization Stock Payment Price” means, with respect to any Stock Payment Date applicable to an Amortization Payment, if applicable, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) the lesser of (x) eighty-eight percent (88%) of the lesser of (A) the Daily VWAP on such Stock Payment Date and (B) the average of the lowest two Daily VWAPs during the ten (10) VWAP Trading Day period ending on such Stock Payment Date and (y) the Conversion Price.

 

Authorized Denomination” means, with respect to the Notes, a Principal Amount thereof equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. law for the relief of debtors.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.

 

Beneficial Ownership Limit” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(J)(i).

 

Business Combination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

 

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the stated maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

 

Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, participations in, or other equivalents of, in each case however designated, the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

 

Cash” means all cash and liquid funds.

 

Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date of determination, any of the following: (A) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date; (B) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from Standard & Poor’s Corporation or at least P-1 from Moody’s Investors Service; (C) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from Standard & Poor’s Corporation or at least P-1 from Moody’s Investors Service; (D) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (E) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (A) and (B) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service.

 

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Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company, subject to Section 8(I).

 

Common Stock Change Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(I).

 

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Contingent Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to (A) any Indebtedness or other obligations of another Person, including any such obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made or discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or in respect of which that Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable; (B) any obligations with respect to undrawn letters of credit, corporate credit cards or merchant services issued for the account of that Person; and (C) all obligations arising under any interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; valued for this purpose at the fair value of the Company’s net exposure thereunder at the time of measurement, provided, however, that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith; provided, however, that such amount shall not in any event exceed the maximum amount of the obligations under the guarantee or other support arrangement

 

Conversion Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(D)(i).

 

Conversion Date” means, with respect to a Note, the first Business Day on which the requirements set forth in Section 8(C)(i) to convert such Note are satisfied.

 

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Conversion Price” means, as of any time, an amount equal to (A) one thousand dollars ($1,000) divided by (B) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time.

 

Conversion Rate” initially means 200.0000 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 Principal Amount of Notes; provided, however, that the Conversion Rate is subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 8; provided, further, that whenever this Note refers to the Conversion Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date, such reference will be deemed to be to the Conversion Rate immediately after the Close of Business on such date.

 

Covering Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(D)(v).

 

Daily VWAP” means, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “AMRS<EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or, if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average price method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.

 

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

 

Default Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(B).

 

Defaulted Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(B).

 

Defaulted Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(D)(v).

 

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

 

(A) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

 

(B) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the issuer or a Subsidiary; provided that any such conversion or exchange will be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as applicable); or

 

(C) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B) and (C), at any point prior to the ninety-first (91st) day after the Maturity Date

 

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DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

Eligible Exchange” means any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Capital Market, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors).

 

Equity Conditions” will be deemed to be satisfied as of any date if all of the following conditions are satisfied as of such date and on each of the twenty (20) previous Trading Days: (A) the shares issuable upon conversion of this Note are Freely Tradable; (B) the Holder is not in possession of any material non-public information provided by or on behalf of the Company; (C) the issuance of such shares will not be limited by Section 8(J)(ii); (D) the Company is in compliance with Section 8(E)(i) and such shares will satisfy Section 8(E)(ii); (E) no public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Change has occurred that has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated; (F) the Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock is not less than $2.50 (subject to proportionate adjustments for events of the type set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(1)); (G) the daily dollar trading volume (as reported on Bloomberg) of the Common Stock on the applicable Eligible Exchange is not less than one-million dollars ($1,000,000); and (H) no Default or Event of Default will have occurred or be continuing.

 

Equity Triggering Event” means that at any time the (x) Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock over any three (3) consecutive VWAP Trading Days is less than $2.25 (subject to proportionate adjustments for events of the type set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(1)); (y) Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock is less than $1.75 (subject to proportionate adjustments for events of the type set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(1)); or (z) daily dollar trading volume (as reported on Bloomberg) of the Common Stock on the applicable Eligible Exchange is less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for three (3) consecutive Trading Days.

 

Promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after an Equity Triggering Event, the Company will provide written notice of such Equity Triggering Event to the Holder.

 

Equity Triggering Event Conversion Period” means, with respect to an Equity Triggering Event, the period beginning on, and including, the date such Equity Triggering Event occurs and ending on such date thereafter upon which the Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock over any ten (10) consecutive VWAP Trading Days commencing after the beginning of such Equity Triggering Event Conversion Period equals or exceeds $2.25 (subject to proportionate adjustments for events of the type set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(1)).

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(A).

 

Event of Default Acceleration Amount” means, with respect to the delivery of a notice pursuant to Section 11(B)(ii) declaring this Note to be due and payable immediately on account of an Event of Default, a cash amount equal to one hundred and fifteen percent (115%) of the Principal Amount of this Note.

 

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Event of Default Conversion Period” means, with respect to an Event of Default, the period beginning on, and including, the date such Event of Default occurs and ending on the later of (A) the twentieth (20th) Trading Day after the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice and (B) the date such Event of Default is cured.

 

Event of Default Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(C).

 

Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Additional Shares” means, with respect to the conversion of this Note (or any portion of this Note), an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion over (B) the Conversion Rate that would otherwise apply to such conversion without giving effect to Section 8(H). For the avoidance of doubt, the Event of Default Additional Shares cannot be a negative number.

 

Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Conversion Price” means, with respect to the conversion of this Note (or any portion of this Note), the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) the lesser of (A) the Conversion Price that would be in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion, without giving effect to Section 8(H); and (B) seventy five percent (75%) of the lowest Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock during the ten (10) consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including, such Conversion Date (or, if such Conversion Date is not a VWAP Trading Day, the immediately preceding VWAP Trading Day).

 

Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Conversion Rate” means, with respect to the conversion of this Note (or any portion of this Note), an amount (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward)) equal to (A) one thousand dollars ($1,000) divided by (B) the Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Conversion Price applicable to such conversion.

 

Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution on the Common Stock, the first date on which shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due bills or similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of the Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this purpose.

 

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Agreement” means that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2019, between the Company and the Initial Holder providing for the issuance of this Note.

 

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Exchange Date” means [__].

 

Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(5).

 

Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(5).

 

Floor Price” means $0.80.

 

Freely Tradable” means, with respect to any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of this Note, that (A) such shares would be eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144, without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information (whether or not then satisfied) or notice under the Securities Act and without any requirement for registration under any state securities or “blue sky” laws; (B) such shares are (or, when issued, will be) (i) represented by book-entries at DTC and identified therein by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number; (ii) not represented by any certificate that bears a legend referring to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act or other securities laws; and (iii) listed and admitted for trading, without suspension or material limitation on trading, on an Eligible Exchange; and (C) no delisting or suspension by such Eligible Exchange has been threatened (with a reasonable prospect of delisting occurring after giving effect to all applicable notice, appeal, compliance and hearing periods) or reasonably likely to occur or pending as evidenced by (x) a writing by such Eligible Exchange or (y) the Company falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of such Eligible Exchange.

 

Fundamental Change” means any of the following events:

 

(A)       a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, or the employee benefit plans of the Company or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, files any report with the SEC indicating that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of shares of the Company’s common equity representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the Company’s then-outstanding common equity;

 

(B)       the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person (other than solely to one or more of the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries); or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property (other than a subdivision or combination, or solely a change in par value, of the Common Stock); provided, however, that any merger, consolidation, share exchange or combination of the Company pursuant to which the Persons that directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined below) all classes of the Company’s common equity immediately before such transaction directly or indirectly “beneficially own,” immediately after such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%) of all classes of common equity of the surviving, continuing or acquiring company or other transferee, as applicable, or the parent thereof, in substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately before such transaction will be deemed not to be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (B);

 

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(C)       the Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

(D)       the Common Stock ceases to be listed on any Eligible Exchange.

 

For the purposes of this definition, (x) any transaction or event described in both clause (A) and in clause (B)(i) or (ii) above (without regard to the proviso in clause (B)) will be deemed to occur solely pursuant to clause (B) above (subject to such proviso); and (y) whether a Person is a “beneficial owner” and whether shares are “beneficially owned” will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

Fundamental Change Base Repurchase Price” means, with respect to this Note (or any portion of this Note) to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, a cash amount equal to one hundred and fifteen percent (115%) of the greater of (A) the Principal Amount of such Note (or portion thereof) to be so repurchased; and (B) the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the effective date of such Fundamental Change; (ii) the Principal Amount of this Note to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change divided by $1,000; and (iii) the average of the three (3) highest Daily VWAPs per share of Common Stock occurring during the thirty (30) consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including, the VWAP Trading Day immediately before the effective date of such Fundamental Change.

 

Fundamental Change Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(C).

 

Fundamental Change Redemption Date” means the date designated by the Holder for redemption of this Note in connection with a Fundamental Change, as provided in Section 6(F).

 

Fundamental Change Redemption Stock Payment Price” means, with respect to any Fundamental Change Redemption Date, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) lesser of (x) eighty-eight percent (88%) of the lesser of (A) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day immediately prior to such Fundamental Change Redemption Date and (B) the average of the lowest two Daily VWAPs during the ten (10) VWAP Trading Day period ending on the last VWAP Trading Day immediately prior to such Fundamental Change Redemption Date and (y) the Conversion Price.

 

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” means the date as of which this Note must be repurchased for cash in connection with a Fundamental Change, as provided in Section 6(B).

 

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to repurchase this Note (or any portion of this Note) upon its Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, calculated pursuant to Section 6(D).

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided the definitions set forth in this Note and any financial calculations required by thereby shall be computed to exclude any change to lease accounting rules from those in effect pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 840 (Leases) and other related lease accounting guidance as in effect on the date hereof.

 

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Holder” means the person in whose name this Note is registered on the books of the Company, which initially is the Initial Holder.

 

The term “including” means “including without limitation,” unless the context provides otherwise.

 

Indebtedness” means indebtedness of any kind, including (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade credit entered into in the ordinary course of business due within ninety (90) days), including reimbursement and other obligations with respect to surety bonds and letters of credit, (B) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (C) all capital lease obligations, (D) all Contingent Obligations, and (E) Disqualified Stock.

 

Independent Investigator” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(Q).

 

Initial Holder” has the meaning set forth in the cover page of this Note.

 

Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to a Note, (A) the first calendar day of each month beginning on February 1, 2020; and (B) if not otherwise included in clause (A), the Maturity Date.

 

Issue Date” means November 15, 2019.

 

Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company.

 

Letter Agreement” means the letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Holder.

 

Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

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Maturity Date” means September 30, 2022.

 

Minimum Revenue” has the meaning set forth in the Letter Agreement.

 

Note Exchange Agreement” means that certain Securities Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2019, between the Company, HT Investments MA LLC, LMAP Kappa Limited, Blackwell Partners LLC – Series B and Silverback Opportunistic Credit Master Fund Limited providing for the issuance of the Original Note.

 

Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

 

The term “or” is not exclusive, unless the context expressly provides otherwise.

 

Original Note” means that certain Senior Convertible Note due 2022, with an aggregate principal amount as of the Exchange Date of $[__], and originally issued to the Initial Holder pursuant to the Note Exchange Agreement.

 

Other Notes” means any Notes that are of the same class of this Note and that are represented by one or more certificates other than the certificate representing this Note.

 

Permitted Indebtedness” means (A) Indebtedness evidenced by this Note; (B) Indebtedness deemed to be disclosed pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, as in effect as of the Exchange Date (including all other Indebtedness accrued in the balance sheet included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019); (C) the incurrence after the Issue Date by the Company or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, such Indebtedness is (i) not secured by any lien or security interest other than on such assets and improvements and accessions thereto and (ii) is incurred by the entity that owner or lessee of the related property, plant or equipment; (D) debt incurred by a Subsidiary of the Company and secured by the Brotas 2 Facility that does not (i) exceed the cost of building or acquiring the assets and related expenses, (ii) create any Liens on any assets or property of the Company or (iii) provide for any guarantees by the Company; (E) other Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) at any time outstanding so long as such Indebtedness does not have a final maturity date, amortization payment, sinking fund, mandatory redemption or other repurchase obligation or put right at the option of the lender or holder of such Indebtedness earlier than ninety one (91) days following the Maturity Date; (F) Contingent Obligations that are guarantees of Indebtedness described in clauses (A) through (E); (G) extensions, refinancings and renewals of any items of Permitted Indebtedness, provided that the principal amount is not increased or the terms modified to impose materially more burdensome terms upon the Company or its Subsidiary, as the case may be, and provided further, that if the lender of any such proposed extension, refinancing or renewal of Permitted Indebtedness incurred hereunder is different from the lender of the Permitted Indebtedness to be so extended, refinanced or renewed then, in addition to the foregoing proviso, such Permitted Indebtedness shall also not have a final maturity date, amortization payment, sinking fund, mandatory redemption or other repurchase obligation or put right at the option of the lender or holder of such Indebtedness earlier than ninety one (91) days following the Maturity Date; and (H) Disqualified Stock which is issued in respect of a financing of assets or rights relating to the Company’s Biossance business and does not require payments of cash dividends or distributions prior to the date that is ninety one (91) days following the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (C) and (E) of the preceding sentence, together with any extensions, refinancings and renewals in respect of such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (G) of the preceding sentence, may not at any time exceed one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) and any amount of such Indebtedness that exceeds this amount shall not constitute Permitted Indebtedness.

 

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Person” or “person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company, estate, entity or government agency.

 

Pre-Delivery Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(G)(i).

 

Principal Amount” has the meaning set forth in the cover page of this Note; provided, however, that the Principal Amount of this Note will be subject to reduction (A) pursuant to Section 7 and Section 8 and (B) by an amount equal to (i) the sum of all Amortization Payments made prior to date of determination of the Principal Amount of the Note then outstanding, divided by (ii) one and one-tenth (1.1).

 

Redemption Base Price” means, with respect to a redemption of this Note pursuant to Section 7(A), a cash amount equal to one hundred and fifteen percent (115%) of the greater of (A) the Principal Amount of such Note to be so redeemed; and (B) the product of (x) the Conversion Rate in effect as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date; (y) the Principal Amount of this Note to be so redeemed divided by $1,000; and (z) the Redemption Stock Price for such redemption.

 

Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(A).

 

Redemption Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to redeem this Note pursuant to Section 7(B).

 

Redemption Stock Price” means, with respect to any redemption of this Note, the highest Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock occurring during the thirty (30) consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including, the VWAP Trading Day immediately before the related Redemption Date.

 

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Reference Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(I)(i).

 

Reference Property Unit” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(I)(i).

 

Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 6.

 

Requisite Stockholder Approval” means the stockholder approval contemplated by Nasdaq Listing Standard Rule 5635(d) with respect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note, or otherwise pursuant to this Note, in excess of the limitations imposed by such rule; provided, however, that the Requisite Stockholder Approval will be deemed to be obtained if, due to any amendment or binding change in the interpretation of the applicable listing standards of The Nasdaq Global Select Market, such stockholder approval is no longer required for the Company to settle all conversions of this Note by delivering shares of Common Stock without limitation pursuant to Section 8(J)(ii).

 

Scheduled Trading Day” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Scheduled Trading day” means a Business Day.

 

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that constitutes a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of such Person

 

Spin-Off” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(3)(b).

 

Spin-Off Valuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(3)(b).

 

Stated Interest Rate” means, as of any date, a rate per annum equal to 5.00%.

 

Stated Interest Share Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(B).

 

Stated Interest Stock Payment Price” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) lesser of (x) eighty-eight percent (88%) of the lesser of (A) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date and (B) the average of the lowest two Daily VWAPs during the ten (10) VWAP Trading Day period ending on the last VWAP Trading Day immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date and (y) the Conversion Price.

 

Stock Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(C).

 

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Stock Payment Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(B)

 

Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes in amounts and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Holder in its sole discretion.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (A) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (B) any partnership or limited liability company where (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company interests or otherwise; and (ii) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability company.

 

Successor Corporation” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(A).

 

Successor Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(I)(i).

 

Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(4).

 

Trading Day” means any day on which (A) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded; and (B) there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same is, from time to time, in effect in the State of New York.

 

VWAP Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, (A) the failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or (B) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half hour period in the aggregate, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date.

 

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VWAP Trading Day” means a day on which (A) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event; provided, that the Holder, by notice to the Company, may waive any such VWAP Market Disruption Event; and (B) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Withheld Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(J)(ii).

 

Section 2.                                Persons Deemed Owners.

 

The Holder of this Note will be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.

 

Section 3.                                Registered Form.

 

This Note, and any Note issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, will be in registered form, without coupons.

 

Section 4.                                Accrual of Interest; Amortization Payments; Defaulted Amounts.

 

(A)             Accrual of Stated Interest. This Note will accrue interest (the “Stated Interest”) at a rate per annum equal to the Stated Interest Rate. Stated Interest on this Note will (i) accrue on the Principal Amount of this Note; (ii) accrue from, and including, the most recent date to which Stated Interest has been paid or duly provided for (or, if no Stated Interest has theretofore been paid or duly provided for, the Exchange Date) to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Stated Interest; (iii) be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; and (iv) be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 

(B)              Amortization Payments. The Company shall make an amortization payment with respect to this Note equal to the applicable Amortization Payment (or portion thereof, if applicable) on each Amortization Date (or applicable Stock Payment Date, if applicable); provided, however, that the Holder may, in its sole discretion, defer the payment of part or all of any Amortization Payment to any future Amortization Date upon not less than two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Company; provided, further, that the Holder may, in its sole discretion, convert any Amortization Payment into Conversion Consideration in accordance with Section 8.

 

(C)              Defaulted Amounts. If a Default or Event of Default (the Principal Amount outstanding as of such Default or Event of Default, a “Defaulted Amount”) occurs then in each case, to the extent lawful, interest (“Default Interest”) will accrue on such Defaulted Amount at a rate per annum equal to fifteen percent (15.0%), from, and including, the date of such Default or Event of Default to, but excluding, the date such Default or Event of Default is cured.

 

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Section 5.                                Method of Payment; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day.

 

(A)             Method of Payment. Except as set forth in Section 5(B) hereof, the Company will pay all cash amounts due under this Note by check mailed to the address of the Holder of this Note entitled to such payment as set forth in the books of the Company (or, if such Holder provides the Company, at least five (5) days before the date such amount is due, with written notice of an account of such Holder within the United States, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account).

 

(B)              Company’s Election to Pay Amortization Payments or Stated Interest in Cash or Common Stock. At least ten (10) Trading Days (but no more than twenty (20) Trading Days) prior to an Amortization Date or Interest Payment Date, as applicable, the Company, if it desires to elect to pay an Amortization Payment due on such Amortization Date or payment of Stated Interest due on such Interest Payment Date in shares of Common Stock, shall deliver to the Holder a written notice of such election (a “Stock Payment Notice”) (and such election shall be irrevocable as to such Amortization Date or Interest Payment Date, as applicable). Failure to timely deliver such written notice to the Holder shall be deemed an election by the Company to pay the Amortization Payment or payment of Stated Interest on such Amortization Date or Interest Payment Date, as applicable, in cash. With respect to any Amortization Date or Interest Payment Date for which the Company has elected to make an Amortization Payment or payment of Stated Interest in shares of Common Stock in accordance with this Section 5(B), the Company shall issue to the Holder, in lieu of payment of such Amortization Payment or payment of Stated Interest in cash, a number of validly issued, fully paid and Freely Tradable shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient (rounded up to the closest whole number) obtained by dividing such Amortization Payment (or lesser amount elected by Holder and notified to the Company in accordance with this Note) by the Amortization Stock Payment Price for the Stock Payment Date applicable to such Amortization Payment (such quotient, the “Amortization Share Amount”) or by dividing such payment of Stated Interest by the Stated Interest Stock Payment Price for such payment of Stated Interest (such quotient, the “Stated Interest Share Amount”), as applicable. In the event that the number of shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder on such date is reduced as a result of the Floor Price, the Company shall concurrently with the issuance of such shares also pay to the Holder an amount, in cash, equal to the product of (i) the number of shares by which the Amortization Share Amount or Stated Interest Amount, as applicable, was reduced as a result of the Floor Price, multiplied by (ii) the Amortization Stock Payment Price or Stated Interest Stock Payment Price, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will not have the right to, and will not, make any Amortization Payment in shares of Common Stock if the Equity Conditions are not satisfied for each VWAP Trading Day occurring between the date of the Stock Payment Notice and the applicable Amortization Date, unless such failure of the Equity Conditions to be so satisfied is waived in writing by the Holder, which waiver may be granted or withheld by the Holder in its sole discretion. To the extent that the Company’s election to pay an Amortization Payment or a payment of Stated Interest in shares of Common Stock would cause the Beneficial Ownership Limit pursuant to Section 8(J)(i) to be exceeded, the Company will deliver shares of Common Stock up to the Beneficial Ownership Limit, and the excess amount of such Amortization Payment or Stock Payment, as applicable, shall be deferred to such future Amortization Date or Stock Payment Date as Holder may elect in its sole discretion (or, if Holder shall not so elect prior to the next Amortization Date or Stock Payment Date, the next Amortization Date or Stock Payment Date, as applicable.

 

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(C)              Stock Payment Date Election. If the Company elects to pay any Amortization Payment in shares of Common Stock, the Holder may elect to receive the corresponding Amortization Share Amount for all or any portion of the applicable Amortization Payment on one or more Scheduled Trading Days (each, a “Stock Payment Date”) during the period beginning on, and including, the applicable Amortization Date and ending on, and including, the Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the subsequent Amortization Date (the “Amortization Share Payment Period”). The Holder must provide notice to the Company of its election of any Stock Payment Date and the portion of the Amortization Payment and corresponding Amortization Share Amount it is electing to receive on each such Stock Payment Date no later than 4:30 p.m. New York Time on such Stock Payment Date; provided, that the Holder may make more than one election to receive portions of the Amortization Payment and corresponding Amortization Share Amounts on any Stock Payment Date; and provided further, that the Amortization Share Amount in any such notice will be updated following the close of trading on the applicable Stock Payment Date in order to reflect the final Amortization Stock Payment Price applicable to such Stock Payment Date. Any portion of the Amortization Payment not paid in shares of Common Stock because the Holder did not elect to receive shares for such full Amortization Payment on Stock Payment Dates during the applicable Amortization Share Payment Period will be automatically deferred to the next Amortization Date.

 

(D)             Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Additional Shares. In the event of issuance of any Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Additional Shares, to the extent that the amount of such shares was reduced as a result of the Floor Price, then concurrently with the issuance of such shares, the Company shall also pay to the Holder an amount, in cash, equal to the product of (i) the number of shares by which such amount was reduced as a result of the Floor Price, multiplied by (ii) the Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Conversion Price.

 

(E)              Delivery. Any shares of Common Stock to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5 will be delivered by the Company to the Holder on or before the second (2nd) Business Day following the applicable Stock Payment Date or Interest Payment Date, as applicable.

 

(F)              Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day. If the due date for a payment on this Note as provided in this Note is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, such payment may be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest will accrue on such payment as a result of the related delay.

 

(G)             Pre-Delivery Shares.

 

(i)                 General. On the Issue Date, the Company pre-delivered to the Holder [__] ([__]) [NTD: to be proportional amount of 7,500,000 based on total amount of Notes issued] Freely Tradable shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Delivery Shares”) pursuant to the terms of the Original Note, which such Pre-Delivery Shares are validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the issue thereof.

 

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(ii)              Application and Replenishment of Pre-Delivery Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, at any time the Company elects or is obligated to issue shares of Common Stock to the Holder pursuant to the terms of this Note, including with respect to any conversion of this Note or pursuant to Section 5(B) or Section 6(F), the Holder may elect, upon written notice to the Company, given no less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the date upon which the Company would otherwise be obligated to deliver such shares to Holder, to apply Pre-Delivery Shares, in whole or in part, as applicable, against the shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable with respect thereto and, in each case, such application of Pre-Delivery Shares shall reduce the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock otherwise required to be delivered to the Holder pursuant to the terms of this Note on a share-by-share basis and such shares so applied shall no longer constitute Pre-Delivery Shares; provided, however, that no later than the Amortization Date following any application of Pre-Delivery Shares in accordance with this Section 5(G)(ii), the Company shall deliver to the Holder a number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable Freely Tradable shares of Common Stock, free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the issue thereof, equal to the number of Pre-Delivery Shares applied to satisfy any such election or obligation to issue shares of Common Stock under this Section 5(G)(ii), which such Freely Tradable shares of Common Stock shall be treated as “Pre-Delivery Shares” for all purposes hereunder; and provided, further, that any shares delivered pursuant to Section 5(G)(i) or this Section 5(G)(ii) shall count against the share issuance limitation set forth in Section 8(J)(ii).

 

(iii)            [Reserved]

 

(iv)             Delivery of Pre-Delivery Shares by the Holder. Within ten (10) Business Days following redemption or repayment of this Note in full and the satisfaction or discharge by the Company of all outstanding Company obligations hereunder, the Holder shall deliver [__] ([__]) shares [NTD: to be proportional amount of 7,500,000 based on total amount of Notes issued] (subject to proportionate adjustments for events of the type set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(1)) of the Company’s Common Stock to the Company, free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the delivery thereof; provided, that, to the extent the Company fails to deliver any fully paid and nonassessable Freely Tradable shares of Common Stock to the Holder as required under Section 5(G)(i) or Section 5(G)(ii), the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock to be delivered under this Section 5(G)(iv) shall be reduced by the number of such shares of Common Stock the Company failed to deliver. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5(G)(iv) shall not apply to the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement.

 

Article 6.         Required Repurchase of Note upon a Fundamental Change.

 

(A)             Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change. Subject to the other terms of this Section 6, including Section 6(F), if a Fundamental Change occurs, then the Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase this Note (or any portion of this Note in an Authorized Denomination) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change for a cash purchase price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

 

(B)              Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change will be a Business Day of the Holder’s choosing that is no more than twenty (20) Business Days after the later of (x) the date the Company delivers to the Holder the related Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 6(C); and (y) the effective date of such Fundamental Change.

 

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(C)              Fundamental Change Notice. No later than the fifth (5th) Business Day before the occurrence of any Fundamental Change, the Company will send to the Holder a written notice (the “Fundamental Change Notice”) thereof, stating the expected date such Fundamental Change will occur. Following receipt of a Fundamental Change Notice, the Holder may elect (by written notice to the Company no later than the later of (i) ten (10) Trading Days after receipt of such Fundamental Change Notice) and (ii) ten (10) Trading Days after the date of any amendment or other modification to the form or value of consideration receivable by holders of the Common Stock in connection with such Fundamental Change, to require the Company to repurchase this Note (or any portion of this Note in an Authorized Denomination) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change for a cash purchase price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

 

(D)             Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for this Note (or any portion of this Note) to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change following a Fundamental Change is an amount in cash equal to the Fundamental Change Base Repurchase Price for such Fundamental Change plus accrued and unpaid interest on this Note (or such portion of this Note) to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change. For the avoidance of doubt, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is on an Interest Payment Date, then the interest otherwise payable on this Note (or such portion of this Note) on such Interest Payment Date will be paid as part of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, in satisfaction of the Company’s obligation to pay such interest on such Interest Payment Date.

 

(E)              Effect of Repurchase. If this Note (or any portion of this Note) is to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, then, from and after the date the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price is paid in full, this Note (or such portion) will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue on this Note (or such portion).

 

(F)              Fundamental Change Redemption. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6 to the contrary, at the Holder’s sole discretion following receipt of a Fundamental Change Notice, in lieu of receiving the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price (or any portion thereof), the Holder may require the Company to redeem this Note (or any portion of this Note in an Authorized Denomination) in exchange for a number of validly issued, fully paid and Freely Tradable shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient (rounded up to the closest whole number) obtained by dividing the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price (or applicable portion thereof) by the Fundamental Change Redemption Stock Payment Price. The Fundamental Change Redemption Date for any Fundamental Change will be a Business Day of the Holder’s choosing that is no more than ten (10) Business Days after the later of (x) the date the Company delivers to the Holder the related Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 6(C); and (y) ten (10) Trading Days after the date of any amendment or other modification to the form or value of consideration receivable by holders of the Common Stock in connection with such Fundamental Change. Any such shares of Common Stock will be delivered by the Company to the Holder on or before the second (2nd) Business Day following a Fundamental Change Redemption Date. In the event that the number of shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder on such date is reduced as a result of the Floor Price, the Company shall concurrently with the issuance of such shares also pay to the Holder an amount, in cash, equal to the product of (i) the number of shares by which such amount was reduced as a result of the Floor Price, multiplied by (ii) the Fundamental Change Redemption Stock Payment Price. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any such redemption occurs after the date of completion of such Fundamental Change, and the Holder elects to receive such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price other than in cash, then the consideration to be received by Holder upon such redemption shall be in the same form as received by holders of the Common Stock in connection with such Fundament Change and will be in an amount equal to the amount of consideration Holder would have received in connection with such Fundamental Change had Holder redeemed the Note in exchange for shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the completion of such Fundamental Change.

 

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Article 7.                                 Redemption of this Note.

 

(A)             Redemption of This Note. The Company may redeem all of this Note, on a date (the “Redemption Date”) to be determined by the Company, for a cash redemption price equal to the Redemption Price, subject to Section 7(D); provided, that the Company must provide notice at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to any Redemption Date.

 

(B)              Redemption Price. The Redemption Price for this Note to be redeemed pursuant to Section 7(A) is an amount in cash equal to the Redemption Base Price plus accrued and unpaid interest on this Note to, but excluding, the related Redemption Date, subject to Section 7(D). For the avoidance of doubt, if such Redemption Date is on an Interest Payment Date, then the interest otherwise payable on this Note on such Interest Payment Date will be paid as part of the Redemption Price, in satisfaction of the Company’s obligation to pay such interest on such Interest Payment Date.

 

(C)              Effect of Redemption. If this Note is to be redeemed pursuant to Section 7(A), then, from and after the date the related Redemption Price is paid in full, this Note will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue on this Note, except to the extent set forth in Section 7(D).

 

(D)             Additional Redemption Amount. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7, the Company will pay to the Holder any Additional Redemption Amount on the ninety third (93rd) VWAP Trading Day immediately after the related Redemption Date.

 

(E)              Minimum Fundraising Event Redemption. On or prior to the second (2nd) Business Day following the date upon which the Company has received since the Exchange Date net cash proceeds of eighty million ($80,000,000) in the aggregate from one or more issuances of Capital Stock or incurrences of Permitted Indebtedness by the Company, or any combination thereof, the Company will redeem [__] million dollars ($[__]) of this Note by complying with the procedures set forth in Section 7(A)-(D); provided, that the Holder, in its sole discretion, may defer the Redemption Date for such redemption, in whole or in part, to any future Amortization Date; provided further, that, for purposes of this Section 7(E), "Redemption Base Price" shall mean, with respect to a redemption of this Note pursuant to this Section 7(E), a cash amount equal to one hundred and seven percent (107%) of the greater of (A) the Principal Amount of this Note to be so redeemed; and (B) the product of (x) the Conversion Rate in effect as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date; (y) the Principal Amount of this Note to be so redeemed divided by $1,000; and (z) the Redemption Stock Price for such redemption. [NTD: to be proportional amount of $10,000,000 based on total amount of Notes issued.]

 

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Article 8.                                 Conversion.

 

(A)             Right to Convert.

 

(i)                 Generally. Subject to the provisions of this Section 8, the Holder may, at its option, convert this Note, including any portion constituting an Amortization Payment, into Conversion Consideration.

 

(ii)              Conversions in Part. Subject to the terms of this Section 8, this Note may be converted in part, but only in an Authorized Denomination. Provisions of this Section 8 applying to the conversion of this Note in whole will equally apply to conversions of any permitted portion of this Note.

 

(B)              When this Note May Be Converted.

 

(i)                 Generally. The Holder may convert this Note at any time until the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date; provided that, with respect to the conversion of any Amortization Payment, the Holder must provide notice of such conversion no later than the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Amortization Date, and any such conversion will not reduce the amount of future Amortization Payments.

 

(ii)              Limitations and Closed Periods. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, (x) if this Note (or any portion of this Note) is to be redeemed pursuant to Section 7(A), then in no event may this Note (or such portion) be converted after the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the related Redemption Date; and (y) if this Note (or any portion of this Note) is to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, then in no event may this Note (or such portion) be converted after the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

 

(C)              Conversion Procedures.

 

(i)                 Generally. To convert this Note, the Holder must (1) complete, manually sign and deliver to the Company the conversion notice attached to this Note or a facsimile or portable document format (.pdf) version of such conversion notice (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable); and (2) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 8(C)(iii). For the avoidance of doubt, the conversion notice may be delivered by e-mail in accordance with Section 14. If the Company fails to deliver, by the related Conversion Settlement Date, any shares of Common Stock forming part of the Conversion Consideration of the conversion of this Note, the Holder, by notice to the Company, may rescind all or any portion of the corresponding conversion notice at any time until such Defaulted Shares are delivered.

 

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(ii)              Holder of Record of Conversion Shares. The person in whose name any shares of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion of this Note will be deemed to become the holder of record of such shares as of the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion, conferring, as of such time, upon such person, without limitation, all voting and other rights appurtenant to such shares.

 

(iii)            Taxes and Duties. If the Holder converts a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue of any shares of Common Stock upon such conversion; provided, however, that if any tax or duty is due because such Holder requested such shares to be issued in a name other than that of such Holder, then such Holder will pay such tax or duty and, until having received a sum sufficient to pay such tax or duty, the Company may refuse to deliver any such shares to be issued in a name other than that of such Holder.

 

(D)             Settlement upon Conversion.

 

(i)                 Generally. The consideration (the “Conversion Consideration”) due in respect of each $1,000 Principal Amount of this Note including any portion constituting an Amortization Payment to be converted will consist of the following:

 

(1)               subject to Section 8(D)(ii), a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such conversion; and

 

(2)               cash in an amount equal to the aggregate accrued and unpaid interest on this Note to, but excluding, the Conversion Settlement Date for such conversion.

 

(ii)              Fractional Shares. The total number of shares of Common Stock due in respect of any conversion of this Note, including any portion constituting an Amortization Payment, will be determined on the basis of the total Principal Amount of this Note to be converted with the same Conversion Date; provided, however, that if such number of shares of Common Stock is not a whole number, then such number will be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

 

(iii)            Delivery of the Conversion Consideration. The Company will pay or deliver, as applicable, the Conversion Consideration due upon the conversion of this Note, including any portion constituting an Amortization Payment, to the Holder on or before the second (2nd) Business Day (or, if earlier, the standard settlement period for the primary Eligible Exchange on which the Common Stock is traded) immediately after the Conversion Date for such conversion (the “Conversion Settlement Date”).

 

(iv)             Effect of Conversion. If this Note is converted, then, from and after the date the Conversion Consideration therefor is issued or delivered in settlement of such conversion, this Note will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue on this Note.

 

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(v)               Conversion Settlement Defaults. If (x) the Company fails to deliver, by the related Conversion Settlement Date, any shares of Common Stock (the “Defaulted Shares”) forming part of the Conversion Consideration of the conversion of this Note, including any portion constituting an Amortization Payment; and (y) the Holder (whether directly or indirectly, including by any broker acting on the Holder’s behalf or acting with respect to such Defaulted Shares) purchases any shares of Common Stock (whether in the open market or otherwise) to cover any such Defaulted Shares (whether to satisfy any settlement obligations with respect thereto of the Holder or otherwise), then, without limiting the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedy available to it (whether hereunder, under applicable law or otherwise), the Holder will have the right, exercisable by notice to the Company, to cause the Company to either:

 

(1)               pay, on or before the second (2nd) Business Day after the date such notice is delivered, cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price (including any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket costs) incurred to purchase such shares (such aggregate purchase price, the “Covering Price”); or

 

(2)               promptly deliver, to the Holder, such Defaulted Shares in accordance with this Note, together with cash in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Covering Price over the product of (x) the number of such Defaulted Shares; and (y) the Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock on the Conversion Date relating to such conversion.

 

To exercise such right, the Holder must deliver notice of such exercise to the Company, specifying whether the Holder has elected clause (1) or (2) above to apply. If the Holder has elected clause (1) to apply, then the Company’s obligation to deliver the Defaulted Shares in accordance with this Note will be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged to the extent the Company has paid the Covering Price in accordance with clause (1).

 

(E)              Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued upon Conversion.

 

(i)                 Stock Reserve. At all times when this Note is outstanding, the Company will reserve, out of its authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of Common Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to three hundred percent (300%) of that which is sufficient to permit the conversion of this Note.

 

(ii)              Status of Conversion Shares; Listing. Each share of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of this Note will be a newly issued or treasury share and will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of the Holder or the Person to whom such share will be delivered). If the Common Stock is then listed on any securities exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Company will cause each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note, when delivered upon such conversion, to be admitted for listing on such exchange or quotation on such system.

 

(iii)            Transferability of Conversion Shares. Any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note will be issued in the form of book-entries at the facilities of DTC, identified therein by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number.

 

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(F)              Adjustments to the Conversion Rate.

 

(i)                 Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate will be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(1)               Stock Dividends, Splits and Combinations. If the Company issues solely shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of the Common Stock, or if the Company effects a stock split or a stock combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding an issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 8(I) will apply), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately before the Open of Business on the effective date of such stock split or stock combination, as applicable;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or the Open of Business on such effective date, as applicable;

 

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, without giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination; and

 

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination.

 

If any dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination of the type described in this Section 8(F)(i)(1) is declared or announced, but not so paid or made, then the Conversion Rate will be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such stock split or stock combination, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination not been declared or announced.

 

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(2)               Rights, Options and Warrants. If the Company distributes, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, as to which the provisions set forth in Sections 8(F)(i)(3)(a) and Section 8(F)(v) will apply) entitling such holders, for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the record date of such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

OS = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and

 

Y = a number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants by (y) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced.

 

To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants (including as a result of such rights, options or warrants not being exercised), the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to the Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered upon exercise of such rights, option or warrants. To the extent such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution of such rights, options or warrants not occurred.

 

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For purposes of this Section 8(F)(i)(2), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date the distribution of such rights, options or warrants is announced, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there will be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if not cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.

 

(3)               Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property.

 

(a)               Distributions Other than Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company, or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock of the Company or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:

 

(v)       dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required pursuant to Section 8(F)(i)(1) or Section 8(F)(i)(2);

 

(w)       dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required pursuant to Section 8(F)(i)(4);

 

(x)       rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in Section 8(F)(v);

 

(y)       Spin-Offs for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required pursuant to Section 8(F)(i)(3)(b); and

 

(z)       a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 8(I) will apply,

 

then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

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CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date; and

 

FMV = the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith), as of such Ex-Dividend Date, of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed per share of Common Stock pursuant to such distribution;

 

provided, however, that if FMV is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, the Holder will receive, for each $1,000 Principal Amount of this Note held by this Holder on the record date for such distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date.

 

To the extent such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

(b)               Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes or dividends shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to an Affiliate, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 8(I) will apply), and such Capital Stock or equity interest is listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;

 

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CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

FMV = the product of (x) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share or unit of the Capital Stock or equity interests distributed in such Spin-Off over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Spin-Off Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, such Ex-Dividend Date (such average to be determined as if references to Common Stock in the definitions of Last Reported Sale Price, Trading Day and Market Disruption Event were instead references to such Capital Stock or equity interests); and (y) the number of shares or units of such Capital Stock or equity interests distributed per share of Common Stock in such Spin-Off; and

 

SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for each Trading Day in the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

 

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 8(F)(i)(3)(b) will be calculated as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period but will be given effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off, with retroactive effect. If a Note is converted and the Conversion Date occurs during the Spin-Off Valuation Period, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, the Company will, if necessary, delay the settlement of such conversion until the second (2nd) Business Day after the last day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

 

To the extent any dividend or distribution of the type set forth in this Section 8(F)(i)(3)(b) is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

(4)               Cash Dividends or Distributions. If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

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CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

SP = the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date; and

 

D = the cash amount distributed per share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution;

 

provided, however, that if D is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, the Holder will receive, for each $1,000 Principal Amount of this Note held by the Holder on the record date for such dividend or distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date.

 

To the extent such dividend or distribution is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

(5)               Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to an odd-lot tender offer pursuant to Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Exchange Act), and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Board of Directors in good faith) of the cash and other consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “Expiration Date”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Expiration Time;

 

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AC = the aggregate value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Board of Directors in good faith) of all cash and other consideration paid for shares of Common Stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer;

 

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (including all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

 

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date;

 

provided, however, that the Conversion Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to this Section 8(F)(i)(5), except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. The adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 8(F)(i)(5) will be calculated as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period but will be given effect immediately after the Expiration Time, with retroactive effect. If a Note is converted and the Conversion Date occurs on the Expiration Date or during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, the Company will, if necessary, delay the settlement of such conversion until the second (2nd) Business Day after the last day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period.

 

To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of the Company being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.

 

(ii)              No Adjustments in Certain Cases.

 

(1)               Where the Holder Participates in the Transaction or Event Without Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8(F)(i), the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of a transaction or other event otherwise requiring an adjustment pursuant to Section 8(F)(i) (other than a stock split or combination of the type set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(1) or a tender or exchange offer of the type set forth in Section 8(F)(i)(5)) if the Holder participates, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and solely by virtue of being the Holder of this Note, in such transaction or event without having to convert this Note and as if the Holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the related record date; and (ii) the aggregate Principal Amount (expressed in thousands) of this Note held by this Holder on such date.

 

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(2)               Certain Events. The Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate except as provided in Section 8(F), Section 8(H) or Section 8(I). Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of:

 

(a)               except as otherwise provided in Section 8(F), the sale of shares of Common Stock for a purchase price that is less than the market price per share of Common Stock or less than the Conversion Price;

 

(b)               the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any such plan;

 

(c)               the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of, or assumed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(d)               the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security of the Company outstanding as of the Issue Date (other than an adjustment pursuant to Section 8(F)(i)(3)(a) in connection with the separation of rights under the Company’s stockholder rights plan existing, if any, as of the Issue Date);

 

(e)               solely a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

 

(f)                accrued and unpaid interest on this Note.

 

(iii)            Adjustments Not Yet Effective. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, if:

 

(1)               this Note is to be converted;

 

(2)               the record date, effective date or Expiration Time for any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 8(F)(i) has occurred on or before the Conversion Date for such conversion, but an adjustment to the Conversion Rate for such event has not yet become effective as of such Conversion Date;

 

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(3)               the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Common Stock; and

 

(4)               such shares are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related record date or otherwise),

 

then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such adjustment on such Conversion Date. In such case, if the date on which the Company is otherwise required to deliver the consideration due upon such conversion is before the first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined, then the Company will delay the settlement of such conversion until the second (2nd) Business Day after such first date.

 

(iv)             Conversion Rate Adjustments where the Converting Holder Participates in the Relevant Transaction or Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, if:

 

(1)               a Conversion Rate adjustment for any dividend or distribution becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date pursuant to Section 8(F)(i);

 

(2)               a Note is to be converted;

 

(3)               the Conversion Date for such conversion occurs on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or before the related record date;

 

(4)               the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Common Stock based on a Conversion Rate that is adjusted for such dividend or distribution; and

 

(5)               such shares would be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution (including pursuant to Section 8(C)(ii)),

 

then (x) such Conversion Rate adjustment will not be given effect for such conversion; (y) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion based on such unadjusted Conversion Rate will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution; and (z) there will be added, to the Conversion Consideration otherwise due upon such conversion, the same kind and amount of consideration that would have been delivered in such dividend or distribution with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares been entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution.

 

(v)               Stockholder Rights Plans. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon conversion of any Note and, at the time of such conversion, the Company has in effect any stockholder rights plan, then the Holder of such Note will be entitled to receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the Conversion Consideration otherwise payable under this Note upon such conversion, the rights set forth in such stockholder rights plan, unless such rights have separated from the Common Stock at such time, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted pursuant to Section 8(F)(i)(3)(a) on account of such separation as if, at the time of such separation, the Company had made a distribution of the type referred to in such Section to all holders of the Common Stock, subject to readjustment in accordance with such Section if such rights expire, terminate or are redeemed.

 

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(vi)             Limitation on Effecting Transactions Resulting in Certain Adjustments. The Company will not engage in or be a party to any transaction or event that would require the Conversion Rate to be adjusted pursuant to Section 8(F)(i), or Section 8(H) to an amount that would result in the Conversion Price per share of Common Stock being less than the par value per share of Common Stock.

 

(vii)          Equitable Adjustments to Prices. Whenever any provision of this Note requires the Company to calculate the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices, or any function thereof, over a period of multiple days (including to calculate an adjustment to the Conversion Rate), the Company will make proportionate adjustments, if any, to such calculations to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 8(F)(i) that becomes effective, or any event requiring such an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, of such event occurs, at any time during such period.

 

(viii)        Calculation of Number of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 8(F), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time will (i) include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock; and (ii) exclude shares of Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury (unless the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in its treasury).

 

(ix)             Calculations. All calculations with respect to the Conversion Rate and adjustments thereto will be made to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward).

 

(x)               Notice of Conversion Rate Adjustments. Upon the effectiveness of any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 8(F)(i), the Company will promptly send notice to the Holder containing (i) a brief description of the transaction or other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment; and (iii) the effective time of such adjustment.

 

(G)             Voluntary Adjustments.

 

(i)                 Generally. To the extent permitted by law and applicable stock exchange rules, the Company, from time to time, may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate by any amount if (i) the Board of Directors determines in good faith that such increase is either (x) in the best interest of the Company; or (y) advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax imposed on holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock as a result of any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) of Common Stock or any similar event; (ii) such increase is in effect for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days; and (iii) such increase is irrevocable during such period.

 

(ii)              Notice of Voluntary Increases. If the Board of Directors determines to increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 8(G)(i), then, no later than the first Business Day of the related twenty (20) Business Day period referred to in Section 8(G)(i), the Company will send notice to the Holder of such increase, the amount thereof and the period during which such increase will be in effect.

 

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(H)             Adjustments to the Conversion Rate in Connection with an Event of Default or Equity Triggering Event. If an Event of Default or Equity Triggering Event occurs and the Conversion Date for the conversion of a Note occurs during the related Event of Default Conversion Period or Equity Triggering Event Conversion Period, as applicable, then, subject to Section 8(J)(ii), the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion will be increased by a number of shares equal to the Event of Default/Equity Triggering Event Additional Shares.

 

(I)                Effect of Certain Recapitalizations, Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers and Sales.

 

(i)                 Generally. If there occurs:

 

(1)               recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value and (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities);

 

(2)               consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving the Company;

 

(3)               sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or

 

(4)               other similar event,

 

and, in each case, as a result of such occurrence, the Common Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities or other property (including cash or any combination of the foregoing) (such an event, a “Common Stock Change Event,” and such other securities or other property, the “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one (1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Common Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue fractional shares of securities or other property), a “Reference Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, at the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, (x) the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any Note will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Section 8 (or in any related definitions) were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (y) for purposes of the definition of “Fundamental Change,” the term “Common Stock” and “common equity” will be deemed to mean the common equity, if any, forming part of such Reference Property. For these purposes, (I) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that consists of a class of common equity securities will be determined by reference to the definition of “Daily VWAP,” substituting, if applicable, the Bloomberg page for such class of securities in such definition; and (II) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of common equity securities, and the Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities, will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith by the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).

 

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If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration to be determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per share of Common Stock, by the holders of Common Stock. The Company will notify the Holder of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

At or before the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event, the Company and the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) of such Common Stock Change Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver such instruments or agreements that (x) provides for subsequent conversions of this Note in the manner set forth in this Section 8(I); (y) provides for subsequent adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 8(F) and Section 8 (H) in a manner consistent with this Section 8(I); and (z) contains such other provisions as the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holder and to give effect to the provisions of this Section 8(I). If the Reference Property includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a Person other than the Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such instruments or agreements and such instruments or agreements will contain such additional provisions the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holder.

 

(ii)              Notice of Common Stock Change Events. As soon as practicable after learning the anticipated or actual effective date of any Common Stock Change Event, the Company will provide written notice to the Holder of such Common Stock Change Event, including a brief description of such Common Stock Change Event, its anticipated effective date and a brief description of the anticipated change in the conversion right of this Note.

 

(iii)            Compliance Covenant. The Company will not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 8(I).

 

(J)                Limitations on Conversions.

 

(i)                 Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, no shares of Common Stock will be issued upon conversion of this Note, including any Amortization Payment, or in lieu of payment of an Amortization Payment or payment of Stated Interest due in cash pursuant to Section 5(B), this Note will not be convertible by the Holder, and the Company will not effect any conversion of this Note or issue such shares, as applicable, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such issuance, convertibility or conversion would result in the Holder or a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) beneficially owning in excess of four and ninety nine hundredths percent (4.99%) of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Beneficial Ownership Limit”); provided, however, that this Section 8(J)(i) will not apply to any Holder that is subject to Section 16(a) or (b) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company by virtue of being deemed to be a “director” or “officer” of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. For these purposes, beneficial ownership and calculations of percentage ownership will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations on the convertibility of this Note pursuant to this Section 8(J)(i) will not, in themselves, cause this Note to cease to be outstanding (and interest will continue to accrue on any portion of this Note that has been tendered for conversion and whose convertibility is suspended pursuant to this Section 8(J)(i)), and such limitations will cease to apply if and when this Note’s convertibility and conversion will not violate this Section 8(J)(i). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8(J)(i), upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limit to any other percentage not in excess of nine and ninety nine hundredths percent (9.99%) as specified in such notice; provided that any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limit will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) calendar day after the delivery of such written notice.

 

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(ii)              Stock Exchange Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, until the Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained, in no event will the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note, in lieu of payment of an Amortization Payment or Stated Interest in cash pursuant to Section 5(B), or otherwise pursuant to this Note, including without limitation pursuant to Section 5(G)(i) or Section 5(G)(ii), when aggregated with the Exchange Shares (as defined in the Exchange Agreement) and any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the New Warrant (as defined in the Exchange Agreement) or the Right (as defined in the Exchange Agreement), exceed [__] [NTD: to be a prorated proportion of [__] shares based on total amount of Notes issued] shares in the aggregate. If, after January 31, 2020, any one or more shares of Common Stock are not delivered upon conversion of this Note, in lieu of payment of an Amortization Payment or Stated Interest in cash pursuant to Section 5(B), or otherwise pursuant to this Note, including without limitation pursuant to Section 5(G)(i) or Section 5(G)(ii), as a result of the operation of the preceding sentence (such shares, the “Withheld Shares”), then (1) on the Conversion Settlement Date for such conversion, the Company will pay to the Holder, in addition to the Conversion Consideration otherwise due upon such conversion, cash in an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of such Withheld Shares; and (y) the Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock on the Conversion Date for such conversion; and (2) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in settlement of a sale by the Holder of such Withheld Shares, the Company will reimburse the Holder for (x) any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection with such purchases and (y) the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate purchase price of such purchases over (B) the product of (I) the number of such Withheld Shares purchased by the Holder; and (II) the Daily VWAP on the Conversion Date for such conversion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Article 9.                                 Affirmative and Negative Covenants.

 

(A)             Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the Company (A) agrees that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law (wherever or whenever enacted or in force) that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note; and (B) expressly waives all benefits or advantages of any such law and agrees that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to the Holder by this Note, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

(B)              Corporate Existence. Subject to Section 10, the Company will cause to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

 

(i)                 its corporate existence in accordance with the organizational documents of the Company; and

 

(ii)              the material rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

provided, however, that the Company need not preserve or keep in full force and effect any such license or franchise if the Board of Directors determines in good faith that (x) the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (y) the loss thereof is not, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Holder.

 

(C)              Ranking. All payments due under this Note shall rank pari passu with all Other Notes and all other unsecured indebtedness of the Company and shall rank senior to any Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

(D)             Indebtedness. The Company shall not and shall not permit any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Indebtedness.

 

(E)                Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall pay when due all taxes, fees or other charges of any nature whatsoever (together with any related interest or penalties) now or hereafter imposed or assessed against the Company and its Subsidiaries or their respective assets or upon their ownership, possession, use, operation or disposition thereof or upon their rents, receipts or earnings arising therefrom. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall file on or before the due date therefor all personal property tax returns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may contest, in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, taxes for which they maintain adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP.

 

(F)              Minimum Revenue. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter concluding on and after December 31, 2019, the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall have revenue (determined in accordance with GAAP) of not less than the Minimum Revenue for the preceding 12 months.

 

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(G)             Minimum Liquidity. On the last day of each calendar month, the Company shall have, on a consolidated basis, liquidity calculated as (i) unrestricted, unencumbered Cash and Cash Equivalents in one or more deposit accounts located in the United States in a minimum amount equal to the amount specified in the Letter Agreement, plus (ii) any additional amount of available credit, borrowings, or investments readily convertible to Cash to the extent necessary so that the sum of the amounts described in clause (i) and this clause (ii) of Section 9(G) is not less than the amount specified in the Letter Agreement.

 

(H)             Minimum Fundraising Event.  During the period beginning on the Exchange Date and ending on January 31, 2020, the Company shall have received aggregated net cash proceeds of not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) from one or more issuances of Capital Stock or incurrences of Permitted Indebtedness by the Company, or any combination thereof, and before giving effect to transaction expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, financings completed prior to the Exchange Date will not be included for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 9(H). 

 

(I)                Minimum Debt Equitization. During the period beginning on the Exchange Date and ending on January 31, 2020, the Company shall have converted or exchanged not less than sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) of existing Indebtedness held by Foris Ventures, LLC into or for consideration consisting solely of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock).

 

(J)                Repayment of November Notes. On or before January 31, 2020, the Company shall have repaid in full or converted into equity all Indebtedness outstanding under its Credit and Security Agreement, dated November 14, 2019 by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s Subsidiaries and Schottenfeld Opportunities Fund II, L.P. and Phase Five Partners, LP, or amended all such Indebtedness to fit within clause (E) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness so it does not have a final maturity date, amortization payment, sinking fund, mandatory redemption or other repurchase obligation or put right at the option of the lender or holder of such Indebtedness earlier than ninety one (91) days following the Maturity Date, or any combination of the foregoing with respect to all such Indebtedness. 

 

(K)             Change in Nature of Business. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by or publicly contemplated to be conducted by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, modify its or their corporate structure or purpose.

 

(L)              Maintenance of Properties, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve all of its properties which are necessary or useful (as determined by the Company in good faith) in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder.

 

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(M)            Maintenance of Intellectual Property. The Company will take all action necessary or advisable to maintain all of the Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in the Note Exchange Agreement) of the Company that are necessary or material (as determined by the Company in good faith) to the conduct of its business in full force and effect.

 

(N)             Maintenance of Insurance. The Company shall maintain insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated.

 

(O)             Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any affiliate, except transactions for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an affiliate thereof.

 

(P)              Restricted Issuances. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, (i) issue any Notes (other than as contemplated by the Exchange Agreement and the Notes) or (ii) issue any other securities or incur any Indebtedness that would cause a breach or Default under the Notes or that by its terms would prohibit or restrict the performance of any of the Company’s obligations under the Notes, including without limitation, the payment of interest and principal thereon.

 

(Q)             Independent Investigation. At the request of the Holder either (x) at any time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or (y) upon the occurrence of a Default, the Company shall hire an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder to investigate as to whether any breach of this Note has occurred (the “Independent Investigator”). If the Independent Investigator determines that such breach of this Note has occurred, the Independent Investigator shall notify the Company of such breach and the Company shall deliver written notice to the Holder of such breach. In connection with such investigation, the Independent Investigator may, during normal business hours and upon signing a confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, inspect all contracts, books, records, personnel, offices and other facilities and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the extent available to the Company after the Company uses reasonable efforts to obtain them, the records of its legal advisors and accountants (including the accountants’ work papers) and any books of account, records, reports and other papers not contractually required of the Company to be confidential or secret, or subject to attorney-client or other evidentiary privilege, and the Independent Investigator may make such copies and inspections thereof as the Independent Investigator may reasonably request. The Company shall furnish the Independent Investigator with such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business and properties of the Company as the Independent Investigator may reasonably request. The Company shall permit the Independent Investigator to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with, and to make proposals and furnish advice with respect thereto to, the Company’s officers, directors, key employees and independent public accountants or any of them (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss with such Independent Investigator the finances and affairs of the Company and any Subsidiaries), all at such reasonable times, upon reasonable notice, and as often as may be reasonably requested.

 

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Article 10.                               Successors.

 

The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or (directly, or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person, other than the Holder or any of its Affiliates (a “Business Combination Event”), unless:

 

(A)             the resulting, surviving or transferee Person either (x) is the Company or (y) if not the Company, is a corporation (the “Successor Corporation”) duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that expressly assumes (by executing and delivering to the Holder, at or before the effective time of such Business Combination Event, a supplement to this instrument) all of the Company’s obligations under this Note; and

 

(B)              immediately after giving effect to such Business Combination Event, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing.

 

At the effective time of any Business Combination Event, the Successor Corporation (if not the Company) will succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Note with the same effect as if such Successor Corporation had been named as the Company in this Note, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company will be discharged from its obligations under this Note.

 

Article 11.                               Defaults and Remedies

 

(A)             Events of Default. “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)                 a default in the payment when due of an Amortization Payment, the Principal Amount, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price, Additional Redemption Amount, Amortization Share Amount or Stock Payment Share Amount of this Note;

 

(ii)              a default for two (2) Business Days in the payment when due of interest on this Note;

 

(iii)            a default in the Company’s obligation to convert this Note in accordance with Section 8 upon the exercise of the conversion right with respect thereto;

 

(iv)             a default in the Company’s obligation to deliver a Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 6(C), and such default continues for three (3) Business Days;

 

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(v)               a default in any of the Company’s obligations or agreements under this Note, the Note Exchange Agreement or the Exchange Agreement (in each case, other than a default set forth in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 11(A)), or a breach of any representation or warranty in any material respect (other than representations or warranties subject to material adverse effect or materiality, which may not be breached in any respect) of the Note Exchange Agreement or the Exchange Agreement; provided, however, that, except for a breach of Section 9(H), Section 9(I) or Section 9(J) hereof, if such default or breach can be cured, then such default or breach will not be an Event of Default unless the Company has failed to cure such default within ten (10) days after its occurrence;

 

(vi)             any provision of the Note Exchange Agreement or the Exchange Agreement at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) ceases to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the parties thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof is contested, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or a proceeding is commenced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof;

 

(vii)          a breach of any representation or warranty in any material respect (other than representations or warranties subject to material adverse effect or materiality, which may not be breached in any respect) of the Note Exchange Agreement or the Exchange Agreement, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or condition that is curable, only if such breach remains uncured for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days;

 

(viii)        at any time, this Note or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note or in lieu of payment of an Amortization Payment in cash pursuant to Section 5(B) are not Freely Tradable;

 

(ix)             the Company fails to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Requisite Stockholder Approval on or prior to March 15, 2020, or best efforts to obtain the Requisite Stockholder Approval thereafter in the event that the Requisite Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or before such date;

 

(x)               the suspension from trading or failure of the Common Stock to be trading or listed on an Eligible Exchange for a period of three (3) consecutive Trading Days;

 

(xi)             a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any one or more mortgages, agreements or other instruments under which there is outstanding, or by which there is secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed of at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness exists as of the Issue Date or is thereafter created, which default permits the holder thereof to declare such indebtedness due and payable;

 

(xii)          one or more final judgments, orders or awards (or any settlement of any litigation or other proceeding that, if breached, could result in a judgment, order or award) for the payment of at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate (excluding any amounts covered by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has been notified and has not denied coverage), is rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and remains unsatisfied and (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgment, order, award or settlement or (ii) there shall be a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days after entry thereof during which (A) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in effect or (B) the same is not vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal;

 

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(xiii)        at any time while the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of this Note are not Freely Tradable, the Company fails to timely file its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or its annual reports on Form 10-K with the Commission in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act, or the Company withdraws or restates any such quarterly report or annual report previously filed with the Commission.

 

(xiv)         the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, either:

 

(1)               commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

 

(2)               consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

(3)               consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;

 

(4)               makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

 

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(5)               takes any comparable action under any foreign Bankruptcy Law; or

 

(6)               generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

 

(xv)           a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that either:

 

(1)               is for relief against Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

(2)               appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or for any substantial part of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

 

(3)               orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or

 

(4)               grants any similar relief under any foreign Bankruptcy Law,

 

and, in each case under this Section 11(A)(xv), such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for at least thirty (30) days.

 

(B)              Acceleration.

 

(i)                 Automatic Acceleration in Certain Circumstances. If an Event of Default set forth in Section 11(A)(xiv) or (xv) occurs with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company), then the Principal Amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of this Note will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any Person.

 

(ii)              Optional Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Section 11(A)(xiv) or (xv) with respect to the Company and not solely with respect to a Subsidiary of the Company) occurs and is continuing, then the Holder, by notice to the Company, may declare this Note to become due and payable immediately for cash in an amount equal to the Event of Default Acceleration Amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note.

 

(C)              Notice of Events of Default. Promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after an Event of Default, the Company will provide written notice of such Event of Default (an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder, which Event of Default Notice shall include (i) a reasonable description of the applicable Event of Default, (ii) a certification as to whether, in the opinion of the Company, such Event of Default is capable of being cured and, if applicable, a reasonable description of any existing plans of the Company to cure such Event of Default and (iii) a certification as to the date the Event of Default occurred and, if cured on or prior to the date of such Event of Default Notice, the date of such cure.

 

Article 12.                               Ranking.

 

The indebtedness represented by this Note will constitute the senior unsecured obligations of the Company.

 

Article 13.                               Replacement Notes.

 

If the Holder of this Note claims that this Note has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver a replacement Note upon surrender to the Company of such mutilated Note, or upon delivery to the Company of evidence of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking reasonably satisfactory to the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note, the Company may require the Holder to provide such security or an indemnity that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company to protect the Company from any loss that it may suffer if this Note is replaced.

 

Article 14.                               Notices.

 

Any notice or communication to the Company will be deemed to have been duly given if in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, electronic transmission (including e-mail) or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, or to the other’s address, which initially is as follows:

 

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Amyris, Inc.

5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100

Emeryville, California 94608

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (510) 225-2645

 

The Company, by notice to the Holder, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

Any notice or communication to the Holder will be by e-mail to its email address(es), which initially are as set forth in the Note Exchange Agreement. The Holder, by notice to the Company, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it will be deemed to have been duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

 

Article 15.                               Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Note will bind its successors.

 

Article 16.                               Severability.

 

If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Note will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Article 17.                               Headings, Etc.

 

The headings of the Sections of this Note have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Note and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Note.

 

Article 18.                               Amendments

 

This Note may not be amended or modified unless in writing by the Company and the Required Holders (as defined in the Note Exchange Agreement), and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.

 

Article 19.                               Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE.

 

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Article 20.                               Submission to Jurisdiction.

 

The Company (A) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Note may be instituted in any U.S. federal court with applicable subject matter jurisdiction sitting in The City of New York; (B) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding; and (ii) any claim that it may now or hereafter have that any such suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (C) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.

 

Article 21.                               Enforcement Fees.

 

The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of the Holder incurred as a result of enforcement of this Note and the collection of any amounts owed to the Holder hereunder (whether in cash, Common Stock or otherwise), including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

 

 

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CONVERSION NOTICE

 

Amyris, Inc.

 

Senior Convertible Note due 2022

 

Subject to the terms of this Note, by executing and delivering this Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of this Note directs the Company to convert the following Principal Amount of this Note: $________________________,000 in accordance with the following details.

o Check if the Conversion Date occurs during an Event of Default Conversion Period or Equity Triggering Event Conversion Period, as applicable.

 

Shares of Common Stock to be delivered:

 

________________________

 

Accrued interest amount:

 

________________________

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

________________________

 

DTC Participant Name:

 

________________________

 

DTC Participant Phone Number:

 

________________________

 

DTC Participant Contact Email:

 

________________________

 

 

Date: ________________________                       ___________________________________________

(Legal Name of Holder)

 

 

By:    ________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 4.2

 

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

AMYRIS, INC.

 

Warrant Shares: [_______]   Issue Date: November 15, 2019
    Exchange Date: [__]

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT certifies that, for value received, [__________] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the Exchange Date (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the second anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Amyris, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to [________] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Common Stock Purchase Warrant (including all Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Warrant”) is one of an issue of Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued pursuant to that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2019, by and between the Company and the Holder (the “Exchange Agreement”) in exchange for that certain Senior Convertible Note due 2022, with an aggregate principal amount as of the Exchange Date of $[____], and originally issued pursuant to that certain Securities Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2019, by and among the Company and the investors referred to therein, as amended from time to time.

 

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Exchange Agreement, as such definitions are in effect on December 30, 2019.

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

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

 

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b)                  Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $3.25, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c)                                                Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares subject to the applicable Notice of Exercise is not available for the resale of such Warrant Shares, this Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date at the election of the Holder (in such Holder’s sole discretion) by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing ((A-B) * (X)) by (A), where:

 

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

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

 

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

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant.  The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

Bid Price” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, (a) the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg , L.P. as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. as of such time of determination (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)  if OTCQB or OTCQX is the principal trading market on which such security is then traded, the volume weighted average price of such security for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if such security is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for such security are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of such security so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of such security as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on (a) the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)  if OTCQB or OTCQX is the principal trading market on which such security is then traded, the volume weighted average price of such security for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if such security is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for such security are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of such security so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of such security as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, if a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i.                  Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Warrant Shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within two (2) Trading following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day commencing one Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable.

 

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

 

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

 

iv.                        Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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

 

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vi.                        Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

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

 

e)       Holder’s Exercise Limitations.

 

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i.                        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”) or any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities (“Options”) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the SEC, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall in no event exceed 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

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ii.                        Stock Exchange Limitation. Until the Requisite Stockholder Approval (as defined in the New Note) is obtained, in no event will the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of this Warrant, when aggregated with the Exchange Shares (as defined in the Exchange Agreement), any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Right (as defined in the Exchange Agreement) and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the New Note or otherwise pursuant to the New Note, exceed [__] [NTD: to be a prorated proportion of [__] shares based on total amount of New Notes issued] shares in the aggregate. If, after January 31, 2020, any one or more shares of Common Stock are not delivered upon exercise of this Warrant as a result of the operation of the preceding sentence (such shares, the “Withheld Shares”), then (1) on the Warrant Share Delivery Date for such exercise, the Company will pay to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of such Withheld Shares; and (y) the Daily VWAP (as defined in the New Note) per share of Common Stock on the applicable date of exercise; and (2) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in settlement of a sale by the Holder of such Withheld Shares, the Company will reimburse the Holder for (x) any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection with such purchases and (y) the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate purchase price of such purchases over (B) the product of (I) the number of such Withheld Shares purchased by the Holder; and (II) the Daily VWAP on the applicable date of exercise.

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a)                  Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise 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 immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of 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)                  [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

 

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

 

d)                  Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction, but excluding any dividend that results in adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3(a) above) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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e)                  Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (as if the exercise of the Warrant occurred immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction), at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or shares of Common Stock of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company or the Successor Person (as defined in the New Notes) (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value. Payment of such amounts shall be made by the Company (or at the Company’s direction) to the Holder on or prior to the later of (x) the second (2nd) Trading Day after the date of such request and (y) the date of consummation of such Fundamental Transaction. For the purpose of this Warrant, “Black Scholes Value” means the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 3(e), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (1) the highest Last Reported Sale Price (as defined in the New Notes) of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 3(e) and (2) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 3(e), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 3(e) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 3(e) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 75% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg, L.P. (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the earliest to occur of (A) the public disclosure of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (B) the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (C) the date on which the Holder first became aware of the applicable Fundamental Transaction.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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g)                  Notice to Holder.

 

i.            Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall within two (2) Trading Days deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii.            Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a)                  Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and in Section 9 of the Exchange Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b)                  New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the original issue date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

d)                  Authorized Shares.

 

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

 

ii.            No Impairment. Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

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

 

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

 

f)                   Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

l)                   Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

AMYRIS, INC.

 

 

 

By:__________________________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To:        AMYRIS, INC.

 

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

 

(2)   Applicable Exercise Price: $ _____________

 

(3)   Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or

 

[ ] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

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

 

_______________________________

 

 

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

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

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[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________

Date: ________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

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

 

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

 

Name: _____________________________________
 

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Address: _____________________________________

 

 

Phone Number:

 

Email Address:

 

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______________________________________

 

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Dated: _______________ __, ______  
Holder’s Signature: _______________  
Holder’s Address: ________________  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.1

 

 

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

This Exchange Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the 30th day of December, 2019, by and between Amyris, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices located at 5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100, Emeryville, CA 94608 (the “Company”) and the investor signatory hereto (the “Holder”), with reference to the following facts:

 

A. Prior to the date hereof, pursuant to that Securities Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2019, by and among the Company and the investors party thereto (the “Securities Exchange Agreement”), the Company issued senior convertible notes, a portion of which are held as of the date hereof by the Holder with an aggregate principal amount outstanding as of the date hereof as set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto (the “Existing Note”), convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (including any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock, “Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings as set forth in the Securities Exchange Agreement (as amended hereby).

 

B. The Company and the Holder desire to exchange (the “Exchange” or the “Transaction”) the Existing Note, on the basis and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, for (u) the right (the “Right”) to acquire up to such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as is set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto (the “Right Shares”) in accordance with Section 16, (v) a new senior convertible note, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “New Note”, and the shares issuable upon conversion of the New Note or otherwise pursuant to the New Note, together with any Right Shares issued in accordance with the Right, the “New Conversion Shares”), in an aggregate principal amount as set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto, (w) a Common Stock Purchase Warrant, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “New Warrant”), exercisable into such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as is set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto (the “New Warrant Shares”, and together with the New Conversion Shares, the “New Underlying Shares”), (x) accrued and unpaid interest outstanding under the Existing Note as of the Closing Date as is set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto (the “Outstanding Interest”), (y) Freely Tradable (as defined in the New Note) shares of Common Stock in an aggregate amount as set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto (the “Exchange Shares”, and, together with the New Note and the New Warrant, the “New Primary Securities”, and the New Primary Securities together with the New Underlying Shares, the “New Securities”) and (z) cash in an aggregate amount as set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto (the “Cash Consideration”).

 

C. The New Primary Securities and this Agreement and such other documents and certificates related thereto are collectively referred to herein as the “Exchange Documents”.

 

D. The Exchange is being made in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

E. Concurrently herewith, the Company may enter into agreements with other holders of the Notes (as defined in the Securities Exchange Agreement) (each, an “Other Holder” and together with the Holder, the “Holders”, and such agreements, each an “Other Agreement”) substantially in the form of this Agreement (other than with respect to the identity of the Holder, any provision regarding the reimbursement of legal fees and proportional changes reflecting the different holdings of such Other Holders).

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                  Exchange. On the Closing Date (as defined below), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Holder shall convey, assign and transfer the Existing Note to the Company in exchange for which the Company shall grant the Right to the Holder and shall issue the New Primary Securities to the Holder at the address for delivery set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto. In addition, on or prior to January 31, 2020, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the Outstanding Interest and the Cash Consideration in the amount set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto, in each case in immediately available funds, pursuant to wire or other delivery instructions provided by the Holder to the Company no later than one (1) Business Day prior to such payment.

 

2.                  Ratifications; Incorporation of Terms under Transaction Documents.

 

(a)               Ratifications. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Securities Exchange Agreement, and each of the other Transaction Documents, are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that on and after the date hereof: (i) all references in the Securities Exchange Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereto”, “hereof”, “hereunder” or words of like import referring to the Securities Exchange Agreement shall mean the Securities Exchange Agreement as amended by this Agreement, and (ii) all references in the other Transaction Documents to the “Securities Exchange Agreement”, “thereto”, “thereof”, “thereunder” or words of like import referring to the Securities Exchange Agreement shall mean the Securities Exchange Agreement as amended by this Agreement.

 

(b)               Amendments and Incorporation of Terms under Transaction Documents. Effective as of the date hereof, the Securities Exchange Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents are hereby amended as follows (and any such agreements, covenants and related provisions therein shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis, amended as such):

 

(i) The defined term “Notes” is hereby amended to include the New Note and the New Warrant (as defined herein and as defined pursuant to each Other Agreement, if any).

 

(ii) The defined term “Conversion Shares” is hereby amended to include the New Underlying Shares and the Exchange Shares (as defined herein and as defined pursuant to each Other Agreement, if any).

 

(iii) The defined term “Transaction Documents” is hereby amended to include this Agreement and each Other Agreement, if any.

 

(iv) Section 4(s) of the Securities Exchange Agreement is hereby amended to replace “January 31, 2020” with “March 15, 2020”.

 

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3.                  Company Representations and Warranties. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules attached to the Securities Exchange Agreement or the Supplemental Disclosure Schedules attached hereto as Exhibit D (collectively, the “Disclosure Schedules”), and after taking into account the provisions of Section 2 above, the Company re-affirms to the Holder the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of the Securities Exchange Agreement, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. In addition, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, the Company represents and warrants to the Holder that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

 

3.1              Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and 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. Each of 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 or any Subsidiary, individually or taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Exchange Documents or any other agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform any of their respective obligations under any of the Exchange Documents. Other than the Persons (as defined below) set forth in Exhibit 21.01 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the Company has no Subsidiaries. “Subsidiaries” means any Person that would be a “significant subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “Subsidiary.” For purposes of this Agreement, (x) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and any Governmental Entity or any department or agency thereof and (y) “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 quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national 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.

 

3.2              Authorization and Binding Obligation. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the New Note and the New Warrant and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Documents and to consummate the Transaction (including, without limitation, the granting of the Right hereunder and the issuance of the New Primary Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof). As of the Closing Date, the execution and delivery of the Exchange Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the granting of the Right hereunder, the issuance of the New Primary Securities and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the New Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Right, the New Note and the New Warrant, will have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) and no further filing, consent, or authorization will be required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement has been and, as of the Closing Date, the other Exchange Documents will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute or will constitute, as applicable, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their 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 laws.

 

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3.3              No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of the Exchange Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the granting of the Right hereunder and the issuance of the New Primary Securities and reservation for issuance and issuance of the New Underlying Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) or any other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws (as defined below) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (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 Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the Required Consents (as defined below), or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the “Principal Market”) and including all applicable federal laws, rules and regulations) 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 clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.4              No Consents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4 (the “Required Consents”), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than such filings as may be required by any federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations), any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by the Exchange 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 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 Exchange Documents.

 

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3.5              Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Holder contained herein, the offer and issuance by the Company of the New Securities is exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) thereof.

 

3.6              Status of Existing Note; Issuance of New Securities.

 

(a)               The Existing Note is a bona fide outstanding senior convertible note owed by the Company to the Holder, and the outstanding obligations thereunder arose in the ordinary course of business, for money either (x) loaned to the Company by the Holder or (y) due and payable to the Holder for services rendered pursuant to a written agreement, by and between the Holder and the Company (and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries), in each case, in good faith. There has been no modification, compromise, forbearance, or waiver entered into or given with respect to the Existing Note or the Transaction Documents. The Company has no knowledge that the Existing Note is subject to dispute and to the knowledge of the Company there is no action based on the Existing Note that is currently pending in any court or other legal venue and to the knowledge of the Company no judgments based upon the Existing Note have been previously entered in any legal proceeding. The Company has not received any written notice from the Holder or any other person challenging or disputing the Existing Note, or any portion thereof, and the Company is unconditionally obligated to pay the entire aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Existing Note (and any accrued and unpaid interest thereunder) without defense, counterclaim or offset.

 

(b)               As of the Closing Date, the granting of the Right hereunder and the issuance of the New Primary Securities will be duly authorized and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Documents shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all Liens (as defined in the New Note). Upon issuance upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, in accordance with the Right, the New Note or the New Warrant, the New Underlying Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all Liens with respect to the issue thereof, with the Holder being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. By virtue of Rule 3(a)(9) under the Securities Act, the New Primary Securities will have a Rule 144 holding period that will be deemed to have commenced as of December 10, 2018, the date of the original issuance by the Company of the senior convertible note for which the Existing Note was exchanged pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement. Assuming the Holder is not an affiliate of the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, neither the New Primary Securities nor the New Underlying Shares shall be required to bear any restrictive legend and, upon any conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Right, the New Note or the New Warrant, the New Underlying Shares shall be freely tradeable by the Holder pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”).

 

3.7              Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all share transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the granting of the Right or the issuance of the New Primary Securities to be exchanged with the Holder hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

 

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3.8              Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate 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, Certificate of Incorporation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material 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 possible violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth in the reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), during the two (2) years prior to the date hereof (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 is not in material 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. Except as set forth in SEC Documents, during the two years 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) except as set forth in the SEC Documents, 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. 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, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary 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.

 

3.9              Transactions With Affiliates. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, none of the officers or directors of the Company or its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors) required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.

 

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3.10          Equity Capitalization.

 

(a)         Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the SEC Documents (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements, employee benefit or equity incentive plans referred to in the SEC Documents or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities, warrants or options referred to in the SEC Documents). As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized share capital not less than thirty nine million six hundred thousand (39,600,000) shares of Common Stock, with [__] ([__]) of such shares of Common Stock reserved with respect to the Holder.

 

(b)         Valid Issuance; Available Shares; Affiliates. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The SEC Documents accurately set forth, as of the dates referred to therein, the number of shares of Common Stock that are (A) reserved for issuance pursuant to Convertible Securities (as defined below) (other than the Right, the New Note and the New Warrant) and (B) that are, as of the date referred to therein, owned by Persons who are “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act and calculated based on the assumption that only officers, directors and holders of at least 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock are “affiliates” without conceding that any such Persons are “affiliates” for purposes of federal securities laws) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. “Convertible Securities” means any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock) or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(c)         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 Securities Act; (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; and (E) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. There are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the New Securities.

 

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(d)         Organizational Documents. True, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s Restated Bylaws, 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, are set forth in, or filed as exhibits to, the SEC Documents.

 

3.11          Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, (i) except as disclosed in the SEC documents, has any outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound, (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Existing Note, any other senior convertible note of the same series, and the Securities Exchange Agreement), or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

3.12          Litigation. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, there is no action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding, whether commenced or threatened, before any court, governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, (i) materially adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, the Exchange Documents or (ii) have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any injunction, judgment, decree or order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental agency or body that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.13          No Consideration Paid. No consideration, commission or other remuneration has been paid by the Holder to the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their agents or affiliates in connection with the Exchange.

 

3.14          Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Holder or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Exchange Documents. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

4.                  Holder’s Representations and Warranties. As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement and consummate the Exchange, the Holder hereby represents and warrants with and to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

 

4.1       Reliance on Exemptions. The Holder understands that the New Securities are being offered and exchanged 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 Holder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Holder set forth herein and in the other Exchange Documents in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Holder to acquire the New Securities.

 

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

 

4.3       Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement and the other Exchange Documents to which the Holder is a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Holder and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Holder enforceable against the Holder in accordance with their respective 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.

 

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4.4       No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Holder of this Agreement and the other Exchange Documents to which the Holder is a party, and the consummation by the Holder of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Holder or (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 Holder 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 Holder, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Holder to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

4.5       Investment Risk; Sophistication. The Holder is acquiring the New Primary Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. The Holder has such knowledge, sophistication, and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluation of the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the New Primary Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risk of such investment. The Holder is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

4.6       Ownership of Existing Note. The Holder owns the Existing Note free and clear of any Liens (other than the obligations pursuant to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, applicable securities laws, or any bona fide margin agreement that does not impair the Holder’s ability to deliver the Existing Note to the Company free and clear of any Liens) and has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Exchange Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the Transaction.

 

5.                  Closing; Conditions. Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Exchange shall take place at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 885 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022, on the Business Day immediately following such date as the Company shall have satisfied all conditions to closing below, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Holder mutually agree (the “Closing” and the “Closing Date”).

 

5.1.       Condition’s to Investor’s Obligations. The obligation of the Holder to consummate the Exchange is subject to the fulfillment, to the Holder’s reasonable satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of each of the following conditions (unless waived by the Holder in writing, prior to the Closing):

 

(a)       Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and the Securities Exchange Agreement shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of such date (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which are accurate as of such specified date). The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Holder shall have received a certificate, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Holder in the form acceptable to the Holder.

 

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(b)       Issuance of Securities. At the Closing, the Company shall issue to the Holder the New Primary Securities in accordance with Section 1 hereof.

 

(c)       No Actions. No action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any court, governmental agency or authority or legislative body to enjoin, restrain, prohibit or obtain substantial damages in respect of, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(d)       Proceedings and Documents. All proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Holder, and the Holder shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may reasonably request.

 

(e)       No Event of Default. No Event of Default (as defined in the New Note) or event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(f)       Consents. The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals (or waiver of such consents or approvals), if any, necessary for the Exchange, including without limitation, those required by the Principal Market, if any, and the Required Consents.

 

(g)       Listing. The Common Stock (A) shall be designated for quotation or listed (as applicable) on the Principal Market and (B) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (I) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (II) by falling below the minimum maintenance requirements of the Principal Market. The Company shall have obtained approval of the Principal Market to list or designate for quotation (as the case may be) the Conversion Shares, including the New Underlying Shares and the Exchange Shares.

 

(h)       Opinion. The Holder shall have received the opinion of Fenwick & West LLP, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form acceptable to the Holder.

 

(i)       Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall have delivered to the Holder a revised version of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form acceptable to the Holder, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent.

 

(j)       Certificate of Good Standing. The Company shall have delivered to the Holder a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company in Delaware issued by the Delaware Secretary of State as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

 

(k)       Certificate of Incorporation. The Company shall have delivered to the Holder a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation, as currently in effect, certified by the Delaware Secretary of State.

 

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(l)       Secretary's Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Holder a certificate, in the form acceptable to the Holder, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3.2 hereof as adopted by the Company’s board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable to the Holder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and (iii) the Bylaws of the Company, each as in effect at the Closing.

 

(m)       Voting Agreements. The Company shall have delivered to the Holder revised executed copies of the Voting Agreements executed by stockholders of the Company representing Beneficial Ownership (as defined in the Voting Agreements) of no less than 29% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Holder.

 

(n)       Legal Fees. The Company shall have paid the outstanding legal fees of Latham & Watkins LLP with respect to the preparation, negotiation and delivery of the Securities Exchange Agreement (and the attachments thereto), the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the alleged default by the Company under the Existing Note.

 

(o)       No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)       Other Agreements. All conditions to closing contained in the Other Agreements shall have been satisfied or waived.

 

(q)       Forbearance of Indebtedness. The Company shall have provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Holder that (i) the Aprinnova Note originally issued on August 1, 2019 and originally due on October 1, 2019 in the principal amount of $800,000 (as amended) and (ii) all Indebtedness of the Company which has any payments of interest or principal due or payable during the period from November 15, 2019 through January 31, 2020 (other than up to one million ($1,000,000) in interest payments under instruments with DSM Finance B.V.), shall have been extended or deferred, including through amendments, waivers or forbearance agreements, such that all such payments shall not be due or payable until on or after January 31, 2020.

 

(r)       Holder Requests. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall have delivered to the Holder such other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Holder or its counsel may reasonably request.

 

5.2.       Condition’s to the Company’s Obligations. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Exchange is subject to the fulfillment, to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of each of the following conditions (unless waived by the Company in writing, prior to the Closing):

 

(a)       Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Holder contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of such date (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which are accurate as of such specified date).

 

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(b)       No Actions. No action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any court, governmental agency or authority or legislative body to enjoin, restrain, prohibit, or obtain substantial damages in respect of, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c)       Exchange Documents. The Holder shall have executed each of the Exchange Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

 

6.                  No Integration. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, or any Person acting on their behalf shall, directly or indirectly, make any offers or sales of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) or solicit any offers to buy any security or take any other actions, under circumstances that would require registration of any of the New Underlying Shares or the Exchange Shares under the Securities Act or cause this offering of the New Underlying Shares and the Exchange Shares to be integrated with such offering or any prior offerings by the Company for purposes of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

7.                  Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as applicable) of all of the New Underlying Shares and the Exchange Shares upon the Principal Market (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing of all of the New Underlying Shares and the Exchange Shares from time to time issuable under the terms of the Exchange Documents. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s authorization for quotation on the Principal Market. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 7.

 

8.                  Fees. The Company shall promptly reimburse Latham & Watkins LLP (counsel to the Holder), on demand, for all reasonable, documented costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with preparing and delivering this Agreement (including, without limitation, all reasonable, documented legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith, and due diligence in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $40,000.

 

9.                  Holding Period. For the purposes of Rule 144, the Company acknowledges that the holding period of the New Primary Securities (and upon conversion or cashless exercise, as applicable, of the Right, the New Note or the New Warrant, the New Underlying Shares) shall be tacked onto the holding period of the Existing Note, and the Company agrees not to take a position contrary to this Section 9. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (assuming the Holder is not an affiliate of the Company) (i) upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Right, the New Note or the New Warrant (assuming a cashless exercise of the New Warrant, with respect to any New Warrant Shares), the New Underlying Shares will be eligible to be resold pursuant to Rule 144 and, unless the Holder is an affiliate of the Company, the Company will provide any required opinion of the Company’s counsel that such New Underlying Shares will be free from any legends, (ii) the Company is not aware of any event reasonably likely to occur that would reasonably be expected to result in the New Underlying Shares (assuming a cashless exercise of the New Warrant, with respect to any New Warrant Shares) becoming ineligible to be resold by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144 and (iii) in connection with any resale of New Underlying Shares (assuming a cashless exercise of the New Warrant, with respect to any New Warrant Shares) pursuant to Rule 144, the Company will provide any required opinion of the Company’s counsel that such New Underlying Shares are Freely Tradable (as defined in the New Note) and no legal opinion of counsel for the Holder shall be required. The Company shall be responsible for any transfer agent fees or DTC fees or legal fees of the Company’s counsel with respect to the removal of legends, if any, or issuance of New Underlying Shares in accordance herewith.

 

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10.              Blue Sky. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the Exchange required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the date hereof, if any.

 

11.              Disclosure of Transaction.

 

(a)       On or before 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the day of this Agreement, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Documents in the form required by the Exchange Act and attaching this Agreement and the forms of the New Primary Securities (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company shall have disclosed all material, non-public information (if any) provided to the Holder 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 Exchange 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 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 the Holder or any of its affiliates, on the other hand, relating to the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Documents, shall terminate.

 

(b)       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 Holder with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date hereof without the express prior written consent of the Holder (which may be granted or withheld in the Holder’s sole discretion). To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to the Holder without the Holder’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality with respect to such material, non-public information. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor the Holder shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Holder, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations. Without the prior written consent of the Holder (which may be granted or withheld in the Holder’s sole discretion), the Company shall not (and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and affiliates to not) disclose the name of the Holder in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise, except as required by applicable law or regulation. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that from the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Holder shall not have (unless expressly agreed to by the Holder after the date hereof in a written definitive and binding agreement executed by the Company and the Holder), any duty of confidentiality with respect to any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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12.              Notices to Holder. All notices to the Holder pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement or the New Primary Securities shall be delivered in accordance with the notice instructions set forth on the signature page of the Holder attached hereto (or such other instructions delivered in writing to the Company by the Holder from time to time).

 

13.              Termination. If the Transaction is not consummated on or prior to January 7, 2020, the Holder may terminate this Agreement by written notice to the Company and this Agreement shall thereafter be null and void, ab initio.

 

14.              Independent Nature of Holder’s Obligations and Rights. The obligations of the Holder under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Holder, and the Holder shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Holder under any Other Agreement. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Agreement, and no action taken by the Holder pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holder and Other Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holder and Other Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Other Agreement and the Company acknowledges that, to the best of its knowledge, the Holder and the Other Holders are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Other Agreement. The decision of the Holder and each Other Holder to purchase New Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by the Holder and such Other Holders independently of any other Holder. The Holder acknowledges that no Other Holder has acted as agent for the Holder in connection with the Holder making its investment hereunder and that no Other Holder will be acting as agent of the Holder in connection with monitoring the Holder’s investment in the New Securities or enforcing its rights under the Exchange Documents. The Company and the Holder confirm that the Holder has independently participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. The Holder shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

15.              Most Favored Nations. The Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and covenants and agrees that none of the terms offered to any Other Holder with respect to any exchange of Notes, including, without limitation with respect to any consent, release, amendment, settlement, or waiver relating to any exchange of Notes (each an “Settlement Document”), is or will be more favorable to such Person (other than any reimbursement of legal fees) than those of the Holder and this Agreement. If, and whenever on or after the date hereof, the Company enters into a Settlement Document, then (i) the Company shall provide notice thereof to the Holder immediately following the occurrence thereof and (ii) the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be, without any further action by the Holder or the Company, automatically amended and modified in an economically and legally equivalent manner such that the Holder shall receive the benefit of the more favorable terms and/or conditions (as the case may be) set forth in such Settlement Document, provided that upon written notice to the Company at any time the Holder may elect not to accept the benefit of any such amended or modified term or condition, in which event the term or condition contained in this Agreement shall apply to the Holder as it was in effect immediately prior to such amendment or modification as if such amendment or modification never occurred with respect to the Holder. The provisions of this Section 15 shall apply similarly and equally to each Settlement Document.

 

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16.              Right to Issue Shares.

 

(a)               General. In the Exchange, the Company shall issue the Holder the Right to receive the Right Shares in accordance with Section 1 hereof, which Right shall have such terms and conditions as set forth in this Section 16. The Company and the Holder hereby agree that no additional cash consideration is payable in connection with the issuance of the Right or the exercise of the Right.

 

(b)               Exercise of Right of Issuance of Shares. Subject to the terms hereof, the exercise of the Right may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the date hereof by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed PDF copy of the Notice of Issuance Form annexed hereto as Exhibit C (each, a “Notice of Issuance”, and the corresponding date thereof, the “Exercise Date”). Partial exercises of the Right resulting in issuances of a portion of the total number of Right Shares available thereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Right Shares issuable thereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Right Shares issued. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Right Shares issued and the date of such issuances. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Issuance Form within one (1) Trading Day (as defined in the New Note) of receipt of such notice. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following each exercise of the Right issued hereunder and the issuance of a portion of the Right Shares pursuant thereto, the number of Right Shares available for issuance pursuant to the Right issued hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated in the recitals hereof.

 

(c)               Delivery of Right Shares. The Right Shares issued hereunder shall be transmitted through the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with DTC through its DWAC system if the Company is then a participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Issuance by the date that is two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Issuance (such date, the “Share Delivery Deadline”). The Right Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Right has been exercised.

 

(d)               Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Right Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Issuance.

 

(e)               Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period the Right is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Right Shares upon the exercise of the Right. The Company further covenants that its issuance of the Right shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Right Shares upon the due exercise of the Right. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Right Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Principal Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Right Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the Right will, upon exercise of the Right, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, Liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

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

 

(g)               Authorizations. Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Right Shares for which the Right provides for, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(h)               Limitations on Exercise.

 

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1.                  Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The Company shall not effect any exercise of the Right, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of the Right pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties (as defined below) would beneficially own in excess of four and ninety nine hundredths percent (4.99%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise (the “Beneficial Ownership Limit”); provided, however, that this Section 16(h) will not apply to any Holder that is subject to Section 16(a) or (b) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company by virtue of being deemed to be a “director” or “officer” of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 16(h), upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limit to any other percentage not in excess of nine and ninety nine hundredths percent (9.99%) as specified in such notice; provided that any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limit will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) calendar day after the delivery of such written notice. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Right issued hereunder with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of the Right beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 16(h). For purposes of this Section 16(h) beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of the Right without exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limit, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). If the Company receives a Notice of Issuance from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Notice of Issuance would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 16(h), to exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limit, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to such Notice of Issuance. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Right, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of the Right results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Beneficial Ownership Limit of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Beneficial Ownership Limit (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limit to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limit will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of a Right that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Right hereunder in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limit shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act. No prior inability to exercise any Right pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 16(h) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph (or any portion of this paragraph) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 16(h) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of Right. For the purpose of this Agreement: (x) “Attribution Parties” means any other Person whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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2.                  Stock Exchange Limitation. Until the Requisite Stockholder Approval (as defined in the New Note) is obtained, in no event will the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Right, when aggregated with the Exchange Shares, any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the New Warrant and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the New Note or otherwise pursuant to the New Note, exceed [__] [NTD: to be a prorated proportion of 17,202,404 shares based on total amount of New Notes issued] shares in the aggregate (or such higher number as set forth in Section 8(j)(ii) of the New Note). If, after February 1, 2020, any one or more shares of Common Stock are not delivered upon exercise of the Right as a result of the operation of the preceding sentence (such shares, the “Withheld Shares”), then (1) on the Share Delivery Deadline for such exercise, the Company will pay to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of such Withheld Shares; and (y) the Daily VWAP (as defined in the New Note) per share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date for such exercise; and (2) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in settlement of a sale by the Holder of such Withheld Shares, the Company will reimburse the Holder for (x) any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection with such purchases and (y) the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate purchase price of such purchases over (B) the product of (I) the number of such Withheld Shares purchased by the Holder; and (II) the Daily VWAP on the Exercise Date for such exercise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(i)                 Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of the Right, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(j)                 Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while the Right exists: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the number of Right Shares issuable upon exercise of the Right shall be proportionately adjusted. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16(j) shall become effective immediately upon the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution (provided that if the declaration of such dividend or distribution is rescinded or otherwise cancelled, then such adjustment shall be reversed upon notice to the Holder of the termination of such proposed declaration or distribution as to any unexercised portion of the Right at the time of such rescission or cancellation) and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

(k)               Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Right Shares. If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline, either (x) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, (y) if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of a Right (a “Delivery Failure”), and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock corresponding to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Company and has not received from the Company in connection with such Delivery Failure (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either: (I) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of the Right hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (II) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of Right hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (x) such number of shares of Common Stock multiplied by (y) the lowest Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day (as defined in the New Note) during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Notice of Issuance and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (II). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of the Right as required pursuant to the terms hereof. All determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions during such period.

 

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(l)                 Subsequent Rights Offerings. Except with respect to any adjustments pursuant to Section 16(j) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any convertible securities, options or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record Holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of the Rights (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limit) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record Holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limit, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limit).

 

(m)             Fundamental Change. If, at any time while the Right remains outstanding, a Fundamental Change (as defined in the New Note) occurs, then, upon any subsequent exercise of the Right, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Right Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Change, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 16(h) on the exercise of the Right), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration receivable as a result of such Fundamental Change by the Holder of one share of Common Stock. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Change, the any successor entity in a Fundamental Change in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Change, the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

(n)               Notice to Allow Exercise of Right. If at any time while the Right remains outstanding, (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries contained in such notice with the SEC pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise the Right during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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(o)               No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. The Right does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof.

 

(p)               Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, the Right and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon written assignment substantially duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer of this Agreement delivered to the principal office of the Company or its designated agent. Upon such assignment and, if required, such payment, the Company shall enter into a new agreement with the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and this Agreement shall promptly be cancelled. The Right, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new Holder for the issue of Right Shares without having a new agreement executed.

 

17.              Miscellaneous Provisions. Section 9 of the Securities Exchange Agreement (as amended hereby) is hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Holder and the Company have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

AMYRIS, INC.

 

 

By: __________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Holder and the Company have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

Principal Amount of Existing Note Outstanding:

$[______]             

 

Outstanding Interest on Existing Note:

$[______]            

 

Principal Amount of New Note:

$[______]            

 

Number of Right Shares:

 

[________]            

 

Number of New Warrant Shares:

 

[________]            

 

Number of Exchange Shares:

[________]            

 

Amount of Cash Consideration:

 

$[________]            

 

Delivery instructions for New Note:

 

[____________]

 

Delivery instructions for Exchange Shares:

 

[____________]

HOLDER:

 

 

[____________]

 

 

By: ______________________

Name:
Title:


Address for Notices:

 

[__________]

Attention: [_________]
Facsimile: [__________]
E-mail: [________]

 

with a copy (for information purposes only) to:

 

[_________]
Telephone: [________]
Facsimile: [________]
Attention: [_________]
E-mail: [__________]