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): November 7, 2019
VENUS CONCEPT INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-38238 | 06-1681204 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
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(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
235 Yorkland Blvd, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Y8
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code (800) 848-8430
Restoration Robotic, Inc.
128 Baytech Drive
San Jose, California 95134
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | VERO | The Nasdaq Global Market |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Securities Purchase Agreement
On November 3, 2019, Venus Concept Inc., a Delaware corporation, (formerly known as Restoration Robotics, Inc.) (the Company) and Venus Concept Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel (Venus), entered into a securities purchase agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with certain investors named therein (collectively, the Investors) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investors in a private placement an aggregate of approximately 112 million shares (the Shares) of the Companys common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock), and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of approximately 56 million shares (the Warrant Shares) of the Companys common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share (the 2019 Warrants and, together with the Shares and the Warrant Shares, the Securities) immediately following the closing of the Merger (as defined below) (the Concurrent Financing). The aggregate purchase price for the Securities sold in the Concurrent Financing was approximately $28 million.
The Purchase Agreement includes representations, warranties, and covenants customary for a transaction of this type. In addition, the Company agreed to indemnify the Investors from liabilities relating to the Companys breach of any of the representations, warranties and covenants in the Purchase Agreement. The Securities were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with the Investors pursuant to which the Company is required, among other things, to file a registration statement with respect to the Shares and Warrant Shares held by such Investors with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) within 90 days following the closing of the Concurrent Financing. The Registration Rights Agreement contains customary terms and conditions for a transaction of this type.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Amendment and the 2019 Warrants is not complete and is subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the 2019 Warrants, respectively, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Madryn Credit Agreement Guaranty
On October 11, 2016, Venus and its subsidiaries, Venus Concept USA, Inc. and Venus Concept Canada Corp. (collectively, the Loan Parties), entered into a loan agreement with Madryn Health Partners, LP, as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent) and certain of its affiliates, as lenders (collectively, Madryn), which was amended on August 14, 2018 (as amended, the Madryn Credit Agreement). The Madryn Credit Agreement originally was comprised of three committed tranches and one uncommitted tranche of debt totaling $70.0 million. The term A-1 commitment is $35.0 million, the term A-2 commitment is $15.0 million and the term B commitment is $10.0 million and the uncommitted term C was $10.0 million which expired on September 30, 2019. As of September 30, 2019, Venus had $60.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Madryn Credit Agreement. The borrowings under the Madryn Credit Agreement bear interest of 9.0%, payable quarterly. The borrowings under the Madryn Credit Agreement are collateralized by substantially all the assets of Venus and certain of its subsidiaries and are subject to certain revenue and liquidity covenants. The aggregate outstanding principal amount of the loans under the Madryn Credit Agreement, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other amounts due and owing under the loan agreement will become due and payable in full on December 31, 2022.
In connection with the Merger, the Company, as the direct or indirect parent of the Loan Parties, entered into an amendment to the Madryn Credit Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2019 (the Amendment), pursuant to which the Company was joined as a (i) guarantor to the Madryn Credit Agreement and (ii) grantor to that certain Security Agreement, dated October 11, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the grantors from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent (the U.S. Security Agreement).
As a guarantor under the Madryn Credit Agreement, the Company is jointly and severally liable for the Obligations (as defined in the Madryn Credit Agreement) thereunder and to secure its obligations thereunder, the Company has granted the Administrative Agent a lien on all of its assets pursuant to the terms of the U.S. Security Agreement. In the event of default under the Madryn Credit Agreement, Madryn may accelerate the Obligations and foreclose on the collateral granted by the Company under the U.S. Security Agreement to satisfy the Obligations.
The foregoing description of the Madryn Credit Agreement, the U.S. Security Agreement, all amendments to the Madryn Credit Agreement, the Amendment and the Madryn Warrants contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Madryn Credit Agreement, the Amendment, the U.S. Security Agreement and the Joinder Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
As previously disclosed on the Companys Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2019, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement on June 25, 2019 with Venus and certain investors named therein (the Note Investors). In connection with the completion of the Merger, the Company and the Note Investors entered into a registration rights agreement (the Note Registration Rights Agreement) which contains customary terms and conditions for a transaction of this type.
The foregoing description of the Note Registration Rights Amendment is not complete and is subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the Note Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which are attached as Exhibits 10.15 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 7, 2019, the Company paid off and terminated its obligations under its Loan and Security Agreement entered into as of May 10, 2018, as amended (the Loan Agreement), with Solar Capital Ltd. (Solar) and certain other lenders (together, the Lenders) under the Loan Agreement. The payoff to Solar and the Lenders pursuant to the Loan Agreement consisted of cash and warrants to purchase up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock, post Reverse Stock Split, at an exercise price of $6.00 per share (the Solar Warrants).
The foregoing description of the Solar Warrants issued to Solar and the Lenders contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Solar Warrant, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The Company (formerly named Restoration Robotics, Inc.), completed its business combination with Venus, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of March 15, 2019, as amended from time to time (the Merger Agreement), by and among the Company, Venus and Radiant Merger Sub Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub). Under the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Venus, with Venus surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the Merger). The Merger became effective on November 7, 2019.
At the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding ordinary and preferred share of Venus, nominal value of New Israeli Shekels 0.001 each (a Venus Share), other than shares held by Venus as treasury stock or held by the Company or Merger Sub, were converted into the right to receive 8.6506 (the Exchange Ratio) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (a Company Share), and (ii) each outstanding Venus stock option and warrant was assumed by the Company and converted into and become an option or warrant (as applicable) exercisable for Company Shares with the number and exercise price adjusted by the Exchange Ratio. An aggregate of approximately 212.5 million shares of Common Stock was issued to the Venus shareholders in the Merger on a pre split basis, which does not include approximately 49.6 million shares underlying outstanding options and warrants. Immediately after the effective time of the Merger, and after giving effect to the conversion of all Venus convertible notes and Restoration Robotics convertible notes and the issuance of Common Stock and Warrants in the Concurrent Financing, there were approximately 29.7 million shares of Common Stock outstanding.
Immediately following the effective time of the Merger, the Company effected a 15-for-1 reverse stock split of the common stock (the Reverse Stock Split) and the Company changed its corporate name from Restoration Robotics, Inc. to Venus Concept Inc. (the Name Change), and the business conducted by Venus became the primary business conducted by the Company. Venus is an innovative global medical technology company that develops, commercializes and delivers minimally invasive and non-invasive medical aesthetic technologies and related practice enhancement services.
The Merger, the Reverse Stock Split and the Name Change were approved by the Companys stockholders at an annual meeting of its stockholders held on October 4, 2019 (the Annual Meeting).
The issuance of the shares of Common Stock to the former shareholders of Venus was registered with the SEC on a registration statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-232000), which was declared effective on September 10, 2019 (the Registration Statement). The Merger and additional related proposals were submitted to a vote of the Companys stockholders pursuant to a proxy statement/prospectus statement dated September 10, 2019 (the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement).
The shares of Common Stock listed on the Nasdaq Global Market traded through the close of business on November 7, 2019 under the ticker symbol HAIR and commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol VERO on a post-Reverse Stock Split basis on November 8, 2019. The common stock has a new CUSIP number, which is 92332W 105.
The foregoing description of the Merger and Merger Agreement is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2019 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On November 7, 2019, the Company announced preliminary revenue for Venus quarter ended September 30, 2019. Venus preliminary revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 is expected in the range of $25.8 million to $26.2 million, up 1% to 2%, as compared to $25.6 million in the third quarter of 2018.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, Venus preliminary revenue is expected in the range of $78.2 million to $78.6 million, up 6% compared to $74.0 million in the first nine months of 2018.
On November 7, 2019, the Company also announced preliminary revenue for Restoration Robotics quarter ended September 30, 2019. Restoration Robotics preliminary revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 is expected in the range of $2.9 million to $3.3 million, down 31% to 40%, as compared to $4.8 million in the third quarter of 2018.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, Restoration Robotics preliminary revenue is expected in the range of $11.2 million to $11.6 million, down 24% to 27% compared to $15.3 million in the first nine months of 2018.
Venus is a private company and its shares were not publicly traded prior to the merger. Venus. has not historically reported quarterly financial results. The financial information provided for Venus and Restoration Robotics third quarter results is preliminary and subject to change and actual reported results could differ from the results set forth herein.
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 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The information contained in Item 1.01 under the heading Securities Purchase Agreement of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01. The information set forth in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(a) Resignation of Directors
In accordance with the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, each of Jeffrey Bird, Greg Kilman, Shelly Thunen, Keith Sullivan, Craig Taylor and Ryan Rhodes resigned from the Companys board of directors and any respective committees of the Companys board of directors on which they served. The resignations were not the result of any disagreements with the Company relating to the Companys operations, policies or practices.
(b) Resignation of Executive Officers
In accordance with the Merger Agreement, and, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, each of Ryan Rhodes, the Companys President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Hair, the Companys Chief Financial Officer, and Gregory Anderson, the Companys Vice President of Market Development, resigned as an officer of the Company.
(c) Appointment of New Executive Officers
The board of directors of the Company appointed, effective as of the effective time of the Merger, Domenic Serafino, as the Companys Chief Executive Officer, Domenic Della Penna, as the Companys Chief Financial Officer, and Søren Maor Sinay, as the Companys Chief Operating Officer. There are no family relationships among any of the Companys newly appointed directors and executive officers.
Domenic Serafino
Domenic Serafino, 59, has served as Venus Chief Executive Officer since June 2010 and as Chairman of its board of directors since May 2014. Before joining Venus, Mr. Serafino served as President of Syneron Medical Ltd. from 2001 to 2007, during which time Syneron completed its initial public offering in the United States. Prior to Syneron, from 1995 to 2001, he served as a partner and President and Chief Operating Officer of Sigmacon Group. Mr. Serafino also serves on the board of directors of Klox Technologies Inc. since October 2019, Titan Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:TMDI) since September 2018, FB Dermatology since October 2018 and Scientus Pharma Inc. since October 2013. Mr. Serafino is also a member of the board of directors of Venus subsidiaries in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Israel, Shanghai, where he is the chairman of the board, United Kingdom, Argentina, Mexico, where he is also the President, South Africa, Canada, Italy, Japan, the United States and South Korea. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and President of Venus subsidiary in France, the Legal Representative of the subsidiary of Shanghai, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the subsidiary in Canada, the President and the Representative Director of the subsidiary in South Korea. Mr. Serafino earned a degree in Business Administration from Centennial College.
Mr. Serafino is also the Chief Executive Officer of Venus, the Companys wholly-owned subsidiary. In connection with his employment, Mr. Serafino executed an employment agreement with Venus, effective November 1, 2010, which has been subsequently replaced by an employment agreement, effective January 1, 2016.
The terms of his current employment agreement provide for an annual base salary of $500,000. Mr. Serafinos employment agreement provides for an undefined term. Pursuant to Mr. Serafinos employment agreement, he is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus with a target of 75% of his annual base salary, based upon achievement of annual performance targets. Mr. Serafino is also eligible to receive other customary benefits as are set forth under the caption Named Executive Officer CompensationSummary Compensation Table in the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
Mr. Serafinos employment agreement includes a non-competition and non-solicitation clause, which continue for twelve months in the case of termination by Venus without cause or resignation, in either case, not during a Change in Control Period (the period beginning three months prior to and ending twelve months following a Change in Control) and for 24 months in the case of termination during a Change in Control Period or a termination for cause. Pursuant to Mr. Serafinos employment agreement, upon termination of employment by Venus for cause, Mr. Serafino will not be eligible to receive any payments from Venus.
Under Mr. Serafinos employment agreement, in the event his employment with Venus is terminated by it for any reason other than cause or if Mr. Serafino resigns for good reason, in either case outside of a Change in Control Period, Mr. Serafino will receive the following: (i) a lump sum payment of twelve months of his then base salary; (ii) a one time annual performance bonus assuming achievement of applicable performance goals at target, as in effect as of Mr. Serafinos termination date; and (iii) continued participation in Venus group benefits plans, commencing on the termination date through the earlier of (a) the last day of the twelfth calendar month following the date of termination, and (b) the date Mr. Serafino becomes eligible for similar coverage under another employers plan.
Under Mr. Serafinos employment agreement, in the event his employment is terminated by Venus for any reason other than cause or if Mr. Serafino resigns for good reason during a Change in Control Period, Mr. Serafino will receive the following: (i) a lump sum payment of two times twelve months of his then base salary; (ii) one and one-half times his annual performance bonus assuming achievement of the applicable performance goals at target, as in effect as of Mr. Serafinos termination date; (iii) continued participation in Venus group benefits plans, commencing on the termination date through to the earlier of (a) the last day of the twelfth calendar month following the date of termination and (b) the date Mr. Serafino becomes eligible for similar coverage under another employers plan; and (iv) Mr. Serafinos outstanding equity award, including and without limitation, each stock option and restricted stock award held by Mr. Serafino will automatically vest and if applicable become exercisable and any forfeiture or rights of repurchase thereon shall immediately lapse with respect to all of the then-unvested shares.
For purposes of Mr. Serafinos employment agreement, Change in Control means the occurrence in a single transaction or a series of transactions of any one or more of the following events: (i) transaction or series of transactions whereby any person or related group of persons directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership of securities of Venus possessing more than fifty percent of the total combined voting power after such acquisition; (ii) the consummation by Venus of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination or sales or other disposition of all or substantially all Venus assets in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than a transaction which results in Venus voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the successor entitys outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and after which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing fifty percent or more of the combined voting power of the successor entity, unless solely as a result of the voting power held in Venus prior to the consummation of the transaction.
For purposes of Mr. Serafinos employment agreement, good reason means Mr. Serafinos right to resign from employment with Venus after providing written notice to Venus sixty days after one or more of the following occurs without his consent, if such event remains uncured for thirty days after notice: (i) material reduction in his authority, duties and responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer; (ii) a material reduction in his base salary; or (iii) the failure of any entity that acquires all or substantially all assets in a Change in Control to assume Venus obligation under his employment agreement.
For purposes of Mr. Serafinos employment agreement cause means: (i) theft or falsification of any employment or Venus records committed by him that is not trivial in nature; (ii) malicious or willful, reckless disclosure by him of Venus confidential or proprietary information; (iii) commission by him of any immoral or illegal act or any gross or willful misconduct, where a majority of the non-employee members of Venus board of directors reasonably determines that such act or misconduct has (A) seriously undermined the ability of Venus board of directors to entrust him with important matters or otherwise work effectively with him, (B) contributed to Venus loss of significant revenues or business opportunities, and/or (C) significantly and detrimentally affected the business or reputation of Venus or any of its subsidiaries; and/or (iv) the willful failure or refusal by Mr. Serafino to follow the reasonable and lawful directives of Venus board of directors, provided such failure or refusal continues after his receipt of reasonable notice in writing of such failure or refusal and an opportunity of not less than thirty days to correct the problem. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no act, or failure to act, on his part shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by him without a good faith belief that his action or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of Venus.
The description of Mr. Serafinos employment agreement is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to his employment agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.16 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Domenic Della Penna
Domenic Della Penna, 58, has served as Venus Chief Financial Officer since September 2017. Prior to joining Venus, Mr. Della Penna served as Chief Financial Officer of Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. (NASDAQ:IPCI; and TSX:IPCI) from November 2014 to September 2017 and as Chief Financial Officer of Teva Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd (NYSE:TEVA), from December 2010 to September 2014. Mr. Della Penna is a C.A., CPA and holds a BBA and MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University (Toronto).
Mr. Della Penna is also the Chief Financial Officer of Venus, the Companys wholly-owned subsidiary. In connection with such employment, Mr. Della Penna executed an employment agreement with Venus, effective September 5, 2017.
The terms of his current employment agreement provide for an initial annual base salary of $350,000 Canadian dollars, which was increased to $390,000 Canadian dollars, effective April 1, 2019. Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement provides for an undefined term. Pursuant to Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement, he is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus with a target of 50% of his annual base salary, based upon achievement of annual performance targets. Mr. Della Penna is also eligible to receive other customary benefits as are set forth under the caption Named Executive Officer CompensationSummary Compensation Table in the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. As part of his agreement, Mr. Della Penna received 200,000 stock options of Venus at a strike price of $4.00, with 50,000 vesting on the twelfth month anniversary from start date and the balance of 150,000 vesting monthly during the following three years. Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement includes a non-competition and non-solicitation clause, which continue for six months in the case of termination by Venus without cause or resignation, in either case, not during a Change in Control Period (the period beginning three months prior to and ending twelve months following a Change in Control) and nine months in the case of termination during a Change in Control Period or a termination for Cause. Mr. Della Penna also has a Confidentiality, Non-competition, Non-solicitation and Proprietary Rights Agreement, which includes a non-competition clause that continues for six months following termination and a non-solicitation clause that continues for twelve months following termination. Pursuant to Mr. Della Pennas agreement, upon termination of employment by Venus for Cause, Mr. Della Penna will not be eligible to receive any payments from Venus.
Under Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement, in the event his employment with Venus is terminated by it for any reason other than cause or if Mr. Della Penna resigns for good reason, in either case outside of a Change in Control Period, Mr. Della Penna will receive the following: (i) a lump sum payment of twelve months of his then base salary; (ii) a prorated annual performance bonus assuming achievement of applicable performance goals at target, as in effect as of his termination date; and (iii) continued participation in Venus group benefits plans, commencing on the termination date through to the earlier of (a) the last day of the third calendar month following the date of termination; and (b) the date he becomes eligible for similar coverage under another employers plan.
Under Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement, in the event his employment is terminated by Venus for any reason other than cause or if Mr. Della Penna resigns for good reason during a Change in Control Period, Mr. Della Penna will receive the following: (i) a lump sum payment of twelve months of his then base salary; (ii) continued participation in Venus group benefits plans, commencing on the termination date through to the earlier of (a) the last day of the ninth calendar month following the date of termination and (b) the date Mr. Della Penna becomes eligible for similar coverage under another employers plan; and (iii) his outstanding equity award, including and without limitation, each stock option and restricted stock award held by him shall automatically vest and if applicable become exercisable and any forfeiture or rights of repurchase thereon shall immediately lapse with respect to all of the then-unvested shares.
For purposes of Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement, Change in Control means the occurrence in a single transaction or a series of transactions any one or more of the following events: (i) transaction or series of transactions whereby any person or related group of persons directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership of securities of Venus possessing more than fifty percent of the total combined voting power after such acquisition; (ii) the consummation by Venus of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination or sales or other disposition of all or substantially all Venus assets in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than a transaction which results in Venus voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the successor entitys outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and after which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing fifty percent or more of the combined voting power of the successor entity, unless solely as a result of the voting power held in Venus prior to the consummation of the transaction.
For purposes of Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement, good reason means Mr. Della Pennas right to resign from employment with Venus after providing written notice to Venus sixty days after one or more of the following occurs without his consent, if such event remains uncured for thirty days after notice: (i) material reduction in his authority, duties and responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer; (ii) a material reduction in his base salary; or (iii) the failure of any entity that acquires all or substantially all assets in a Change in Control to assume Venus obligation under his employment agreement.
For purposes of Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement cause means: (i) theft or falsification of any employment or Venus records committed by Mr. Della Penna that is not trivial in nature; (ii) malicious or willful, reckless disclosure by him of Venus confidential or proprietary information; (iii) commission by him of any immoral or illegal act or any gross or willful misconduct,
where a majority of the non-employee members of Venus board of directors reasonably determines that such act or misconduct has (A) seriously undermined the ability of Venus board of directors to entrust him with important matters or otherwise work effectively with him, (B) contributed to Venus loss of significant revenues or business opportunities, and/or (C) significantly and detrimentally affected the business or reputation of Venus or any of its subsidiaries; and/or (iv) the willful failure or refusal by him to follow the reasonable and lawful directives of Venus board of directors, provided such failure or refusal continues after his receipt of reasonable notice in writing of such failure or refusal and an opportunity of not less than thirty days to correct the problem. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no act, or failure to act, on his part shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by him without a good faith belief that his action or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of Venus.
The description of Mr. Della Pennas employment agreement is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to his employment agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.17 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Søren Maor Sinay
Søren Maor Sinay, 48, has served as Venus Chief Operating Officer since September 2017. Prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Sinay served as Venus regional company president in Asia Pacific from April 2016 to August 2017 and its regional company vice president in Asia Pacific from February 2015 and March 2016. Prior to joining Venus, Mr. Sinay was the Operations Manager at Technicalbiomed Co., Ltd., a medical device distributor, from January 2013 to January 2015. In addition to his position at Venus, Mr. Sinay is a director at Venus subsidiaries in Australia, Hong Kong, Israel, Shanghai, United Kingdom, India, South Africa, Japan and South Korea. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Venus subsidiaries in Singapore and Germany, the sole administrator or the subsidiary in Spain and the Representative Director of the subsidiary in Japan. Mr. Sinay is also the Chief Operating Officer of Venus, the Companys wholly-owned subsidiary. Mr. Sinay earned an M.B.A. from the Coller School of Management and a Bachelors in Economics and Accounting in Tel Aviv University.
Mr. Sinay and Venus subsidiaries have entered into the following transactions:
Services Agreement
In 2016, Ipsum Management (S) Pte. Ltd. (Ipsum) began providing marketing and sales support services in Venus subsidiary in Singapore. Mr. Sinay is the sole shareholder of Ipsum. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the fees charged by Ipsum were approximately $44,000, $173,000, and $130,000 (unaudited), respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the fees charged by Ipsum were approximately $0 and $26,000, respectively.
Non-Interest Demand Loan to PT Neoasia Medical
On July 1, 2016, Mr. Sinay transferred 100% of his shares in Inphronics Limited to Venus Concept USA Inc., making it an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Venus. At such time, an unsecured non-interest-bearing working capital loan to PT Neoasia Medical, a subsidiary of Inphronics Limited, was outstanding. As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the outstanding amount of the loan was iDR 6.9 billion, which is equivalent to approximately $489,000 and $477,000, respectively ($510,000 in 2017).
Distribution Agreements
On January 1, 2018, Venus entered into a distribution agreement with Technicalbiomed Co., Ltd. (TBC) pursuant to which TBC distributes Venus products in Thailand. Mr. Sinay is a 30% shareholder of TBC. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, TBC purchased products in the amount of $145,000, $330,000, $270,000 and $240,000 (unaudited), respectively, under this distribution agreement.
As indicated above, Mr. Sinay is also the Chief Operating Officer of Venus, the Companys wholly-owned subsidiary. In connection with such employment, Mr. Sinay executed an employment agreement with Venus, effective September 1, 2017, which has been subsequently replaced by an employment agreement, effective August 6, 2019.
Mr. Sinays current employment agreement provides for Mr. Sinays employment by Venus Concept UK, Ltd. as Chief Operating Officer of Venus, with an annual base salary of 240,000 British pounds and which includes and provides customary executive level benefits, participation in equity incentive plans and a car allowance. Mr. Sinay is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus with a target of 45% of his annual base salary, based upon achievement of annual performance targets. Mr. Sinay is also eligible to receive other customary benefits as are set forth under the caption Named Executive Officer CompensationSummary Compensation Table in the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. The 2019 employment agreement includes non-competition and non-solicitation clauses, which continue for six months, for the purposes of the non-competition provisions, and twelve months, for the purposes of the non-solicitation provisions. Pursuant to the 2019 employment agreement, upon termination of employment by Venus for Cause or Gross Misconduct, he will not be eligible for any payments.
Under Mr. Sinays 2019 employment agreement, in the event his employment with Venus is terminated by it for any reason other than cause outside of a Change in Control Period, Mr. Sinay will receive the following: (i) a lump sum payment of twelve months of his then base salary; (ii) annual bonus assuming pro rata achievement of performance goals at their target level; and (iii) continued participation in Venus benefits plans, commencing on the termination date through to the earlier of (a) the last day of the third calendar month following the date of termination, and (b) the date he becomes eligible for similar coverage under another employers plan.
Under Mr. Sinays 2019 employment agreement, in the event his employment is terminated by Venus for any reason other than cause or if Mr. Sinay resigns for good reason during a Change in Control Period, Mr. Sinay will receive the following: (i) a lump sum payment of twelve months of his then base salary; (ii) continued participation in Venus benefits plans, commencing on the termination date through to the earlier of (a) the last day of the ninth calendar month following the date of termination and (b) the date Mr. Sinay becomes eligible for similar coverage under another employers plan; and (iii) his outstanding equity award, including and without limitation, each stock option and restricted stock award held by him shall automatically vest and if applicable become exercisable and any forfeiture or rights of repurchase thereon shall immediately lapse with respect to all of the then-unvested shares.
Under Mr. Sinays 2019 employment agreement, Mr. Sinays employment may be terminated by Venus or him on one weeks notice at any time during the first two years of his continuous employment. After the first two years of continuous employment, notice of one week for each year of continuous employment, up to a maximum of twelve weeks notice, is required to be given. Venus may elect to make payment in lieu of providing the notice that is required under the new employment agreement.
A Change in Control applies after the date of the Merger, with the meaning provided in the 2019 Plan. The Merger will not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of his new employment agreement and no compensation or benefits will be payable to Mr. Sinay under his new employment agreement in relation to the Merger or any transaction occurring prior to or at the time of the Merger.
For purposes of Mr. Sinays 2019 new employment agreements, good reason means Mr. Sinays right to resign from employment with Venus after providing written notice to Venus sixty days after one or more of the following occurs without his consent, if such event remains uncured for thirty days after notice: (i) material reduction in his authority, duties and responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer; (ii) a material reduction in his base salary; or (iii) the failure of any entity that acquires all or substantially all assets in a Change in Control to assume Venus obligation under his employment agreement.
For purposes of Mr. Sinays 2019 employment agreements, cause means: (i) theft or falsification of any employment or Venus records committed by him that is not trivial in nature; (ii) malicious or willful, reckless disclosure by him of Venus confidential or proprietary information; (iii) commission by him of any immoral or illegal act or any gross or willful misconduct, where a majority of the non-employee members of Venus board of directors reasonably determines that such act or misconduct has (A) seriously undermined the ability of Venus board of directors to entrust him with important matters or otherwise work effectively with him, (B) contributed to Venus loss of significant revenues or business opportunities, and/or (C) significantly and detrimentally affected the business or reputation of Venus or any of its subsidiaries; and/or (iv) the willful failure or refusal by him to follow the reasonable and lawful directives of Venus board of directors, provided such failure or refusal continues after his receipt of reasonable notice in writing of such failure or refusal and an opportunity of not less than thirty (30) days to correct the problem. For purposes of this definition, no act, or failure to act, on his part is considered to be willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by him without a good faith belief that his action or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of Venus.
The description of Mr. Sinays employment agreement is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to his employment agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.18 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Appointment of New Directors
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, effective as of the effective time the Merger, the size of the Companys board of directors was increased to nine members consisting of two members designated by the Company, who are Fredric Moll, M.D. and Keith Sullivan, and seven members designated by Venus, who are Domenic Serafino, Scott Barry, who will be Chairman of the Board, Louise Lacchin, Juliet Tammenoms Bakker, Anthony Natale, M.D., Fritz LaPorte and Garheng Kong, M.D. Biographical information regarding the Companys newly appointed directors is set forth under the caption Management Following the Merger in the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Companys board of directors approved a standard form of indemnity agreement for use with directors and executive officers, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.19 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Each of the new directors and newly appointed executive officers has entered into the Companys standard form of indemnity agreement with the Company.
Class Designations
At the effective time of the Merger, the board of directors is divided into three classes, to be divided as follows:
Class I: Domenic Serafino, Juliet Tammenoms Bakker and Keith Sullivan
Class II: Louise Lacchin, Anthony Natale, M.D. and Fred Moll, M.D.
Class III: Scott Barry, Fritz LaPorte and Garheng Kong, M.D.
Committees
Audit Committee
At the effective time of the Merger, Louise Lacchin, Fritz LaPorte, Anthony Natale, M.D. and Fredric Moll, M.D. were appointed to the audit committee of the Companys board of directors, and Louise Lacchin was appointed as the chair of the audit committee.
Compensation Committee
At the effective time of the Merger, Fritz LaPorte, Louise Lacchin and Anthony Natale, M.D. were appointed to the compensation committee of the Companys board of directors, and Fritz LaPorte was appointed as the chair of the compensation committee.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
At the effective time of the Merger, Scott Barry, Garheng Kong, M.D. and Juliet Bakker were appointed to the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Companys board of directors, and Garheng Kong, M.D. was appointed as the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee.
Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy
The board of directors are eligible to participate in the Companys non-employee director compensation policy.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company assumed the Venus Concept Ltd. 2010 Israeli Employee Share Option Plan (the 2010 Plan). Additionally, the Venus Concept Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan, formerly the Restoration Robotics, Inc. 2017 Incentive Award Plan, which has been renamed pursuant to the stockholders approval at the Annual Meeting (the 2019 Plan), became effective as of the effective time of the Merger.
The foregoing description of the 2010 Plan and the 2019 Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2010 Plan and the 2019 Plan, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.20 and Exhibit 10.21, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
At the Annual Meeting the Companys stockholders approved an amendment to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company to effect the Reverse Stock Split of the Common Stock, and an amendment to effect the Name Change (the Charter Amendment).
Immediately following the effective time of the Merger, the Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the Reverse Stock Split and the Name Change. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, the number of issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split was reduced to a smaller number of shares, such that every fifteen shares of Common Stock held by a stockholder immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split, including shares of Common Stock issued to Venus stockholders in connection with the Merger, were combined and reclassified into one share of Common Stock. After giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split and the issuance of the shares in the Concurrent Financing, there were approximately 29.7 million shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding.
No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Stock Split were rounded down to the nearest whole number, and each stockholder who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share of common stock upon the Reverse Stock Split (after aggregating all fractions of a share to which such stockholder would otherwise be entitled) is, in lieu thereof, entitled to receive a cash payment determined by multiplying the average closing price per share of common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on November 7, 2019, which was the date immediately preceding the split effective time, by the fraction of a share of common stock to which each stockholder would otherwise be entitled.
The Company adopted amended and restated By-laws that reflect the Name Change.
The foregoing descriptions of the amendment to the Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws is not complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the amendment to the Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Companys amended and restated By-laws, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.05 Amendments to the Registrants Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics
In connection with the Merger, the Companys board of directors adopted a code of business conduct and ethics (the Code). The Code superseded the Companys existing code of business conduct and ethics previously adopted by its board of directors. The Code applies to all directors, officers and employees of the Company.
The existing code was refreshed and updated in connection with the Merger to conform the Code to reflect current best practices and enhance Company personnels understanding of the Companys standards of ethical business practices, promote awareness of ethical issues that may be encountered in carrying out an employees or directors responsibilities, and improve its clarity as to how to address ethical issues that may arise. The updates include clarifications and enhancements to the descriptions of the purposes of the Code, compliance with law matters, policies regarding maintenance of the Companys corporate records and compliance standards and procedures of the Code.
The newly adopted Code did not result in any explicit or implicit waiver of any provision of the Companys code of business conduct and ethics in effect prior to the adoption of the Code. The foregoing description of the Code does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 14.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On November 7, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing, among other things, the completion of the Merger, the Reverse Stock Split, the Name Change and the Concurrent Financing. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
The Company intends to file the financial statements of Venus required by Item 9.01(a) as an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
The Company intends to file the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) as part of an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith.
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Previously filed |
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Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
VENUS CONCEPT INC. | ||||||
Date: November 7, 2019 | By: |
/s/ Domenic Della Penna |
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Domenic Della Penna | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC.
RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Restoration Robotics, Inc. (the Corporation)
SECOND: The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 22, 2002 under the name Restoration Robotics, Inc.
THIRD: The Board of Directors (the Board) of the Corporation, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, adopted resolutions amending its Certificate of Incorporation as follows:
1. Article I of the Certificate of Incorporation, as presently in effect, of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I: The name of the Corporation is Venus Concept Inc. (the Corporation).
2. Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation, as presently in effect, of the Corporation is hereby amended to add the following Section 3:
Section 3. Effective at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time, on the date of filing of this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Effective Time), the shares of the Corporations Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and the shares of Common Stock issued and held in the treasury of the Corporation immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be combined into a smaller number of shares such that each fifteen (15) shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time are combined into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, no fractional shares shall be issued and, in lieu thereof, upon surrender after the Effective Time of a certificate which formerly represented shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, any person who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock as a result of the combination, following the Effective Time (after taking into account all fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to such holder), shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the fraction to which such holder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the fair value of the Common Stock on the date of the Effective Time, as determined by the Board of Directors.
Each stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent that number of whole shares of Common Stock after the Effective Time into which the shares of Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate shall have been combined (as well as the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock after the Effective Time), provided, however, that each person of record holding a certificate that represented shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall receive, upon surrender of such certificate, a new certificate evidencing and representing the number of whole shares of Common stock after the Effective Time into which the shares of Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate shall have been combined.
FOURTH: Thereafter, pursuant to a resolution by the Board, this Certificate of Amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their approval in accordance with the provisions of Section 211 and 242 of the DGCL. Accordingly, said proposed amendment has been adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the DGCL.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its duly authorized officer this day of November 7, 2019.
RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC. |
/s/ Mark Hair |
Mark Hair Chief Financial Officer |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES |
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1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE |
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1.2 OTHER OFFICES |
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ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS |
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2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS |
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2.2 ANNUAL MEETING |
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2.3 SPECIAL MEETING |
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2.4 ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES FOR BUSINESS BROUGHT BEFORE A MEETING |
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2.5 ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES FOR NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTORS |
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2.6 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS |
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2.7 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE |
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2.8 QUORUM |
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2.9 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE |
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2.10 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS |
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2.11 VOTING |
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2.12 NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING |
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2.13 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS |
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2.14 PROXIES |
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2.15 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE |
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2.16 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION |
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ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS |
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3.1 POWERS |
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3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS |
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3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS |
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3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES |
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3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE |
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3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS |
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3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE |
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3.8 QUORUM |
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3.9 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING |
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3.10 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS |
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3.11 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS |
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ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES |
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4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS |
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4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES |
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4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES |
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ARTICLE V - OFFICERS |
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5.1 OFFICERS |
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5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS |
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5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS |
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5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS |
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5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES |
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5.6 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS |
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5.7 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS |
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ARTICLE VI - RECORDS AND REPORTS |
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6.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS |
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6.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS |
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ARTICLE VII - GENERAL MATTERS |
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7.1 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS |
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7.2 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES |
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7.3 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES |
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7.4 LOST CERTIFICATES |
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7.5 CONSTRUCTION DEFINITIONS |
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7.6 DIVIDENDS |
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7.7 FISCAL YEAR |
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7.8 SEAL |
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7.9 TRANSFER OF STOCK |
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7.10 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS |
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7.11 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS |
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7.12 WAIVER OF NOTICE |
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ARTICLE VIII - NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION |
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8.1 NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION |
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8.2 DEFINITION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION |
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ARTICLE IX - INDEMNIFICATION |
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9.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
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9.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS |
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9.3 PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES |
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9.4 DETERMINATION; CLAIM |
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9.5 NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS |
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9.6 INSURANCE |
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9.7 OTHER INDEMNIFICATION |
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9.8 CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION |
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9.9 AMENDMENT OR REPEAL |
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ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS |
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VENUS CONCEPT INC. |
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF BYLAWS |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS OF
VENUS CONCEPT INC.
ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE.
The registered office of Venus Concept Inc. (the Corporation) shall be fixed in the Corporations certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time (the Certificate of Incorporation).
1.2 OTHER OFFICES.
The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board) may at any time establish other offices at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business.
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
ARTICLE II
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS.
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place, within or outside the State of Delaware, designated by the Board. The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders meetings shall be held at the Corporations principal executive office.
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING.
The Board shall designate the date and time of the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, directors shall be elected and other proper business properly brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 2.4 may be transacted.
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING.
Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, a special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Board, chief executive officer or president (in the absence of a chief executive officer), but such special meetings may not be called by the stockholders or any other person or persons.
No business may be transacted at such special meeting other than the business specified in the notice to stockholders. Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 2.3 shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board may be held.
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2.4 ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES FOR BUSINESS BROUGHT BEFORE A MEETING.
(i) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (a) specified in a notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, (b) if not specified in a notice of meeting, otherwise brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board or the chairperson of the Board, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder present in person who (A) (1) was a beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.4 and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) has complied with this Section 2.4 in all applicable respects, or (B) properly made such proposal in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the Exchange Act). The foregoing clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders. The only matters that may be brought before a special meeting are the matters specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting pursuant to Section 2.3 of these bylaws, and stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders. For purposes of this Section 2.4, present in person shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting of the Corporation, or, if the proposing stockholder is not an individual, a qualified representative of such proposing stockholder, appears at such annual meeting. A qualified representative of such proposing stockholder shall be, if such proposing stockholder is (x) a general or limited partnership, any general partner or person who functions as a general partner of the general or limited partnership or who controls the general or limited partnership, (y) a corporation or a limited liability company, any officer or person who functions as an officer of the corporation or limited liability company or any officer, director, general partner or person who functions as an officer, director or general partner of any entity ultimately in control of the corporation or limited liability company, or (z) a trust, any trustee of such trust. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board must comply with Section 2.5 of these bylaws, and this Section 2.4 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 2.5 of these bylaws.
(ii) For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (a) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and (b) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.4. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made (such notice within such time periods, Timely Notice). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.
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(iii) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.4, a stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth:
(a) As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporations books and records); and (B) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) are referred to as Stockholder Information);
(b) As to each Proposing Person, (A) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any derivative security (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a call equivalent position (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) (Synthetic Equity Position) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person with respect to any shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of Synthetic Equity Position, the term derivative security shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a derivative security as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument becoming determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Persons business as a derivatives dealer, (B) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (C)(x) if such Proposing Person is (i) a general or limited partnership, syndicate or other group, the identity of each general partner and each person who functions as a general partner of the general or limited partnership, each member of the syndicate or group and each
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person controlling the general partner or member, (ii) a corporation or a limited liability company, the identity of each officer and each person who functions as an officer of the corporation or limited liability company, each person controlling the corporation or limited liability company and each officer, director, general partner and person who functions as an officer, director or general partner of any entity ultimately in control of the corporation or limited liability company or (iii) a trust, any trustee of such trust (each such person or persons set forth in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), a Responsible Person), any fiduciary duties owed by such Responsible Person to the equity holders or other beneficiaries of such Proposing Person and any material interests or relationships of such Responsible Person that are not shared generally by other record or beneficial holders of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation and that reasonably could have influenced the decision of such Proposing Person to propose such business to be brought before the meeting, and (y) if such Proposing Person is a natural person, any material interests or relationships of such natural person that are not shared generally by other record or beneficial holders of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation and that reasonably could have influenced the decision of such Proposing Person to propose such business to be brought before the meeting, (D) any material shares or any Synthetic Equity Position in any principal competitor of the Corporation in any principal industry of the Corporation held by such Proposing Persons, (E) a summary of any material discussions regarding the business proposed to be brought before the meeting (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other record or beneficial holder of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation (including their names), (F) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (G) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation, on the other hand, (H) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement) and (I) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (I) are referred to as Disclosable Interests); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and
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(c) As to each item of business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between or among any of the Proposing Persons or between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and (D) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this Section 2.4(iii) shall not include any disclosures with respect to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.
(iv) For purposes of this Section 2.4, the term Proposing Person shall mean (a) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made and (c) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such stockholder in such solicitation or associate (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for the purposes of these bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner.
(v) A Proposing Person shall update and supplement its notice to the Corporation of its intent to propose business at an annual meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be true and correct as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for notice of the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).
(vi) Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.4. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine
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that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.4, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
(vii) This Section 2.4 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders, other than any proposal made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporations proxy statement. In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.4 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
(viii) For purposes of these bylaws, public disclosure shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
2.5 ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES FOR NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTORS.
(i) Nominations of any person for election to the Board at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting) may be made at such meeting only (a) by or at the direction of the Board, including by any committee or persons authorized to do so by the Board or these bylaws, or (b) by a stockholder present in person (A) who was a beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.5 and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) has complied with this Section 2.5 as to such notice and nomination. The foregoing clause (b) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an annual meeting or special meeting. For purposes of this Section 2.5, present in person shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the meeting of the Corporation, or, if the proposing stockholder is not an individual, a qualified representative of such stockholder, appear at such meeting. A qualified representative of such proposing stockholder shall be, if such proposing stockholder is (x) a general or limited partnership, any general partner or person who functions as a general partner of the general or limited partnership or who controls the general or limited partnership, (y) a corporation or a limited liability company, any officer or person who functions as an officer of the corporation or limited liability company or any officer, director, general partner or person who functions as an officer, director or general partner of any entity ultimately in control of the corporation or limited liability company or (z) a trust, any trustee of such trust.
(ii) Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an annual meeting, the stockholder must (a) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 2.4(ii) of these bylaws) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation, (b) provide the information with respect to such stockholder and its proposed nominee as required by this Section 2.5, and (c) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.5.
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Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at a special meeting, the stockholder must (a) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (b) provide the information with respect to such stockholder and its proposed nominee as required by this Section 2.5, and (c) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.5. To be timely, a stockholders notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Section 2.4(ix) of these bylaws) of the date of such special meeting was first made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(iii) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.5, a stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth:
(a) As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.4(iii)(a) of these bylaws) except that for purposes of this Section 2.5, the term Nominating Person shall be substituted for the term Proposing Person in all places it appears in Section 2.4(iii)(a);
(b) As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.4(iii)(b), except that for purposes of this Section 2.5 the term Nominating Person shall be substituted for the term Proposing Person in all places it appears in Section 2.4(iii) (b) and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting in Section 2.4(iii)(b) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting);
(c) As to each person whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholders notice pursuant to this Section 2.5 if such proposed nominee were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such proposed nominees written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee or his or her respective associates or any other participants in such solicitation, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person
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were the registrant for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (C) are referred to as Nominee Information), and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Section 2.5(vi); and
(d) The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (A) as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporations Corporate Governance Guidelines or (B) that could be material to a reasonable stockholders understanding of the independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee.
(iv) For purposes of this Section 2.5, the term Nominating Person shall mean (a) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made and (c) any associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner or any other participant in such solicitation.
(v) A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be true and correct as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for notice of the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).
(vi) To be eligible to be a nominee for election as a director of the Corporation at an annual or special meeting, the proposed nominee must be nominated in the manner prescribed in Section 2.5 and must deliver (in accordance with the time period prescribed for delivery in a notice to such proposed nominee given by or on behalf of the Board), to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (a) a completed written questionnaire (in a form provided by the Corporation) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such proposed nominee and (b) a written representation and agreement (in form provided by the Corporation) that such proposed nominee (A) is not and, if elected as a director during his or her term of office, will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given and will not give any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a Voting Commitment) or (2) any Voting
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Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominees ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such proposed nominees fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation or reimbursement for service as a director and (C) if elected as a director of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation applicable to directors and in effect during such persons term in office as a director (and, if requested by any proposed nominee, the Secretary of the Corporation shall provide to such proposed nominee all such policies and guidelines then in effect).
(vii) In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.5 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations.
(viii) No proposed nominee shall be eligible for nomination as a director of the Corporation unless such proposed nominee and the Nominating Person seeking to place such proposed nominees name in nomination have complied with this Section 2.5, as applicable. The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with this Section 2.5, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting, the defective nomination shall be disregarded and any ballots cast for the proposed nominee in question (but in the case of any form of ballot listing other qualified nominees, only the ballots cast for the nominee in question) shall be void and of no force or effect.
2.6 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.
Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with either Section 2.7 or Section 8.1 of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
2.7 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE.
Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be deemed given:
(i) if mailed, when deposited in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the Corporations records; or
(ii) if electronically transmitted as provided in Section 8.1 of these bylaws.
An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation or of the transfer agent or any other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by mail or by a form of electronic transmission, as applicable, shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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2.8 QUORUM.
Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. If, however, a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairperson of the meeting or (ii) a majority in voting power of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.9 of these bylaws until a quorum is present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.
2.9 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE.
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.10 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.
The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business.
2.11 VOTING.
The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.13 of these bylaws, subject to Section 217 (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock) and Section 218 (relating to voting trusts and other voting agreements) of the DGCL.
Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.
At all duly called or convened meetings of stockholders, at which a quorum is present, for the election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect a director.
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Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, all other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, shall be decided by the majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) and shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation.
2.12 NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.
Subject to the rights of the holders of the shares of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class of stock or series thereof having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, and except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.
2.13 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other such action.
If the Board does not so fix a record date:
(i) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
(ii) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
2.14 PROXIES.
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the
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meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL. A proxy may be in the form of a telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder.
2.15 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE.
The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the Corporations principal executive office. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Such list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
2.16 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION.
Before any meeting of stockholders, the Board shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment and make a written report thereof. The number of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, then the chairperson of the meeting may, and upon the request of any stockholder or a stockholders proxy shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy.
Such inspectors shall:
(i) determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;
(ii) receive votes or ballots;
(iii) hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote;
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(iv) count and tabulate all votes;
(v) determine when the polls shall close;
(vi) determine the result; and
(vii) do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.
The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are three (3) inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. The inspectors of election may appoint such persons to assist them in performing their duties as they determine.
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS
3.1 POWERS.
Subject to the provisions of the DGCL and any limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board.
3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.
The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board, provided the Board shall consist of at least one member. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that directors term of office expires.
3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS.
Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these bylaws, each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until such directors successor is elected and qualified or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws. The Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.
As provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the directors of the Corporation shall be divided into three (3) classes.
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES.
Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. When one or more directors so resigns and the resignation is
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effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in this section in the filling of other vacancies.
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall, unless the Board determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such directors successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under these bylaws in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.
3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE.
The Board may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting pursuant to this bylaw shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS.
Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.
3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE.
Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairperson of the Board, the chief executive officer, the president, the secretary or a majority of the authorized number of directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:
(i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;
(ii) sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;
(iii) sent by facsimile; or
(iv) sent by electronic mail,
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directed to each director at that directors address, telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the Corporations records.
If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or (iii) sent by electronic mail, it shall be delivered or sent at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by U.S. mail, it shall be deposited in the U.S. mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated to the director. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the Corporations principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting.
3.8 QUORUM.
At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
3.9 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
3.10 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.
3.11 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.
Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time, but only with cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all the then outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation with the power to vote at an election of directors (the Voting Stock).
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No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such directors term of office.
ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS.
The Board may designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist of one (1) or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Corporation.
4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES.
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.
4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES.
Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:
(i) Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone);
(ii) Section 3.6 (regular meetings);
(iii) Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice);
(iv) Section 3.8 (quorum);
(v) Section 7.12 (waiver of notice); and
(vi) Section 3.9 (action without a meeting),
with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board and its members. However:
(i) the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board or by resolution of the committee;
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(ii) special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board or the chairperson of the applicable committee;
(iii) notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee; and
(iv) the Board may adopt rules for the governance of any committee to override the provisions that would otherwise apply to the committee pursuant to this Section 4.3, provided that such rules do not violate the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law.
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
5.1 OFFICERS.
The officers of the Corporation shall be a president and a secretary. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board, a chairperson of the Board, a vice chairperson of the Board, a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer or treasurer, one (1) or more vice presidents, one (1) or more assistant vice presidents, one (1) or more assistant treasurers, one (1) or more assistant secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
The Board shall appoint the officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these bylaws, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.
The Board may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, the president, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.
5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS.
Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
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5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES.
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board or as provided in Section 5.2.
5.6 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS.
The chairperson of the Board, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this Corporation, or any other person authorized by the Board , the chief executive officer, the president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.
5.7 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
All officers of the Corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Corporation as may be designated from time to time by the Board or the stockholders and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board.
ARTICLE VI - RECORDS AND REPORTS
6.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
The Corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the Board, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these bylaws as amended to date, accounting books and other records.
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporations stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such persons interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent so to act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal executive office.
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6.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS.
Any director shall have the right to examine the Corporations stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his or her position as a director. The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may summarily order the Corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
ARTICLE VII - GENERAL MATTERS
7.1 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS.
The Board, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
7.2 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES.
The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated. Certificates for the shares of stock, if any, shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock represented by a certificate shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the Board, or the president or vice-president, and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
The Corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, upon the books and records of the Corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the Corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
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7.3 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES.
If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
7.4 LOST CERTIFICATES.
Except as provided in this Section 7.4, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Corporation and cancelled at the same time. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
7.5 CONSTRUCTION DEFINITIONS.
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term person includes both a corporation and a natural person.
7.6 DIVIDENDS.
The Board, subject to any restrictions contained in either (i) the DGCL or (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the Corporations capital stock.
The Board may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, and meeting contingencies.
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7.7 FISCAL YEAR.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board and may be changed by the Board.
7.8 SEAL.
The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board. The Corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
7.9 TRANSFER OF STOCK.
Shares of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these bylaws. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof or by such holders attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons (or by delivery of duly executed instructions with respect to uncertificated shares), with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement or execution, transfer, authorization and other matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing the names of the persons from and to whom it was transferred.
7.10 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.
The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
7.11 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS.
The Corporation:
(i) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner;
(ii) shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments the person registered on its books as the owner of shares; and
(iii) shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
7.12 WAIVER OF NOTICE.
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a
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waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.
ARTICLE VIII - NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
8.1 NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION.
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if:
(i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent; and
(ii) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice.
However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given:
(i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(iii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and
(iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.
An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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8.2 DEFINITION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION.
An electronic transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
ARTICLE IX - INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any director or officer of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a Proceeding) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees) reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.4, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only if the Proceeding was authorized in the specific case by the Board.
9.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS.
The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.
9.3 PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by any officer or director of the Corporation, and may pay the expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Corporation, in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article IX or otherwise.
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9.4 DETERMINATION; CLAIM.
If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article IX is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.
9.5 NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS.
The rights conferred on any person by this Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
9.6 INSURANCE.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust enterprise or non-profit entity against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.
9.7 OTHER INDEMNIFICATION.
The Corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance expenses to any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.
9.8 CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION.
The rights to indemnification and to prepayment of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article IX shall continue notwithstanding that the person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such person.
9.9 AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.
The provisions of this Article IX shall constitute a contract between the Corporation, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, each individual who serves or has served as a director or officer of the Corporation (whether before or after the adoption of these bylaws), in consideration of such persons performance of such services, and pursuant to this Article IX the
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Corporation intends to be legally bound to each such current or former director or officer of the Corporation. With respect to current and former directors and officers of the Corporation, the rights conferred under this Article IX are present contractual rights and such rights are fully vested, and shall be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon adoption of theses bylaws. With respect to any directors or officers of the Corporation who commence service following adoption of these bylaws, the rights conferred under this provision shall be present contractual rights and such rights shall fully vest, and be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon such director or officer commencing service as a director or officer of the Corporation. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article IX shall not adversely affect any right or protection (i) hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification or (ii) under any agreement providing for indemnification or advancement of expenses to an officer or director of the Corporation in effect prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS
Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9.9 of these bylaws or the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, the Board is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the bylaws of the Corporation by the Board shall require the approval of a majority of the authorized number of directors. The stockholders also shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, such action by stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock.
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Exhibit 4.1
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
VENUS CONCEPT INC.
FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
Warrant No.: [ ]
Number of Shares of Common Stock: [ ]
Date of Issuance: November 7, 2019 (Issuance Date)
Venus Concept Inc., a corporation organized under the laws the State of Delaware (the Company), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [BUYER], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the Holder), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, at any time or times during the period (the Exercise Period) commencing on the date that is six (6) months after the Issuance Date and ending on 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), [ ] fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the Warrant Shares). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 15. This Warrant (including any Warrants to purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the Warrant) is one of the Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the SPA Warrants) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2019, by and among the Company and the investors (the Buyers) referred to therein (the Securities Purchase Agreement).
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day during the Exercise Period, in whole or in part, by delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as properly completed, including with appendices, if applicable, an Exercise Notice), of the Holders election to exercise this Warrant. Within one Trading Day following the date of delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall deliver an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price
multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the Aggregate Exercise Price) for the shares specified in the applicable Exercise Notice by wire transfer of immediately available funds unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 1(c) below is specified in the applicable Exercise Notice. No ink-original Exercise Notice shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Exercise Notice form be required. The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Holder has delivered the applicable Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Companys transfer agent (the Transfer Agent). On or before the earlier of (i) the third (3rd) Trading Day and (ii) the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Companys primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing Shares or Warrants Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (the Standard Settlement Period), in each case following the date of delivery of the applicable Exercise Notice, but not sooner than one Trading Day following delivery of the Aggregate Exercise Price (the Share Delivery Date), the Company shall (X) if the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (DTC) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holders or its designees balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program or the Warrant Shares cannot be credited to the Holders or its designees balance account with DTC for any reason, credit the Holders or its designees balance account with the Companys Transfer Agent or issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Companys share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. If there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, the Warrant Shares shall be issued free of restrictive legends and the Company shall cause its counsel to deliver an opinion to Transfer Agent in connection therewith. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes solely for purposes of Regulation SHO to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holders DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) Trading Days after any exercise and receipt of this Warrant and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which are acquired upon
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such exercise. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. The Company (i) shall pay any and all taxes and other expenses of the Company which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant and (ii) shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of the Warrant Shares via DTC, if any.
(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, Exercise Price means $6.00 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
(c) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the Net Number of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a Cashless Exercise):
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as applicable: (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(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) the Bid Price of the Common Stock as of the time of the Holders execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during regular trading hours on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of regular trading hours on such Trading Day. |
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For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), as in effect on the date hereof, the Company hereby acknowledges that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by such Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date that this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, provided that at no time was the Warrant owned by an Affiliate of the Company.
(d) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.
(e) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time while any of the SPA Warrants remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of the SPA Warrants at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% (the Required Reserve Amount) of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of the SPA Warrants then outstanding, then the Company shall take all action necessary to increase the Companys authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES.
(a) Stock Splits, Dividends, and Recapitalizations. If the Company at any time on or after the Closing (as defined under the Securities Purchase Agreement) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Closing (as defined under the Securities Purchase Agreement) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(a) shall become effective at the close of business on the date such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. 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) (a Distribution), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case:
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(a) any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the Companys Board of Directors) applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date; and
(b) the number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph (a).
4. FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (A) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of SPA Warrants in exchange for such SPA Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders or (B) the Company provides each Holder with not less than ten (10) Business Days prior notice of the anticipated consummation of such Fundamental Transaction (which notice may be provided by means of a press release and/or the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K) and affords each Holder an opportunity to exercise such Holders Warrants prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, following which each unexercised Warrant will be null, void and of no further force or effect. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction subject to the provisions of Section 4(A), the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the Company shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction subject to the provisions of Section 4(A), the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.
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5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, 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, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all reasonable action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).
6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Persons capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Persons capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, subject to any restrictions on such transfer set forth in Section 14, or under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or any other agreement to which the Holder is party or by which it is bound, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.
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(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company satisfactory in form and substance to the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.
8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) promptly upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, provided that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.
9. AMENDMENT. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders; provided that no such action may (i) increase the exercise price of any SPA Warrant, (ii) decrease the number of shares or class of stock obtainable upon exercise of any SPA Warrant, (iii) shorten the Expiration Date, or (iv) amend Section 2 without the written consent of the Holder. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.
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11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.
12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via electronic mail within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via electronic mail (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Companys independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment banks or accountants determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.
13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to seek an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
14. TRANSFER. Each Holder understands that, except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Warrants have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, or (B) such Holder shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Warrants to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144, as amended, promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (Rule 144) or an exemption from such registration, (ii) any sale of the Warrants made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Warrants under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Warrants under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
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15. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Affiliate means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(b) Bid Price means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg 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 as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the pink sheets by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 12. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.
(c) Bloomberg means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
(d) Business Day means any day other than Saturday, Sunday, Federal holiday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(e) Closing Bid Price and Closing Sale Price means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average
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of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the pink sheets by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
(f) Common Stock means (i) the Companys shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
(g) Dollar, US Dollar and $ each mean the lawful money of the United States.
(h) Eligible Market means the Principal Market, The Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange.
(i) Expiration Date means the date that is five (5) years from the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a Holiday), the next date that is not a Holiday.
(j) Fundamental Transaction means that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 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 purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, or (vi) any person or group (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) is or shall become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock.
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(k) Parent Entity of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(l) Person means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.
(m) Principal Market means The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Capital Market.
(n) Registration Rights Agreement means that certain registration rights agreement by and among the Company and the Buyers entered into pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(o) Required Holders means the holders of the SPA Warrants representing at least a majority of shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
(p) Successor Entity means the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
(q) Trading Day means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock are then traded.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
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EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase of the shares of Common Stock (Warrant Shares) of Venus Concept Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of] Delaware (the Company), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the Warrant). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:
a Cash Exercise with respect to Warrant Shares; and/or
a Cashless Exercise with respect to Warrant Shares.
2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
4. Delivery details:
a. Deliver shares through DTC to DTC participant # ; Account #: ;
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs Venus Concept Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated [ ], 2019 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by [ ]
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Exhibit 4.2
Issue Date: [●]
Amended and Restated: November 7, 2019
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN 9 BELOW, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR SUCH LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.
VENUS CONCEPT INC.
FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED WARRANT
To purchase
up to [●] shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment) of
Venus Concept Inc. (the Company)
at a per share price of US $8.775 (subject to adjustment),
all in accordance with the terms detailed below
THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, [ ], a [ ] limited partnership (the Holder), is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time or times on or after the issue date of this Share Warrant (Warrant) and on or prior to 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on December 1, 2026 (the Expiration Date), to subscribe for and purchase, from Venus Concept Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), up to an aggregate of [●] ([●]), as may be adjusted hereunder, shares of common stock, par value US $0.0001 per share, of the Company (Warrant Shares), at an at an exercise price per Warrant Share of US $8.775, as may be adjusted hereunder (the Exercise Price).
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant:
(a) Acquisition means any transaction or series of related transactions involving: (i) the sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company into or with another person or entity (other than a merger or consolidation effected exclusively to change the Companys domicile), or any other corporate reorganization, in which the stockholders of the Company in their capacity as such immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization, own less than a majority of the Companys (or the surviving or successor entitys) outstanding voting power immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization; or (iii) any sale or other transfer by the stockholders of the Company of shares representing at least a majority of the Companys then-total outstanding combined voting power.
(b) Affiliate means with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person.
(c) Business Day means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the city of New York, New York are authorized or required to be closed.
(d) Certificate means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company in effect at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
(e) Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.
(f) Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 11, 2016 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Investment Documents dated as of May 25, 2017, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent Agreement dated as of February 15, 2018, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver dated as of August 14, 2018, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of January 11, 2019, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 15, 2019, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent dated as of April 25, 2019, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, Consent and Waiver dated as of June 25, 2019, that certain Omnibus Amendment and Waiver dated as of July 26, 2019, that certain Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 14, 2019, that certain Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, Consent and Joinder Agreement dated as of November 7, 2019 and as further amended or modified from time to time, by and among Madryn Health Partners, LP, the Company, Venus Concept Canada Corp., Venus Concept USA Inc., and Venus Concept Ltd.
(g) Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) or proxy, voting trust or other voting agreement, calls, commitments or third party right of any kind.
(h) Merger means the merger of Venus Concept Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel (Venus Concept), with and into Radiant Merger Sub Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (Radiant Merger Sub), pursuant to the Merger Agreement with Venus Concept being the surviving entity.
(i) Merger Agreement means the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization among the Company, Radiant Merger Sub, and Venus Concept, dated as of March 15, 2019, as amended as of August 14, 2019.
(j) Person means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof, and any other similar business entity.
(k) Warrant Shares has the meaning assigned above.
2. Exercise of Warrant.
(a) Fully Vested. The rights of the Holder to exercise this Warrant are fully vested and this Warrant is fully exercisable.
(b) Exercise.
(i) The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by the Holder, in whole, or in part, on one or more occasions, with respect to any or all Warrant Shares, by the delivery of the Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A (each a Notice of Exercise), duly executed, and, unless exercise is pursuant to Section 2(1) hereof, accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares thereby purchased (by cash, by check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company by written notice to the Holder (the Company to provide wire instructions to the Holder promptly upon request of the Holder and in any event within one (1) day of a request from Holder)); at any time, and from time to time, from the date of issuance of this Warrant and before 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on the Expiration Date at the principal executive office of the Company (or in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 13(e) hereof), provided that such delivery is followed within fifteen (15) days by the surrender of this Warrant to the principal executive office of the Company (or in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 13(e) hereof), whereupon the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares so purchased.
(ii) If, prior to the Expiration Date, Holder exercises this Warrant for less than all of the Warrant Shares, the Company, upon receipt of this Warrant for cancellation, shall issue a new Warrant to Holder within three (3) Business Days, in substantially the form hereof and with the same date, representing the balance of the Warrant Shares. The Company agrees that, at the time of the exercise of this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price (or payment pursuant to cashless exercise), the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be and shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised as aforesaid.
(c) Treatment of Warrant at Acquisition.
(i) In the event of an Acquisition in which the consideration to be received by the Companys stockholders consists solely of cash (a Cash Acquisition), either (i) Holder shall exercise this Warrant pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) and such exercise will be deemed effective immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of such Acquisition or (ii) if Holder elects not to exercise the Warrant, this Warrant will expire immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition. The Company shall provide Holder with written notice of its request relating to the Cash Acquisition (together with such reasonable information as Holder may reasonably require regarding the treatment of this Warrant in connection with such contemplated Cash Acquisition giving rise to such notice), which is to be delivered to Holder not less than
five (5) Business Days prior to the closing of the proposed Cash Acquisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, immediately prior to the Cash Acquisition, the fair market value of one Warrant Share (or other security issuable upon the exercise hereof) as determined in accordance with Section 2(f)(A) above would be greater than the Warrant Price in effect on such date, then this Warrant shall automatically be deemed on and as of such date to be exercised pursuant to Section 2(f) above as to all Warrant Shares (or such other securities) for which it shall not previously have been exercised, and the Company shall promptly notify the Holder of the number of Warrant Shares (or such other securities) issued upon such exercise to the Holder. Upon the closing of any Acquisition other than a Cash Acquisition defined above, the acquiring, surviving or successor entity shall assume the obligations of this Warrant, and this Warrant shall thereafter be exercisable for the same securities and/or other property as would have been paid for the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as if such Warrant Shares were outstanding on and as of the closing of such Acquisition, subject to further adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Subject to the Companys compliance with applicable law, including securities laws, the Company shall provide Holder with written notice of an Acquisition, which is to be delivered to Holder not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the closing of the proposed Acquisition.
(ii) Following the deemed exercise of the Warrant pursuant to Subsection 2(c) above, the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares so purchased, and, in case of an Acquisition, the consideration payable to other holders of the same class of Common Stock as the Warrant Shares (it being understood that any restrictions (e.g. lock-up) or contingencies (e.g. escrow amounts) applied to other holders of that same class of Common Stock as the Warrant Shares will apply to the consideration paid to the Holder).
(d) Warrant Shares. The Company shall at all times during the period for which this Warrant is exercisable reserve and keep available such number of Warrant Shares, free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or third party rights, including but not limited to preemptive rights, of any kind as will be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant in full; and if at any such time the number of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares shall not be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant in full, the Company will take such corporate or other action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, to such number of securities as shall be sufficient for such purpose including, without limitation, engaging its best efforts to obtain the requisite security holder approval for any necessary amendment to the Certificate and shall pay all fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith.
(e) Tolling. In the event there is a dispute (i) regarding the rights of the Holder hereunder as to the number and type of shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, (ii) the Exercise Price of this Warrant, or (iii) which would reasonably be considered to affect the Holders ability to exercise its rights hereunder, and the Expiration Date occurs during the pendency of such dispute, the Expiration Date shall be extended until the date that is thirty (30) days after the later of (i) the date such dispute is finally resolved, and (ii) the otherwise applicable Expiration Date. A dispute shall be deemed to exist for purposes of the foregoing sentence in the event that either the Holder or the Company in good faith initiates dispute resolution proceedings in connection with or as set forth in this Warrant.
(f) Cashless exercise. In the event the Holder shall exercise this Warrant, the Holder may elect to exchange this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares equal to the value of the exercised portion of this Warrant, by delivery of the Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A at any time after the date hereof and before 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on the Expiration Date (or a deemed exercise of this Warrant in accordance with Subsection (c) above), followed by surrender of this Warrant within fifteen (15) days after such delivery, at the principal executive office of the Company (or in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 14(e) hereof), in which event the Company will issue to the Holder a number of Warrant Shares in accordance with the following formula:
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Where, X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to Holder;
Y = the number of Warrant Shares for which the Warrant is being exercised;
A = the Fair Market Value per Warrant Share (as described below); and
B = the Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).
(i) The Fair Market Value per Warrant Share shall be determined as follows:
(A) If the Companys common stock is then traded or quoted on a nationally recognized securities exchange, inter-dealer quotation system or over-the-counter market (a Trading Market), the fair market value of a Warrant Share shall be the volume-weighted average closing price of a share of common stock reported for the ten (10) Business Days immediately before the date on which Holder delivers this Warrant together with its Notice of Exercise to the Company. If the Companys common stock is not traded in a Trading Market, the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine the fair market value of a Warrant Share in its reasonable good faith judgment and shall furnish Holder with reasonable documentation of the Boards determination of such Fair Market Value to the extent permitted by law. If the exercise is in connection with a Cash Acquisition, then the Fair Market Value per Warrant Share will be the consideration to be received for one share of Common Stock in the Cash Acquisition (subject to withholding and customary adjustments).
3. Valid Issuance; Fully Paid; Non-assessable. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of rights represented by this Warrant, and all Conversion Shares will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear from all Liens imposed by the Company or any preemption rights granted by the Company (other than with regard to taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue). Certificates for Warrant Shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the Holder as promptly as possible, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised as aforesaid.
4. Covenant. The Company covenants that:
(a) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon the exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Fair Market Value per Warrant Share as determined pursuant to Section 2(f) above, shall be paid in cash to the Holder; provided, however, that if this Warrant is exercised pursuant to Section 2(f) above, the amount the Holder would otherwise be paid in cash with respect to such fraction of a share shall be reduced by the Exercise Price applicable to such fraction of a share.
5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, or of further or replacement Warrants, shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of such taxes and expenses to be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder.
6. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. On receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of an indemnity agreement satisfactory in form and substance to the Company (without any requirement to furnish any bond, but, at the Companys discretion, subject to a requirement to provide reasonable indemnity or other reasonable surety not involving payment or transfer of consideration) or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense shall promptly (and in any event in time to permit the Holder to comply with its delivery requirements hereunder) execute and deliver, in lieu of this Warrant and without requiring any additional consideration or upfront payment, a new warrant of like tenor and amount.
7. 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 be a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday in the State of New York, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the State of New York.
8. Adjustments.
(a) The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 8.
(i) Reclassification, etc. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant, or any portion hereof, remains outstanding and unexpired shall reclassify or otherwise change its securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist shall change, this Warrant shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the Companys same class of Common Stock that were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or other change and the Exercise Price therefor shall be appropriately adjusted, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section 8.
(ii) Certain Distributions. In the event the Company declares a distribution payable to holders of Warrant Shares in securities of other persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Company or other persons, assets (excluding cash dividends) then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to receive such distribution at the time of the distribution, in respect of its contingent Warrant Share holdings, as the case may be, on an as exercised (for cash), as of the record date for such distribution. For so long as this Warrant is outstanding, if at any time a distribution is made on or with respect to any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the Investor shall be entitled to receive a fee (the Dilution Fee), solely with respect to the unexercised portion of this Warrant, in an amount (whether in the form of cash, notes, securities or other property), free and clear of any Liens, equal to the amount (and in the form) of the distribution that such Holder would have received had this Warrant been exercised in full as of the date immediately prior to the record date for such distribution, such Dilution Fee to be payable on the same payment date established by the Board of Directors for the payment of such distribution. Prior to making any distribution on or with respect to Warrant Shares, the Company shall take all prior action necessary to authorize the issuance of any securities payable as the Dilution Fee in respect of this Warrant. The Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts payable to the Holder pursuant to this Warrant such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under applicable law and to remit timely such amounts to the applicable governmental authority.
(iii) Merger or Reorganization. If at any time there shall be any reorganization, recapitalization, merger or consolidation (a Reorganization) involving the Company in which shares in the Companys capital stock are converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property, then, as a part of such Reorganization, lawful provision shall be made so that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property of the successor corporation resulting from such Reorganization, equivalent to that which a holder of the Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled in such Reorganization if the right to purchase the Common Stock hereunder had been exercised immediately prior to such Reorganization. In any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the successor corporation) shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder after such Reorganization, to the end that the provisions of this Warrant shall be applicable after such Reorganization, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other securities deliverable after that event, upon the exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Certificate as to Adjustment. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Exercise Price or the number, class or series of Common Stock issuable upon exercise hereof, the Company at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property for which this Warrant shall be exercisable and the Exercise Price) and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the written request at any time of the Holder, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holder a certificate setting forth (i) the Exercise Price then in effect and (ii) the number class and series of shares and the amount and type, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then would be received upon the exercise of this Warrant.
9. Restrictions on Transferability of Securities.
(a) Restrictions on Transferability). The Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may not be sold, assigned, transferred or pledged except upon the conditions specified in this Section 9.
(b) Restrictive Legend. Each certificate representing the Warrant Shares and any other securities issued in respect of the Warrant Shares upon any share split, share dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section 10(c) below) be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in the following form (in addition to any legend required by the Company or under applicable corporate or securities laws):
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN 9 BELOW, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR SUCH LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.
Each holder of Warrant Shares and each subsequent transferee consents to the Company making a notation on its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Warrant Shares in order to implement the restrictions on transfer established in this Section 9.
(c) Notice of Proposed Transfers. Each holder of securities, by acceptance thereof, agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 10(c). Such holder agrees not to make any disposition of all or any portion of the securities unless and until (X) there is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement or (Y) such holder shall have notified the Company of the proposed disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed disposition, and if reasonably requested by the Company, such holder shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such disposition will not require registration of such shares under the Securities Act.
10. Notices of Company Events. In the event (i) the Company shall take a record of the holders of the securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any equity security of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other right, (ii) of any capital reorganization of the Company, (iii) of any reclassification of the share capital of the Company or (iv) of any Acquisition (any of the foregoing, a Notice Event), then, and in each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the Holder a notice specifying, as the case may be, (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (B) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification, Acquisition, is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of the securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be entitled to exchange such securities for the securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, Acquisition. Such notice shall be mailed on the date it was publicly disclosed by the Company.
11. No Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its organizational documents or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, sale of assets 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 action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder against impairment.
12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Governing Law, Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED IN ALL RESPECTS BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THAT WOULD PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR IN RELATION TO THIS WARRANT SHALL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY IN NEW YORK AND THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY SUBMITS IRREVOCABLY TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS.
(b) Restrictions. By acceptance hereof, the Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant may have restrictions upon its resale imposed by applicable securities laws or the Articles.
(c) Waivers and Amendments. This Warrant and any provisions hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought. No failure or delay on the part of any of the parties in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder and/or under any applicable laws or the exercise of such right or power in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Warrant or applicable law shall operate as a waiver thereof.
(d) Succession and Assignment. This Warrant shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Holder and its respective successors and permitted assigns. This Warrant may not be assigned or transferred by the Holder without the prior written approval of the Company, provided, however, that the Holder may assign this Warrant or any or all of its rights and interests hereunder to one or more of its Affiliates or to Madryn Asset Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership or its Affiliates; provided that the Holder and such transferee execute the assignment form attached hereto as Exhibit B. This Warrant shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant may, upon prior written notice to the Company, be assigned, sold or otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, by the Holder to any of its Affiliates, provided that the Holder and such transferee execute the assignment form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(e) Notices. Unless otherwise stated, all notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally by hand or by courier, mailed by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid, or sent by facsimile or email directed to the party to be notified at the address (including email address) or facsimile number indicated for such person on the signature page hereof, or at such other address (or email address) or facsimile number as such party may designate by ten (10) days advance written notice to the other parties hereto, but no such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually or deemed received by the intended recipient. Unless otherwise stated, all such notices and other communications shall be deemed received upon personal delivery, or upon confirmation of facsimile transfer, as determined by reference to local time in New York, New York.
(f) Severability. If one or more provisions of this Warrant are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Warrant and the balance of this Warrant shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(g) Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party under this Warrant, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Warrant, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Warrant, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Warrant, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Warrant or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
(h) Construction.
(i) The Company and the Holder have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Warrant. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Warrant.
(ii) Any reference to any statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise.
(iii) The word including shall mean including without limitation.
(iv) The Company and the Holder intend that each representation, warranty, and covenant contained herein shall have independent significance.
(v) If the Company has breached any provision contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another provision relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which the Company has not breached shall not detract from or mitigate the fact that the Company is in breach of the first provision.
(vi) The use herein of the masculine, feminine or neuter forms shall also denote the other forms, as in each case the context may require.
(vii) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding, and the word through means to and including.
(viii) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Warrant, (A) references to agreements and other contractual instruments (or to specific provisions therein) shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of the Warrant, and (B) references to any statute or regulation shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such statute or regulation.
(i) Counterparts. This Warrant may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be enforceable, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
(j) Further Actions. In case at any time any further action by the Company is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Warrant, the Company will take such further action (including the execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents) as the Holder reasonably may request, all at the sole cost and expense of the Holder.
(k) Headings. The section headings contained in this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Warrant.
(l) Specific Performance. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder would be damaged irreparably in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise are breached. Accordingly, The Company agrees that the other Holder shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Warrant and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof in any action instituted in any court of the State of New York or any state thereof having jurisdiction over the Parties and the matter, in addition to any other remedy to which the Holder may be entitled, at law or in equity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to he executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized.
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Venus Concept Inc., a Delaware corporation |
Attn: Domenic Serafino | ||
Domenic Di Sisto |
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235 Yorkland Blvd., Suite #900 | ||
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2J4Y8 | ||
Facsimile #: +1 (855) 907-0115 | ||
Electronic Mail: | dom@venusconcept.com | |
ddisisto@venusconcept.com |
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: Venus Concept Inc. (the Company) Dated:
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in that certain Warrant dated , 2019, issued by the Company (the Warrant) hereby notifies you as follows:
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Exercise. The undersigned elects to purchase the following pursuant to the terms of the Warrant: |
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Method of Exercise. The undersigned elects to exercise the attached warrant pursuant to: |
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A cash payment and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price for such shares in full. |
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The net issue exercise provisions of Section 2(f) of the Warrant. |
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby sells, assigns and transfers the rights of the undersigned under the attached Warrant with respect to the number of Shares covered thereby set forth below, unto:
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Exhibit 4.3
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 5.3 AND 5.4 BELOW, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER SAID ACT AND LAWS OR IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.
FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE STOCK
Company: | Venus Concept Inc. | |
Number of Shares: | [ ] | |
Type/Series of Stock: | Common Stock, with par value of US $0.0001 per share | |
Warrant Price: | US $6.00 per share | |
Issue Date: | November 7, 2019 | |
Expiration Date: | November 7, 2024 | |
Credit Facility: | This Warrant to Purchase Stock (Warrant) is issued in connection with that certain (i) Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 10, 2018, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018, as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2018, as amended by that certain Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2019, as amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019, and as amended by that certain Waiver and Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2019, by and among the Company, Solar Capital Ltd., as collateral agent for the lenders, and the lenders party thereto (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the Loan Agreement) and (ii) Payoff Letter, dated November 5, 2019, between the Holder and the Company. |
THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, [ ] with an office located at [ ] (together with any successor or permitted assignee or transferee of this Warrant or of any shares issued upon exercise hereof, Holder) is entitled to purchase the number of fully paid and non-assessable - (the Shares) of the above-stated Type/Series of Stock (the Class) of the above-named company (the Company) at the above-stated Warrant Price, all as set forth above and as adjusted pursuant to Section 2 of this Warrant, subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant.
SECTION 1. EXERCISE.
1.1 Method of Exercise. Holder may, at any time and from time to time during the period (the Exercise Period) commencing on the date that is six (6) months after the Issue Date and ending on 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, by delivering to the Company the original of this Warrant together with a duly executed Notice of Exercise in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix 1 and a check, wire transfer of same-day funds (to an account designated by the Company), or other form of payment acceptable to the Company for the aggregate Warrant Price for the Shares being purchased.
1.2 Fair Market Value. If the Companys common stock is then traded or quoted on a nationally recognized securities exchange, inter-dealer quotation system or over-the-counter market (a Trading Market), the fair market value of a Share shall be the volume-weighted average closing price of a share of common stock reported for the ten (10) Business Days immediately before the date on which Holder delivers this Warrant together with its Notice of Exercise to the Company. If the Companys common stock is not traded in a Trading Market, the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine the fair market value of a Share in its reasonable good faith judgment.
1.3 Delivery of Certificate and New Warrant. Promptly after Holder exercises this Warrant in the manner set forth in Section 1.1 above, the Company shall deliver to Holder a certificate representing the Shares issued to Holder upon such exercise and, if this Warrant has not been fully exercised and has not expired, a new warrant of like tenor representing the Shares not so acquired.
1.4 Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form, substance and amount to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender of this Warrant to the Company for cancellation, the Company shall, within a reasonable time, execute and deliver to Holder, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like tenor and amount.
1.5 Treatment of Warrant Upon Acquisition of Company.
(a) Acquisition. For the purpose of this Warrant, Acquisition means any transaction or series of related transactions involving: (i) the sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company into or with another person or entity (other than a merger or consolidation effected exclusively to change the Companys domicile), or any other corporate reorganization, in which the stockholders of the Company in their capacity as such immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization, own less than a majority of the Companys (or the surviving or successor entitys) outstanding voting power immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization; or (iii) any sale or other transfer by the stockholders of the Company of shares representing at least a majority of the Companys then-total outstanding combined voting power.
(b) Treatment of Warrant at Acquisition. In the event of an Acquisition in which the consideration to be received by the Companys stockholders consists solely of cash, solely of Marketable Securities or a combination of cash and Marketable Securities (a Cash/Public Acquisition), either (i) Holder shall exercise this Warrant pursuant to Section 1.1 and such exercise will be deemed effective immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of such Acquisition or (ii) if Holder elects not to exercise the Warrant, this Warrant will expire immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition.
(c) The Company shall provide Holder with written notice of its request relating to the Cash/Public Acquisition (together with such reasonable information as Holder may reasonably require regarding the treatment of this Warrant in connection with such contemplated Cash/Public Acquisition giving rise to such notice), which is to be delivered to Holder not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the closing of the proposed Cash/Public Acquisition.
(d) Upon the closing of any Acquisition other than a Cash/Public Acquisition defined above, the acquiring, surviving or successor entity shall assume the obligations of this Warrant, and this Warrant shall thereafter be exercisable for the same securities and/or other property as would have been paid for the Shares issuable upon exercise of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as if such Shares were outstanding on and as of the closing of such Acquisition, subject to further adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.
(e) As used in this Warrant, Marketable Securities means securities meeting all of the following requirements: (i) the issuer thereof is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and is then current in its filing of all required reports and other information under the Act and the Exchange Act; (ii) the class and series of shares or other security of the issuer that would be received by Holder in connection with the Acquisition were Holder to exercise this Warrant on or prior to the closing thereof is then traded in Trading Market, and (iii) Holder would be able to publicly re-sell, within six (6) months following the closing of such Acquisition, all of the issuers shares and/or other securities that would be received by Holder in such Acquisition were Holder to exercise this Warrant in full on or prior to the closing of such Acquisition.
SECTION 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHARES AND WARRANT PRICE.
2.1 Stock Dividends, Splits, Etc. If the Company declares or pays a dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of the Class payable in common stock or other securities or property (other than cash), then upon exercise of this Warrant, for each Share acquired, Holder shall receive, without additional cost to Holder, the total number and kind of securities and property which Holder would have received had Holder owned the Shares of record as of the date the dividend or distribution occurred. If the Company subdivides the outstanding shares of the Class by reclassification or otherwise into a greater number of shares, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be proportionately increased and the Warrant Price shall be proportionately decreased. If the outstanding shares of the Class are combined or consolidated, by reclassification or otherwise, into a lesser number of shares, the Warrant Price shall be proportionately increased, and the number of Shares shall be proportionately decreased.
2.2 Reclassification, Exchange, Combinations or Substitution. Upon any event whereby all of the outstanding shares of the Class are reclassified, exchanged, combined, substituted, or replaced for, into, with or by Company securities of a different class and/or series, then from and after the consummation of such event, this Warrant will be exercisable for the number, class and series of Company securities that Holder would have received had the Shares been outstanding on and as of the consummation of such event, and subject to further adjustment thereafter from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, exchanges, combinations substitutions, replacements or other similar events.
2.3 No Fractional Share. No fractional Share shall be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and the number of Shares to be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. If a fractional Share interest arises upon any exercise of the Warrant, the Company shall eliminate such fractional Share interest by paying Holder in cash the amount computed by multiplying the fractional interest by (i) the fair market value (as determined in accordance with Section 1.2 above) of a full Share, less (ii) the then-effective Warrant Price.
2.4 Notice/Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Price, Class and/or number of Shares, the Company, at the Companys expense, shall notify Holder in writing within a reasonable time setting forth the adjustments to the Warrant Price, Class and/or number of Shares and facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Company shall, upon written request from Holder, furnish Holder with a certificate of its Chief Financial Officer, including computations of such adjustment and the Warrant Price, Class and number of Shares in effect upon the date of such adjustment.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
3.1 Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Holder that all Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, shall, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free of any liens and encumbrances except for restrictions on transfer provided for herein or under applicable federal and state securities laws. The Company covenants that it shall at all times cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued capital stock such number of shares of the Class, common stock and other securities as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of this Warrant.
3.2 Notice of Certain Events. If the Company proposes at any time to:
(a) declare any dividend or distribution upon the outstanding shares of the Class or common stock, whether in cash, property, stock, or other securities and whether or not a regular cash dividend;
(b) effect any reclassification, exchange, combination, substitution, reorganization or recapitalization of the outstanding shares of the Class; or
(c) effect an Acquisition or to liquidate, dissolve or wind up,
then, in connection with each such event, the Company shall give Holder:
(1) at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the date on which a record will be taken for such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights (and specifying the date on which the holders of outstanding shares of the Class will be entitled thereto) or for determining rights to vote, if any, in respect of the matters referred to in (a) and (b) above; and
(2) in the case of the matters referred to in (c) above at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the date when the same will take place (and specifying the date on which the holders of outstanding shares of the Class will be entitled to exchange their shares for the securities or other property deliverable upon the occurrence of such event).
Company will provide information requested by Holder that is reasonably necessary to enable Holder to comply with Holders accounting or reporting requirements.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF THE HOLDER.
The Holder represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
4.1 Purchase for Own Account. This Warrant and the securities to be acquired upon exercise of this Warrant by Holder are being acquired for investment for Holders account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the public resale or distribution within the meaning of the Act. Holder also represents that it has not been formed for the specific purpose of acquiring this Warrant or the Shares.
4.2 Disclosure of Information. Holder is aware of the Companys business affairs and financial condition and has received or has had full access to all the information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to the acquisition of this Warrant and its underlying securities. Holder further has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of this Warrant and its underlying securities and to obtain additional information (to the extent the Company possessed such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary to verify any information furnished to Holder or to which Holder has access.
4.3 Investment Experience. Holder understands that the purchase of this Warrant and its underlying securities involves substantial risk. Holder has experience as an investor in securities of companies in the development stage and acknowledges that Holder can bear the economic risk of such Holders investment in this Warrant and its underlying securities and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that Holder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in this Warrant and its underlying securities and/or has a preexisting personal or business relationship with the Company and certain of its officers, directors or controlling persons of a nature and duration that enables Holder to be aware of the character, business acumen and financial circumstances of such persons.
4.4 Accredited Investor Status. Holder is an accredited investor within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the Act.
4.5 The Act. Holder understands that this Warrant and the Shares issuable upon exercise hereof have not been registered under the Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Holders investment intent as expressed herein. Holder understands that this Warrant and the Shares issued upon any exercise hereof must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Act and qualified under applicable state securities laws, or unless exemption from such registration and qualification are otherwise available. Holder is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
4.6 No Voting Rights. Holder, as a Holder of this Warrant, will not have any voting rights until the exercise of this Warrant.
SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS.
5.1 Term. Subject to the provisions of Section 1.5 above, this Warrant is exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time during the Exercise Period and shall be void thereafter.
5.2 Legends. The Shares shall be imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN WARRANT TO PURCHASE STOCK ISSUED BY THE ISSUER TO [ ] DATED NOVEMBER 7, 2019, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER SAID ACT AND LAWS OR IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER, SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.
5.3 Compliance with Securities Laws on Transfer. This Warrant and the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part except in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and the transferee (including, without limitation, the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Company, as reasonably requested by the Company). The Company shall not require Holder to provide an opinion of counsel if the transfer is to any entity under common management control with Holder, or any affiliate of Holder, provided that any such transferee is an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Act. Additionally, the Company shall also not require an opinion of counsel if there is no material question as to the availability of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
5.4 Transfer Procedure. After receipt by Holder of the executed Warrant, Holder may transfer all of this Warrant to any entity under common management control with Holder, or an affiliate thereof or successor thereto (the Subsequent Holder), by execution of an Assignment substantially in the form of Appendix 2. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3 and upon
providing the Company with written notice, Subsequent Holder may transfer all or part of this Warrant or the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant to any transferee, provided, however, in connection with any such transfer, the Subsequent Holder will give the Company notice of the portion of the Warrant being transferred with the name, address and taxpayer identification number of the transferee and Holder will surrender this Warrant to the Company for reissuance to the transferee(s) (and Holder if applicable); and provided further, that any subsequent transferee shall agree in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Warrant.
5.5 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder from the Company to the Holder, or vice versa, shall be deemed delivered and effective (i) when given personally, (ii) on the third (3rd) Business Day after being mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, (iii) upon actual receipt if given by facsimile or electronic mail and such receipt is confirmed in writing by the recipient, or (iv) on the first Business Day following delivery to a reliable overnight courier service, courier fee prepaid, in any case at such address as may have been furnished to the Company or Holder, as the case may be, in writing by the Company or such Holder from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.5. All notices to Holder shall be addressed as follows until the Company receives notice of a change of address in connection with a transfer or otherwise:
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With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Notice to the Company shall be addressed as follows until Holder receives notice of a change in address:
If prior to the Issue Date:
Restoration Robotics, Inc.
128 Baytech Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
Facsimile: (408) 883-6889
Attention: Mark Hair
Email: markh@restorationrobotics.com
If on or following the Issue Date:
Venus Concept Inc.
235 Yorkland Blvd, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Y8
Attention: Domenic DiSisto
Email: ddisisto@venusconcept.com
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Facsimile: (212) 521 5450
Attention: Mark Pedretti
Email: mpedretti@reedsmith.com
5.6 Waiver. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
5.7 Attorneys Fees. In the event of any dispute between the parties concerning the terms and provisions of this Warrant, the party prevailing in such dispute shall be entitled to collect from the other party all costs incurred in such dispute, including reasonable attorneys fees.
5.8 Counterparts; Facsimile/Electronic Signatures. This Warrant may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any signature page delivered electronically or by facsimile shall be binding to the same extent as an original signature page with regards to any agreement subject to the terms hereof or any amendment thereto.
5.9 Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to its principles regarding conflicts of law.
5.10 Headings. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision of this Warrant.
5.11 Business Days. Business Day is any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks in New York, New York are closed.
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
1. The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right purchase shares of the Common/ Stock of Venus Concept Inc. (the Company) in accordance with the attached Warrant To Purchase Stock, and tenders payment of the aggregate Warrant Price for such shares as follows:
☐ check in the amount of $ payable to order of the Company enclosed herewith
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Appendix 2
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the Agreement), dated as of November 3, 2019, by and among Restoration Robotics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), Venus Concept Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel (Venus Concept), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto and any additional investors that become parties to this Agreement in accordance with Section 1(c) hereof (individually, a Buyer and collectively, the Buyers).
WHEREAS:
A. On March 15, 2019, the Company and Venus Concept entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, (as amended, the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which Venus Concept will merge (the Merger) with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, following which Venus Concept will survive as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as described in the proxy statement/prospectus included in the registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended and supplemented, the Proxy Statement) filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The Company and Venus Concept are hereinafter referred to collectively as the Company Parties (each, a Company Party) and the Company following the consummation of the Merger is hereinafter referred to as the Combined Company. Unless otherwise specified herein, any reference to the Company or the Company Parties following the consummation of the Merger means the Combined Company.
B. The Company, Venus Concept and each Buyer are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the 1933 Act), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (Regulation D) as promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act.
C. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Combined Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Combined Company (after giving effect to the 1 to 15 reverse stock split (the Reverse Stock Split) effected immediately following the Effective Time of the Merger) (the Common Stock), set forth opposite such Buyers name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate amount for all Buyers together shall not exceed 10 million shares of Common Stock and shall collectively be referred to herein as the Common Shares), and (ii) a warrant to acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock (after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split) set forth opposite such Buyers name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers at an exercise price of $6.00 per share (the Warrants), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as exercised, collectively, the Warrant Shares).
D. The Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the Securities.
E. In connection with the offering and sale of the Securities, the Company Parties have entered into an engagement letter dated as of November 3, 2019 (the Engagement Letter) with Evercore Group L.L.C., Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Northland Securities, Inc., who are acting as Placement Agents for the Securities (the Agents).
F. Immediately prior to the Closing (as defined below), the Combined Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Registration Rights Agreement) pursuant to which the Combined Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares under the 1933 Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company Parties and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON SHARES AND WARRANTS
(a) Purchase of Common Shares and Warrants.
Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Combined Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, shall purchase from the Combined Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), the number of Common Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyers name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, along with the Warrants to acquire up to that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyers name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers (the Closing).
(i) Closing. The date and time of the Closing (the Closing Date) shall be 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on November 6, 2019 (or such later date and time as is mutually agreed to by the Combined Company and each Buyer) after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below at the offices of Reed Smith LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, New York, 10022.
(ii) Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Common Shares and the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer at the Closing (the Purchase Price) shall be $3.75 per unit (consisting of one Common Share and a Warrant exercisable for 0.5 Warrant Shares, with each whole Warrant exercisable for one Warrant Share at an exercise price of $6.00 per share).
(b) Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its Purchase Price to the Combined Company for the Common Shares and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Combined Companys written wire instructions and (ii) the Combined Company shall deliver to each Buyer the Common Shares (allocated in the amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is then purchasing hereunder along with the Warrants (allocated in the amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is then purchasing hereunder, in each case, duly executed or authenticated on behalf of the Combined Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee, and, in the case of the Common Shares, on the applicable balance account at Computershare Inc., as the Combined Companys transfer agent (the Transfer Agent). Upon the request of a Buyer, the Company shall instruct the Transfer Agent to provide such Buyer with a copy of such Buyers balance account at the Transfer Agent.
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(c) Sale of Additional Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, prior to the Closing Date, the Company Parties may issue and sell, on the same terms and conditions as those contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as defined below), additional Common Shares, not to exceed 10 million in the aggregate hereunder, and the Warrants to one or more investors (each, an Additional Buyers and thereafter be deemed a Buyer for all purposes hereunder), provided that each Additional Buyer becomes a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering a counterpart signature page to this Agreement, the Investor Questionnaire and any other documents a Buyer is required to deliver on or prior to the date hereof as set forth under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate Purchase Price paid for the Securities purchased hereunder shall not exceed $31.9 million. The Schedule of Buyers attached hereto shall be amended by the Company Parties from time to time without the consent of the Buyers to add information regarding such Additional Buyers, including the number of Common Shares and Warrants such Additional Buyers shall be purchasing from the Combined Company on the Closing Date.
2. BUYERS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. If the Buyer is an entity, such Buyer is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.
(b) Authorization and Power. Such Buyer has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which such Buyer is a party and to purchase the Securities being sold to it hereunder. If such Buyer is an entity, the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which such Buyer is a party by such Buyer and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or partnership action, and no further consent or authorization of such Buyer or its board of directors, stockholders, partners or similar body, as the case may be, is required. The Transaction Documents to which such Buyer is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Buyer and assuming due authorization, execution and deliver by the Company Parties, constitute valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with the terms thereof, 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.
(c) No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer is acquiring the Common Shares and the Warrants, and upon exercise of the Warrants will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of all or any part of the Securities at any time in accordance with or
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pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act and pursuant to the applicable terms of the Transaction Documents. Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities. As used in this Agreement, Person means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
(d) Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an accredited investor as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D. Such Buyer has executed and delivered to the Company a questionnaire in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the Investor Questionnaire), which such Buyer represents and warrants is true, correct and complete. Such Buyer will promptly notify each Company Party of any changes to its status as an accredited investor.
(e) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company Parties are relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyers compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth in the Transaction Documents and the Investor Questionnaire in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.
(f) Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company Parties and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities that have been requested by such Buyer as it has deemed necessary or appropriate to conduct its due diligence investigation. Such Buyer has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Company Parties so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the Combined Company. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company Parties. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyers right to rely on the Company Parties and the Company Parties representations and warranties contained herein and the truth, accuracy, and completeness thereof. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk and represents and warrants that it is able to bear the economic risk and complete loss of such investment. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
(g) No Governmental Review. Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
(h) Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that, except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under
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the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, or (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144, as amended, promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) ( Rule 144) or an exemption from such registration, (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
(i) Legends. Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Securities, including any applicable balance account at the Transfer Agent, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the blue sky laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such Securities):
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH ANY OF THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.
(j) Legend Removal. Unless otherwise required by state securities laws, the legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at The Depository Trust Company (DTC) or the Transfer Agent, as applicable, and at the Buyers election so long as the Buyer is not an affiliate of the Company, if (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of a law firm reasonably acceptable to the Company, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, or (iii) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of a law firm reasonably acceptable to the Company, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or an exemption from registration.
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(k) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.
(l) No General Solicitation and Advertising. Such Buyer represents and acknowledges that it has not been solicited to offer to purchase or to purchase any Securities by means of any general solicitation or advertising within the meaning of Regulation D.
(m) Residency. Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.
(n) Brokers. There is no broker, investment banker, financial advisor, finder or other Person which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of such Buyer who might be entitled to any fee or commission for which the Company will be liable in connection with the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(o) Independent Evaluation. Such Buyer confirms and agrees that (i) it has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase the Securities, (ii) it has not relied on the advice of, or any representations by, the Agents or any affiliate thereof or any representative of the Agents or their affiliates in making such decision and (iii) neither the Agents nor any of their representatives has any responsibility with respect to the completeness or accuracy of any information or materials furnished to such Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Such Buyer has furnished to the Agents a non-reliance letter addressed to the Agents in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the Non-reliance Letter).
(p) Bad Actor Disclosure. Such Buyer acknowledges and agrees that it has received and reviewed the disclosure set forth on Exhibit D attached hereto a reasonable time prior to the date hereof.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY PARTIES.
Each Company Party, solely with respect to the representations contained in this Section 3 regarding itself and the Combined Company (but not, for clarity, with respect to the representations regarding any other Company Party), represents and warrants to each of the Buyers, severally and not jointly, that, until otherwise specified, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a) Organization and Qualification. Such Company Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization with full
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corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the SEC Documents (as defined below), and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected to (i) have, singularly or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Combined Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business or (ii) impair in any material respect the ability of such Company Party to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (any such effect as described in clauses (i) or (ii), a Material Adverse Effect).
(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. To the extent it is a party thereto, such Company Party has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined below), the Warrants and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, if any (collectively, the Transaction Documents) and to perform its obligations thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly taken. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Company Party, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Company Party, enforceable against such Company Party in accordance with its 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.
(c) Subsidiaries. Each of the Company Parties Subsidiaries (as defined below) has been duly incorporated, organized or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation with full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the SEC Documents, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Subsidiary of any Person means any entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly, owns more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock, equity or similar interests or voting power of such entity at the time of this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, the Combined Company will have no Subsidiaries except those set forth in Schedule 3(c).
(d) Issuance of Securities. Schedule 3(d) sets forth the Companys capitalization as of the date hereof on a pro forma basis after giving effect to (i) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in the Merger, (ii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of all outstanding convertible notes issued by the Company Parties (the Convertible Notes), (iii) the Reverse Stock Split, (iv) the issuance of the Securities hereunder, and (v) the number of shares of capital stock issuable pursuant to the Companys stock plans as of the Closing Date. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall disclose to the Buyers Schedule 3(d)-1, which shall set forth the Companys capitalization as of the Closing Date on a pro forma basis after giving effect
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to (i) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in the Merger, (ii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, (iii) the Reverse Stock Split, (iv) the issuance of the Securities hereunder, and (v) the number of shares of capital stock issuable pursuant to the Companys stock plans as of the Closing Date. As of the date hereof and as of the Closing date, the Combined Company will have 310,000,000 authorized shares, of which 300,000,000 are shares of Common Stock, and 10,000,000 are shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The Common Shares and the Warrants have been duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof and payment of the Purchase Price, shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights. As of the Closing, a number of shares of Common Stock shall have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance which equals 100% of the aggregate of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. Upon exercise in accordance with the Warrants and payment of any applicable exercise price therefore, the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights. Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities does not require registration under the 1933 Act. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Companys capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of pre-emptive rights and were issued in compliance with applicable state and federal securities law and any rights of third parties. Except as described on Schedule 3(d), no Person is entitled to pre-emptive or similar statutory or contractual rights with respect to any securities of the Company. As of the Closing Date, except as disclosed on Schedule 3(d), there are no outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or arrangements of any character under which the Company has an obligation, contingent or otherwise, to issue any equity securities.
(e) No Conflicts. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by such Company Party, the performance by such Company Party of its obligations thereunder and the consummation by such Company Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the issuance of the Securities) will not conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the organizational documents of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any material indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties; except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or imposition that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court, governmental agency or body, or other Person is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i) such as have been obtained under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase of the Securities, (ii) such as maybe required under the 1933 Act in connection with the Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) the filing of a Form D, (iv) such as have been obtained under the securities laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside of the United States in which the Securities are sold, and (v) such as have been obtained under the Nasdaq shareholder approval rules as set forth in the Proxy Statement.
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(g) Absence of Defaults. As of the Closing Date, and after giving effect to the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and the funding of the aggregate amount set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, neither Company Party is in default (and no event that, with the passage of time or giving of notice or both, would be a default) in the performance or observance of any material obligation, covenant or condition contained in any loan agreement to which it is a party.
(h) No General Solicitation; Agents Fees. Neither such Company Party, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company Parties shall be responsible for the payment of the Agents fees under the Engagement Letter and shall not have any responsibility for any fees or brokers commissions incurred by any Buyer or its investment advisor relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company Parties acknowledge that they have engaged the Agents in connection with the sale of the Securities. Other than the Agents and Boaz Dymant, neither such Company Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.
(i) No Integrated Offering. None of such Company Party, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, and any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise.
(j) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable (and accordingly the Buyers are exempt from) any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Companys Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the Certificate of Incorporation), or the laws of the State of Delaware which are or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the Combined Companys issuance of the Securities and any Buyers ownership of the Securities.
(k) SEC Documents; Financial Statements. The Company has filed, within the prescribed time frames, all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it from January 1, 2018 through the Closing Date with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act) (all of the foregoing, together with the Proxy Statement and all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the SEC Documents). As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1933 Act applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained or contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omit
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to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective filing dates, each of (A) the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents and (B) the financial statements of Venus Concept included in the Proxy Statement complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. The financial statements of the Company Parties have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company, as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the 1933 Act. The pro forma financial information and the related notes included in the Proxy Statement have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and present fairly the information shown therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. Venus Concept is not subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act.
(l) Absence of Certain Changes. Since the date of each Company Parties last audited financial statements included in or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement, there has been no Material Adverse Effect and no circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to be, cause or have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Company Party nor any of its respective Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does any of the Company Parties have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact that would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.
(m) Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer 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.
(n) Disclosure. Such Company Party confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers with any information that would constitute material, nonpublic information which has not otherwise been disclosed publicly as of the Closing Date. Such Company Party acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2 hereof and in the Investor Questionnaire.
(o) Manipulation of Price. Such Company Party has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
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(p) Capital Stock of Subsidiaries. Schedule 3(p) sets forth as of the date hereof the number of units, limited liability company interests, limited company interests, or other equity ownership interests: (i) authorized for each Subsidiary of such Company Party; (ii) issuable pursuant to the equity plans of each Subsidiary of such Company Party; and (iii) issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant to securities exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable for any units, limited liability company interests, limited company interests or other equity ownership interests of each Subsidiary of such Company Party. All of the outstanding units, limited liability company interests, limited company interests or other equity ownership interests issued by each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction) and, except as otherwise set forth in Schedule 3(p) or the SEC Documents, are owned by the applicable Company Party either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances.
(q) Investment Company. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom, will not be an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(r) Exhibits. There is no agreement, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the SEC Documents, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required.
(s) Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities of the Company registered for sale under a registration statement, except for rights (i) contained in the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) contained in the Registration Rights Agreement related to the Convertible Notes, (iii) contained in the Deerfield Registration Rights Agreement, (iv) the Restoration Robotics Amended and Restated Investors Rights Agreement, or (v) as have been duly waived.
(t) Legal Proceedings. No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of such Company Party, threatened, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the SEC Documents.
(u) Real Property. Such Company Party and its Subsidiaries own or lease all such properties as are necessary for the conduct of their operations as presently conducted.
(v) Independent Accountants. Grant Thornton LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the SEC Documents, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder. Deloitte LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants/Licensed Public Accountants, who expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements of Venus Concept included in the Proxy Statement, are independent accountants with respect to Venus Concept within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
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(w) Taxes. Such Company Party and its Subsidiaries have (a) filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns (as defined below) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof or have duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof and (b) paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined below) shown as due and payable on such returns that were filed and have paid all taxes imposed on or assessed against such Company Party or such respective Subsidiary, except in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements included in the SEC Documents are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated financial statements. The term taxes means all federal, state, local, foreign, and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments, or charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts with respect thereto. The term returns means all returns, declarations, reports, statements, and other documents required to be filed in respect to taxes.
(x) Employment Matters. There is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries, nor to such Companys Partys knowledge, threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries, before the National Labor Relations Board, any state or local labor relation board or any foreign labor relations board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or, to such Companys Partys knowledge, threatened against it and (B) no labor disturbance by the employees of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to such Companys Partys knowledge, is imminent, and such Company Party is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its Subsidiaries, principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, that could reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Compliance with Occupational Laws. Such Company Party and each of its Subsidiaries (A) is in compliance, in all material respects, with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, treaties, statutes and codes promulgated by any and all governmental authorities (including pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act) relating to the protection of human health and safety in the workplace (Occupational Laws); (B) has received all material permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Occupational Laws to conduct its business as currently conducted; and (C) is in compliance, in all material respects, with all terms and conditions of such permit, license or approval. No action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or claim is pending or, to such Company Partys knowledge, threatened against such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Occupational Laws that could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Insurance. Such Company Party, on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries, carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as it believes is adequate for the conduct of its business as currently conducted as described in the SEC Documents and to cover its properties.
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(aa) Permits. Such Company Party and each of its Subsidiaries holds, and is in compliance with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders (Permits) of any governmental authority required for the conduct of its business as currently conducted as described in the SEC Documents, and all such Permits are in full force and effect, in each case except where the failure to hold, or comply with, any of them is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(bb) Accounting and Disclosure Controls. The Company, on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries, maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act) that has been designed by, or under the supervision of, the Companys principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the SEC Documents, there has been no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and any subsidiaries is made known to the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(cc) Environmental Matters. Such Company Party and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all foreign, federal, state and local rules, laws and regulations relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and protection of health and safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses (Environmental Laws), except where the failure to comply has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due to, or caused by the such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries (or, to such Company Partys knowledge, any other entity for whose acts or omissions such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries is or may otherwise be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or upon any other property, in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would, under any law, statute, ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, give rise to any liability, except for any violation or liability which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and there has been no disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries has knowledge.
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(dd) ERISA Compliance. No prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (ERISA), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the Code)) or accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the thirty (30)-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur with respect to any employee benefit plan of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each employee benefit plan of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. Such Company Party and its Subsidiaries have not incurred and could not reasonably be expected to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any pension plan (as defined in ERISA). Each pension plan for which such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and, to such Company Partys knowledge, nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could, singularly or in the aggregate, cause the loss of such qualification.
(ee) SOX Compliance. The Company has taken all actions it deems reasonably necessary or advisable to take on or prior to the date of this Agreement to assure that it is and will continue be in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing the provisions thereof that are then in effect.
(ff) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither such Company Party nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director or officer of such Company Party or any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of such Company Party, any employee, representative, agent, affiliate of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any other person acting on behalf of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries, is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the FCPA), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and such Company Party and, to the knowledge of such Company Party, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(gg) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of such Company Party and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign
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Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental entity (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any governmental entity involving such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of such Company Party, threatened.
(hh) OFAC. Neither such Company Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director or officer of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of such Company Party, any employee, representative, agent or affiliate of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any other person acting on behalf of such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC); and such Company Party will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ii) Intellectual Property. Such Company Party and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses or has valid right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights (Intellectual Property) necessary for the conduct of the business of such Company Party and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted as described in the SEC Documents. To the knowledge of such Company Party, no action or use by such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries involves or gives rise to any infringement of, or license or similar fees for, any Intellectual Property of others, except where such action, use, license or fee is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, neither such Company Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice alleging any such infringement or fee which would reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To such Company Partys knowledge, none of the technology employed by such Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries has been obtained or is being used by such Company Party or such Subsidiary in violation of any contractual obligation binding on such Company Party or such Subsidiary or, to such Company Partys knowledge, any of the officers, directors or employees of such Company Party or any Subsidiary, or, to such Company Partys knowledge, otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons, except in each case for such violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj) Compliance with Health Care Laws. Such Company Party and, to such Company Partys knowledge, its directors, officers, employees, and agents (while acting in such capacity) are, and at all times since January 1, 2017 have been, in compliance with, all health care laws and regulations applicable to such Company Party, including all such health care laws and regulations pertaining to development and testing of health care products or medical devices, fraud and abuse, kickbacks, recordkeeping, documentation requirements, the hiring of employees (to the extent governed by health care laws), quality, safety, privacy, security, licensure, ownership, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, processing, use, distribution, storage, import, export, advertising, promotion, marketing or disposal of health care products or medical devices (collectively, Health Care Laws), except where such noncompliance would not, individually
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or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, such Company Party, and to such Company Partys knowledge, its contract manufactures (while acting on behalf of such Company Party) has not received any written notification, correspondence or any other written communication, including notification of any pending or threatened claim, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, of material non-compliance by, or liability of, such Company Party under any Health Care Laws. To such Company Partys knowledge, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability of such Company Party under any Health Care Laws, except that would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. To such Company Partys knowledge, the manufacture of products by or on behalf of such Company Party is being conducted in compliance in all material respects with all Health Care Laws applicable to such Company Party or any of its products or activities, including, without limitation, the FDAs current good manufacturing practice regulations at 21 C.F.R. Part 820 for products sold in the United States, and the respective counterparts thereof promulgated by governmental authorities in countries outside the United States. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, during the two year period ended on December 31, 2018 and through the date hereof, such Company Party has not had any product or Company Party-owned manufacturing site subject to a governmental authority (including FDA) shutdown or import or export prohibition, nor received any FDA Form 483 or other governmental authority notice of inspectional observations, warning letters, untitled letters, written requests to make changes to such Company Partys products, processes or operations, or similar written correspondence or notice from the FDA or other governmental authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any applicable Health Care Laws that has not been resolved. To such Company Partys knowledge, neither the FDA nor any other Governmental Authority has threatened such action.
(kk) Clinical Data and Regulatory Compliance. The clinical and preclinical studies and tests conducted by such Company Party and, to the knowledge of such Company Party, the clinical and preclinical studies conducted on behalf of or sponsored by such Company Party, were, and if still pending, are, being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable Health Care Laws, including, but not limited to, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and its applicable implementing regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58 and 812. Any descriptions of clinical, preclinical and other studies and tests, including any related results and regulatory status, contained in the SEC Documents are complete, accurate, and fairly represented in all material respects. No marketing authorization, including any 510(k) clearance held by such Company Party, has been terminated or suspended by the FDA, and neither the FDA nor any applicable foreign regulatory agency has commenced, or, to such Company Partys knowledge, threatened to initiate, any action to place a clinical hold order on, or otherwise terminate, delay or suspend, any proposed or ongoing clinical investigation conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of the Company.
(ll) No Safety Notices. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there have been no recalls, field notifications, corrections or removals, market withdrawals or replacements, warnings, dear doctor letters, investigator notices, safety alerts, safety communications or other notice of action
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relating to an alleged lack of safety, efficacy, or regulatory compliance of such Company Partys products (Safety Notices) during the two year period ended on December 31, 2018 and through the date hereof. To such Company Partys knowledge, there are no facts that would be reasonably likely to result in (i) a material Safety Notice with respect to such Company Partys products, (ii) a material change in labeling of any of such Company Partys products, or (iii) a termination or suspension of marketing or testing of any of such Company Partys products, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(mm) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. Such Company Party is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation, within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and such Company Party shall so certify upon Buyers request.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) Blue Sky. The Company, on or before the Closing Date, shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or blue sky laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification). The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities or blue sky laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.
(b) Reporting Status; Public Information. From the date of this Agreement until the first date on which no Buyer owns any Securities (the Reporting Period), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act would otherwise permit such termination.
(c) Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) (the Principal Market) and shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall take all actions necessary to remain eligible for quotation of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or The New York Stock Exchange and 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 thereon. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(c).
(d) Fees. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any Agents fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the Agents. The Company shall be responsible for any fees or commissions payable to Boaz Dymant in connection with the transactions
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contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers, provided, however, the Company has agreed to reimburse the SEDCO Buyers $50,000 for legal fees and expenses.
(e) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. No later than 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a press release and file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the form of the Registration Rights Agreement) as exhibits to such filing. In the event that the Merger does not close on or prior to such date, then on or prior to 5:30 p.m. on November 15, 2019, the Company shall issue a press release and file a current report on Form 8-K (including all exhibits, the 8-K Filing) disclosing any material non-public information disclosed to the Buyers hereunder and from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, no Buyer shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC without the express written consent of such Buyer. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions. Without the prior written consent of any applicable Buyer, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise other than in connection with the registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, unless such disclosure is required by law, regulation or the Principal Market.
(f) Subsequent Equity Sales. The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the 1933 Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the 1933 Act of the sale of the Securities to the Buyers, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any trading market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
(g) No Avoidance of Obligations. Each Company Party shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to, enter into any agreement which would prevent such Company Partys or any of its Subsidiaries ability to perform under, or take any other voluntary action to avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed by it under, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
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(h) Regulation M. Neither the Company, nor the Subsidiaries nor any affiliates of the foregoing shall take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the 1934 Act, in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities contemplated hereby.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder shall be used to repay outstanding indebtedness in connection with the Merger and for general corporate purposes, including working capital.
5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
(a) Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee) and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person.
(b) Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts of such transfer agent, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon exercise of the Warrants (including payment of any applicable exercise price) substantially in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto (the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions). The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5, and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(h) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent with respect to the Securities. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(h), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts of such transfer agent in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment; provided that the Buyer has complied with Section 2(h) through (j). In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be, without any restrictive legend upon such sale.
(c) Breach. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5 will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5, that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANYS OBLIGATION TO SELL.
The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Common Shares and the Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing
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Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Companys sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:
(a) The Merger shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.
(b) All outstanding Convertible Notes shall have converted into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of such Convertible Notes.
(c) Each Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.
(d) Each Buyer shall have executed and delivered to the Company an Investor Questionnaire, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, pursuant to which each such Buyer shall provide information necessary to confirm each such Buyers status as an accredited investor (as such term is defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the 1933 Act) and to enable the Company to comply with the Registration Rights Agreement.
(e) Each Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Common Shares and the Warrants being purchased by such Buyer by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
(f) The representations and warranties of each Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date), and each Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date. By delivering the Purchase Price for the Common Shares and the Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing, each Buyer shall be deemed to have confirmed the foregoing as of the Closing Date.
(g) Each of the Buyers affiliated with EW, HealthQuest and SEDCO shall have concurrently funded at the Closing its respective Purchase Price as set forth in the Schedule of Buyers.
7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYERS OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Common Shares and the Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyers sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
(a) The Merger shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.
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(b) All outstanding Convertible Notes shall have converted into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of such Convertible Notes.
(c) The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer (i) each of the Transaction Documents and (ii) the Common Shares and the Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Reed Smith LLP, counsel for the Company (Company Counsel), dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
(e) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Companys transfer agent.
(f) Each Company Party shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the good standing of such Company Party in such entitys state or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization issued by the Secretary of State (or other applicable authority) of such state or jurisdiction of incorporation or organization as of a date within five Business Days of the Closing Date.
(g) The Nasdaq Capital Market or Nasdaq Global Market shall have approved the application for the listing of the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares.
(h) Each Company Party shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation or organization of such Company Party as certified by the Secretary of State (or other applicable authority) of such state or jurisdiction of incorporation or organization within five Business Days of the Closing Date.
(i) The Combined Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of such Company Party and the Combined Company approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, and (iii) the Bylaws of the Combined Company, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.
(j) The representations and warranties of the Company Parties shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date) and the Company Parties shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company Parties at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received one or more certificates, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of each Company Party, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H.
(k) The Company Parties shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.
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No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents.
(l) Each of the Buyers affiliated with EW, HealthQuest and SEDCO shall have concurrently funded at the Closing its respective Purchase Price as set forth in the Schedule of Buyers.
8. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan and each of their respective appellate courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(b) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
(c) Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
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(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company Parties, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company Parties nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holders of Securities representing at least a majority of the amount of the Securities, or, if prior to the Closing Date, by each of the Company Parties and the Buyers listed on the Schedule of Buyers as being obligated to purchase at least a majority of the amount of the Securities. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, holders of Common Shares or holders of the Warrants, as the case may be. The Company Parties have not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company Parties confirm that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.
(f) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally, (ii) when sent, if sent by email (provided that such sent email is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipients email server that such email could not be delivered to such recipient, or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
If prior to the Closing Date:
Restoration Robotics, Inc.
128 Baytech Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
Facsimile: (408) 883-6889
Attention: Mark Hair
Email: markh@restorationrobotics.com
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If on or following the Closing Date:
Venus Concept Inc.
235 Yorkland Blvd, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Y8
Attention: Domenic DiSisto
Email: ddisisto@venusconcept.com
with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Facsimile: (212) 521 5450
Attention: Mark Pedretti
Email: mpedretti@reedsmith.com
If to Venus Concept
Venus Concept Ltd.
235 Yorkland Blvd, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Y8
Attention: Domenic DiSisto
Email: ddisisto@venusconcept.com
with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Facsimile: (212) 521 5450
Attention: Mark Pedretti
Email: mpedretti@reedsmith.com
If to the Transfer Agent:
Computershare
462 South 4th Street, Suite 1600
Louisville KY 40202
If to a Buyer, to its physical or electronic address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyers representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers.
With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Evercore Group L.L.C.
55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10055
Phone: (800) 831-9146
Attention: Equity Capital Markets
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and
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
85 Broad Street, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Facsimile: (212) 667-8060
Phone: (212) 667-7340
Attention: Alison Christian
and
Northland Securities, Inc.
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 4540
New York, New York 10165
Email: ahammer@northlandcapitalmarkets.com
Attention: Andrew Hammer
or to such other physical or electronic address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the senders email containing the time, date and recipient email address of such transmission, or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by email or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
(g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. The Company Parties shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued and issuable hereunder, including by merger or consolidation, other than pursuant to the Merger. A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder with the consent of the Company Parties, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights; provided that such assignee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the Buyers.
(h) No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as set forth in Section 9(p) below and except that each Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce the obligations of the Company with respect to Section 9(k) below.
(i) Survival. The representations and warranties of the Company Parties and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3 and in the Secretarys Certificate and Officers Certificate
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delivered on the Closing Date, and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 8 and 9 shall survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) Indemnification. Each of the Company Parties, agrees, on a several (and not joint and several) basis to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Buyers, the officers, directors, partners, members, and employees of each Buyer, each Person, if any, who controls any such Buyer (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members and employees of each such controlling Person (each, an Indemnified Party), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of each of the Company Parties), insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arise out of or are based in whole or in part on the inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company Parties contained in the Transaction Documents or the failure of the Company Parties to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for legal and other expenses reasonably incurred as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that neither Company Party will be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based upon (i) the failure of such Indemnified Party to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Section 2(h) above respecting sale of the Shares, or (ii) the inaccuracy of any representations made by such Indemnified Party herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Company Party have any liability under this Section 8(k) in an amount that exceeds the proceeds received by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
(i) Each Buyer shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the other Buyers and the Company Parties, its directors, officers, and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act and Section 20 of the 1934 Act) and the directors, officers, partners, members or employees of such controlling Persons, against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses to which any of the Company Parties, each of its directors or each of its controlling Persons may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Buyer) insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arise out of or are based upon (i) any failure by such Buyer to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Section 2(h) above respecting the sale of the Shares or (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation made by such Buyer in any of the Transaction Documents, in each case to the extent, and will
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reimburse the Company Parties, each of its directors, and each of its controlling Persons for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred, as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company Parties, each of its directors, and each of its controlling Persons in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. No Buyer shall be liable for the indemnification obligations of any other Buyer.
(l) No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
(m) Remedies. Each Buyer shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law.
(n) Independent Nature of Buyers Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and each Company Party acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group, and each Company Party will not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and each Company Party acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Company Party acknowledges and each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
(o) Reliance by the Agents. The parties agree and acknowledge that the Agents may rely on the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants of the Company Parties contained in this Agreement and may rely on the representations and warranties of the respective Buyers contained in this Agreement as if such representations, warranties, agreements, and covenants, as applicable, were made directly to the Agents. The parties further agreement that the Agents may rely on or, if the Agents so request, be specifically named as an addressee of, the legal opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(d) of this Agreement.
(p) Exculpation of Agents. Each party hereto agrees for the express benefit of the Agents, their respective affiliates and their respective representatives that:
(i) Neither Agents nor any of their affiliates or any of their representatives (A) have any duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein or
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in the Engagement Letter, (B) make any representation or warranty, or have any responsibilities as to the validity, accuracy, value or genuineness of any information, certificates or documentation delivered by or on behalf of the Company Parties pursuant to this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (C) shall be liable (i) for any action taken, suffered or omitted by any of them in good faith and reasonably believed to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement or any Transaction Document or (ii) for anything which any of them may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement or any Transaction Document, except for such partys own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(ii) Each of the Agents, their respective affiliates and their respective representatives shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in acting upon, any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter or any other document or security delivered to any of them by or on behalf of a Company Party.
(iii) Each Buyer represents and warrants, for the express benefit of the Agents, their respective affiliates and their respective representatives, that (A) it has independently made its own analysis and decision to enter into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents based on such information as it deems appropriate and without reliance on the Placement Agents and (B) it is relying exclusively on its own sources of information and advisors with respect to all business, legal, regulatory, accounting, credit and tax matters.
(q) Waiver of Conflicts. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that Reed Smith LLP, counsel for Venus Concept, and counsel for the Combined Company following the Merger, has in the past performed and may continue to perform legal services for certain of the Buyers in matters unrelated to the transactions described in this Agreement, including the representation of such Buyers in financings and other matters. Accordingly, each party to this Agreement hereby (a) acknowledges that they have had an opportunity to ask for information relevant to this disclosure; and (b) gives its informed consent to Reed Smith LLPs representation of certain of the Buyers in such unrelated matters and Reed Smith LLPs representation of Venus Concept in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
9. TERMINATION.
In the event that the Buyers affiliated with EW, HealthQuest and SEDCO shall not have funded their respective Purchase Price as set forth in the Schedule of Buyers on or before November 15, 2019, the Buyers listed on the Schedule of Buyers as being obligated to purchase at least a majority of the amount of Securities, shall have the option to terminate this Agreement without liability of any party to any other party
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and each Company Party have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY PARTIES:
RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Mark Hair |
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Name: Mark Hair | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
VENUS CONCEPT LTD. | ||
By: |
/s/ Domenic Serafino |
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Name: Domenic Serafino | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and each Company Party have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS: | ||
HEALTHQUEST PARTNERS II, L.P. | ||
By: Healthquest Venture Management II, L.L.C., its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Garheng Kong |
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Name: | Garheng Kong | |
Title: | Managing Partner | |
APERTURE VENTURE PARTNERS II, L.P. | ||
By: Aperture Venture II Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Anthony Natale |
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Name: | Anthony Natale | |
Title: | Managing Member | |
APERTURE VENTURE PARTNERS II-A, L.P. | ||
By: Aperture Venture II Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Anthony Natale |
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Name: | Anthony Natale | |
Title: | Managing Member | |
APERTURE VENTURE PARTNERS II-B, L.P. | ||
By: Aperture Venture II Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Anthony Natale |
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Name: | Anthony Natale | |
Title: | Managing Member |
APERTURE VENTURE PARTNERS III, L.P. | ||
By: Aperture Venture II Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Anthony Natale |
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Name: | Anthony Natale | |
Title: | Managing Member | |
EW HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, L.P. | ||
By: Essex Woodlands Fund IX-GP, its General Partner | ||
By: Essex Woodlands IX, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Scott Barry |
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Name: | R. Scott Barry | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
EW HEALTHCARE PARTNERS-A, L.P. | ||
By: Essex Woodlands Fund IX-GP, its General Partner | ||
By: Essex Woodlands IX, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Scott Barry |
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Name: | R. Scott Barry | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
SC Venus Opportunities Limited | ||
By: |
/s/ Rasheed Yar Khan |
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Name: | Rasheed Yar Khan | |
Title: | Director | |
SC Venus US Limited | ||
By: |
/s/ Rasheed Yar Khan |
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Name: | Rasheed Yar Khan | |
Title: | Director |
SEDCO Capital Cayman Limited | ||
By: |
/s/ Samer Shaaban |
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Name: | Samer Shaaban | |
Title: | Director | |
/s/ Paul Scarafile |
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Paul Scarafile | ||
/s/ Søren Maor Sinay |
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Søren Maor Sinay | ||
/s/ Domenic Della Penna |
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Domenic Della Penna | ||
/s/ Peter Giannoulis |
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Peter Giannoulis | ||
/s/ Paul Scarafile |
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Paul Scarafile | ||
/s/ Bill Kelley |
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Bill Kelley | ||
/s/ David Walden |
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David Walden | ||
/s/ Jim Wolch |
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Jim Wolch | ||
/s/ Omri Kesler |
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Omri Kesler | ||
/s/ Heinz Prachter |
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Heinz Prachter |
/s/ Vincent Primucci |
Vincent Primucci |
/s/ Boris Vaynberg |
Boris Vaynberg |
/s/ Melissa Kang |
Melissa Kang |
/s/ Sean Carr |
Sean Carr |
L. AND C. WOSCOFF TRUST |
/s/ Leonardo Woscoff |
By: Leonardo Woscoff |
Title: Trustee |
/s/ Neil Sadick |
Neil Sadick |
/s/ Suleima Ribeiro De Arruda |
Suleima Riberro De Arruda |
/s/ Mohit Desai |
Mohit Desai |
/s/ James Cottone |
James Cottone |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Form of Warrant | |
Exhibit B | Form of Registration Rights Agreement | |
Exhibit C | Form of Non-reliance letter | |
Exhibit D | Rule 506 Disclosure | |
Exhibit E | Investor Questionnaire | |
Exhibit F | Form of Company Counsel Opinion | |
Exhibit G | Form of Secretarys Certificate | |
Exhibit H | Form of Officers Certificate | |
Exhibit I | Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions |
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the Agreement), dated as of November 7, 2019, is made by and among Venus Concept Inc. (formerly named Restoration Robotics, Inc. (Restoration Robotics)), a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the investors listed on Schedule I hereto (together with their Permitted Transferees that become party hereto, the Investors). Terms that are not defined herein, shall have the meaning set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Restoration Robotics, Venus Concept Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (Venus Concept) and Radiant Merger Sub Ltd., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Restoration Robotics (Radiant Merger Sub) entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of March 15, 2019, as amended from time to time (the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which Radiant Merger Sub merged with and into Venus Concept upon the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and Venus Concept continued as the surviving company (the Merger); and
WHEREAS, Restoration Robotics, Venus Concept and the Investors entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 3, 2019 (the Securities Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which Venus Concept issued to the Investors (i) an aggregate of 7,483,980 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Shares) and (ii) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,741,990 shares of its common stock (the Warrant Shares) at an exercise price of $6.00 per share (the Warrants);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to provide certain registration rights to the Investors.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
EFFECTIVENESS
Section 1.1 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on the Closing Date.
ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Adverse Disclosure means public disclosure of material non-public information that, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company: (i) would be required to be
made in any Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Company so that such Registration Statement, from and after its effective date, does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement; and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly.
Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person, (a) any Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person or (b) in the event that the specified Person is a natural Person, a Member of the Immediate Family of such Person; provided that the Company and each of its subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be Affiliates of any Investor. As used in this definition, the term control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in the City of New York.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of the Registrable Securities.
Loss shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.1.
Member of the Immediate Family means, with respect to any Person who is an individual, (a) each parent, spouse (but not including a former spouse or a spouse from whom such Person is legally separated) or child (including those adopted) of such individual and (b) each trustee, solely in his or her capacity as trustee, for a trust naming only one or more of the Persons listed in sub-clause (a) as beneficiaries.
Note Registration Rights Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.
Permitted Transferee means any Affiliate of any Investor.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, joint venture, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, or any government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof.
Piggyback Investors shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1.
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Piggyback Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1.
Piggyback Registration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1.
Prospectus means (i) the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments and supplements, and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
Public Offering means the offer and sale of Registrable Securities for cash pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act (other than a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form).
Registrable Securities means (i) all shares of Shares, (ii) all Warrant Shares and (iii) all shares of common stock of the Company directly or indirectly issued or then issuable with respect to the securities referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) above by way of a stock dividend or stock split, or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (w) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such Registration Statement, (x) such securities shall have been Transferred pursuant to Rule 144, (y) such holder is able to immediately sell such securities under Rule 144 without any restrictions on transfer (including without application of paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144, and for purposes of Section 3.2, Rule 144(e) shall be applied as if such holder is an Affiliate), as reasonably determined by the Investor, or (z) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.
Registration means registration under the Securities Act of the offer and sale to the public of any Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement. The terms register, registered and registering shall have correlative meanings.
Registration Statement means any registration statement (including the Shelf Registration Statement) of the Company filed with, or to be filed with, the SEC under the Securities Act, including the related Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement other than a registration statement (and related Prospectus) filed on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form thereto.
Representatives means, with respect to any Person, any of such Persons officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, actuaries, consultants, equity financing partners or financial advisors or other Person associated with, or acting on behalf of, such Person.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency having jurisdiction under the Securities Act.
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SEC Guidance means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the SEC staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the SEC staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
Selling Stockholder Information shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.1.
Shares shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Shelf Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3.
Shelf Registration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1(a).
Shelf Registration Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1(a).
Shelf Suspension shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3.
Transfer means, with respect to any Registrable Security, any interest therein, or any other securities or equity interests relating thereto, a direct or indirect transfer, sale, exchange, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or other disposition thereof, including the grant of an option or other right, whether directly or indirectly, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law, pursuant to judicial process or otherwise. Transferred shall have a correlative meaning.
Warrants shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Warrant Shares shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Section 2.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(a) The words hereof, herein, hereunder and similar words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and any subsection and section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(b) The term including is not limiting and means including without limitation.
(c) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
(d) Whenever the context requires, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms.
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ARTICLE 3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
The Company will perform and comply, and cause each of its subsidiaries to perform and comply, with such of the following provisions as are applicable to it. Each Investor will perform and comply with such of the following provisions as are applicable to such Investor.
Section 3.1 Shelf Registration.
Section 3.1.1 Request for Shelf Registration. As soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event on or prior to 90th day following the Closing Date, the Company shall file with the SEC a shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (Shelf Registration Statement) relating to the offer and sale of Registrable Securities held by the Investors and any other Investors from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the Investors, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable following its initial filing. Any such Registration pursuant to a Shelf Registration Request shall hereinafter be referred to as a Shelf Registration. The Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 or, if Form S-3 is not then available to the Company, on Form S-1 or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of such Registrable Securities.
Section 3.1.2 Continued Effectiveness. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming part of the Shelf Registration Statement to be usable by an Investor until the earlier of: (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or another Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder); and (ii) the date as of which all Investors no longer hold Registrable Securities (such period of effectiveness, the Shelf Period).
Section 3.1.3 Suspension of Registration. If the continued use of such Shelf Registration Statement at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Investors, suspend use of the Shelf Registration Statement (a Shelf Suspension); provided, however, that the Company shall not be permitted to exercise a Shelf Suspension more than one time during any twelve (12)-month period for a period not to exceed ninety (90) consecutive days. In the case of a Shelf Suspension, the Investors agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus in connection with any sale or purchase of, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the notice referred to above. The Company shall immediately notify the Investors in writing upon the termination of any Shelf Suspension, amend or supplement the Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any untrue statement or omission and furnish to the Investors such numbers of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Investors may reasonably request. The Company shall, if necessary, supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the registration form used by the Company for the Shelf Registration Statement or by the instructions applicable to such registration form or by the Securities Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or as may reasonably be requested by the Investors of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.
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Section 3.1.4 Limitation of Shelf Registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the SEC or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the SEC for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by an Investor as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:
(a) First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any securities to be included by any Person other than the Investors;
(b) Second, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Investors on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Investors); and
(c) Third, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Shares (applied, in the case that some Shares may be registered, to the Investors on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such Investors).
In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Investor at least two (2) Business Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Investors allotment. In the event the Company amends the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC, as promptly as allowed by the SEC or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on such initial Registration Statement, as amended.
Section 3.2 Piggyback Registration.
Section 3.2.1 Participation. If the Company at any time proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act or to conduct a Public Offering with respect to any offering of its equity securities for its own account or for the account of any other Persons (other than (i) a Registration under Section 3.1, (ii) a Registration on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form to such forms or (iii) a Registration of securities solely relating to an offering and sale to employees or directors of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit plan arrangement), then, as soon as practicable (but in no event less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the proposed date of filing of such Registration Statement or, in the case of a Public Offering under a Shelf Registration Statement, the anticipated pricing or trade date), the Company shall give written notice (a Piggyback Notice) of such proposed filing or Public Offering to the Investors directly or beneficially holding at least 3% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the Piggyback Investors), and such Piggyback Notice shall offer the Piggyback Investors the opportunity to register under such Registration Statement, or to sell in such Public Offering, such number of Registrable Securities
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as the Piggyback Investors may request in writing (a Piggyback Registration). Subject to Section 3.2.2, the Company shall include in such Registration Statement or in such Public Offering as applicable, all such Registrable Securities that are requested to be included therein within seven (7) Business Days after the receipt from the Piggyback Investor of any such notice; provided, however, that if at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register or sell any securities and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such Registration, or the pricing or trade date of a Public Offering under a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company determines for any reason not to register or sell or to delay the Registration or sale of such securities, the Company shall give written notice of such determination to the Piggyback Investors and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register or sell, shall be relieved of its obligation to register or sell any Registrable Securities in connection with such Registration or Public Offering (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith), and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay Registration or sale, shall be permitted to delay registering or selling any Registrable Securities, for the same period as the delay in registering or selling such other securities. The Piggyback Investors shall have the right to withdraw all or part of their request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw.
Section 3.2.2 Priority of Piggyback Registration. If the managing underwriter or underwriters of any proposed offering of Registrable Securities included in a Piggyback Registration informs the Company and the Piggyback Investors in writing that, in its or their opinion, the aggregate number of securities that the Piggyback Investors and any other Persons intend to include in such offering exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the securities to be included in such Registration shall be (i) first, one hundred percent (100%) of the securities that the Company proposes to sell, and (ii) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (i) have been included, the aggregate number of the Piggyback Investors Registrable Securities and any Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 7, 2019, by and among the Company and certain investors therein (the Note Registration Rights Agreement) as of the date hereof) held by the Investors (as defined in the Note Registration Rights Agreement as of the date hereof), who have sought to include such Registrable Securities in the proposed offering, on a pro rata basis based on such aggregate number of such securities, that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect, and (iii) third, and only if all of the Registrable Securities referred to in clause (ii) have been included in such Registration, any other securities eligible for inclusion in such Registration.
Section 3.2.3 No Effect on Other Registrations. No Registration of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to a request under this Section 3.2 shall be deemed to have been effected pursuant to Section 3.1 or shall relieve the Company of its obligations under Section 3.1.
Section 3.3 Registration Procedures.
Section 3.3.1 Requirements. In connection with the Companys obligations under Sections 3.1 3.2, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration and to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended
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method or methods of distribution thereof as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, and in connection therewith the Company shall:
(a) prepare the required Registration Statement, including all exhibits and financial statements required under the Securities Act to be filed therewith and Prospectus, and, before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, (x) furnish to the underwriters, if any, and to the Investors, copies of all documents prepared to be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review of such underwriters and the Investors and their respective counsel and (y) make such changes in such documents concerning an Investor prior to the filing thereof as such Investor, or its counsel, may reasonably request;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement and supplements to the Prospectus as may be (x) reasonably requested by the Investors with Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, (y) reasonably requested by any Investor (to the extent such request relates to information relating to such Investor), or (z) necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the period of time required by this Agreement, and comply with provisions of the applicable securities laws with respect to the sale or other disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;
(c) notify the Investors and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and (if requested) confirm such notice in writing and provide copies of the relevant documents, as soon as reasonably practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company (a) when the applicable Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed or becomes effective, and when the applicable Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed, (b) of any written comments by the SEC, or any request by the SEC or other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or such Prospectus, or for additional information (whether before or after the effective date of the Registration Statement) or any other correspondence with the SEC relating to, or which may affect, the Registration, (c) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any order by the SEC or any other regulatory authority preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes, (d) if, at any time, the representations and warranties of the Company in any applicable underwriting agreement cease to be true and correct and (e) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
(d) promptly notify the Investors and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, when the Company becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result of which the applicable Registration Statement or the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (as then in effect) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of such Prospectus or any preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes information that may conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, or, if for any other reason it shall be
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necessary during such time period to amend or supplement such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act and, as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the SEC, and furnish without charge to the Investors and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, which shall correct such misstatement or omission or effect such compliance;
(e) to the extent the Company is eligible under the relevant provisions of Rule 430B under the Securities Act, if the Company files any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall include in such Shelf Registration Statement such disclosures as may be required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act (referring to the unnamed selling security holders in a generic manner) in order to ensure that any Investor may be added to such Shelf Registration Statement at a later time through the filing of a Prospectus supplement rather than a post-effective amendment;
(f) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent, or obtain the withdrawal of, any stop order or other order or notice preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final Prospectus;
(g) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and Investors of a majority of any Registrable Securities being sold agree should be included therein relating to the plan of distribution with respect to such Registrable Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment;
(h) furnish to the Investors and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many conformed copies as the Investors or such underwriter may reasonably request of the applicable Registration Statement and any amendment or post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits (including those incorporated by reference);
(i) deliver to the Investors and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many copies of the applicable Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as the Investors or such underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by the Investors or underwriter (it being understood that the Company shall consent to the use of such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Investors and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto);
(j) on or prior to the date on which the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and cooperate with the Investors, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel, in connection with the Registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale
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under the securities or Blue Sky laws of each state and other jurisdiction as the Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities included in any such Registration Statement, managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or their respective counsel reasonably request in writing and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable at Investors expense to keep such Registration or qualification in effect for such period as required by Section 3.1, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to taxation or general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
(k) cooperate with the Investors and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters may request prior to any sale of Registrable Securities to the underwriters;
(l) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(m) make such representations and warranties to the Investors, and the underwriters or agents, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in public offerings similar to the offering then being undertaken;
(n) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting and indemnification agreements) and take all such other actions as the Investors or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the Registration and disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(o) obtain for delivery to the Investors and to the underwriter or underwriters, if any, an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company dated the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement, in customary form, scope and substance, which opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Investors or underwriters, as the case may be, and their respective counsel;
(p) cooperate with each Investor selling Registrable Securities and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;
(q) use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable securities laws and, if a Registration Statement was filed, make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(r) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement;
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(s) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which any of the Companys equity securities are then listed or quoted and on each inter-dealer quotation system on which any of the Companys equity securities are then quoted;
(t) take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act;
(u) take all reasonable action to ensure that any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus utilized in connection with any Registration complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related Prospectus, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(v) take all such other commercially reasonable actions as are necessary or advisable in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 3.3.2 Company Information Requests. The Company may require the Investors to furnish to the Company such information regarding the distribution of such securities and such other information relating to the Investors and their ownership of Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing and the Company may exclude from such Registration or sale the Registrable Securities of the Investors who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each Investor agrees to furnish such information to the Company and to cooperate with the Company as reasonably necessary for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement and otherwise to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 3.4 Indemnification.
Section 3.4.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the full extent permitted by law, the Investors, each shareholder, member, limited or general partner of any Investor, each shareholder, member, limited or general partner of each such shareholder, member, limited or general partner, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, advisors, and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) such Persons and each of their respective Representatives from and against any and all losses, penalties, judgments, suits, costs, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several (including reasonable costs of investigation and legal expenses as incurred and any indemnity and contribution payments made to underwriters ) (each, a Loss and collectively Losses) arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities are registered or sold under the Securities Act (including any final, preliminary or summary Prospectus contained therein or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any documents incorporated by reference therein) or any other disclosure document produced by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries including any
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report and other document filed under the Exchange Act, (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any federal, state, foreign or common law rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and relating to action or inaction in connection with any such registration, disclosure document or other document or report; provided, that the Investors shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 3.4.1 in respect of any untrue statement or omission contained in any information relating to any Investor furnished in writing by such Investor to the Company specifically for inclusion in a Registration Statement and used by the Company in conformity therewith (such information Selling Stockholder Information). This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability the Company may otherwise have. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Investors or any indemnified party and shall survive the Transfer of such securities by any Investor and regardless of any indemnity agreed to in the underwriting agreement that is less favorable to the Investors. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above (with appropriate modification) with respect to the indemnification of the indemnified parties.
Section 3.4.2 Indemnification by the Investors. Each Investor shall (severally and not jointly) indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) from and against any Losses resulting from (i) any untrue statement of a material fact in any Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered or sold under the Securities Act (including any final, preliminary or summary Prospectus contained therein or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any documents incorporated by reference therein) or (ii) any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in such Investors Selling Stockholder Information. In no event shall the liability of any Investor hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds from the sale of its Registrable Securities in the offering giving rise to such indemnification obligation, net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before expenses, less any amounts paid by such Investor pursuant to Section 3.4.4 and any amounts paid by such Investor as a result of liabilities incurred under the underwriting agreement, if any, related to such sale.
Section 3.4.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that any delay or failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder only to the extent, if at all, that it forfeits substantive legal rights by reason of such delay or failure) and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel
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reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided, however, that any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to select and employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Person unless (i) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees or expenses, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim within a reasonable time after receipt of notice of such claim from the Person entitled to indemnification hereunder and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Person, (iii) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of its counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iv) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person (based upon advice of its counsel) a conflict of interest may exist between such Person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the Person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such Person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such Person). If the indemnifying party assumes the defense, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to settle such action without the consent of the indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of an unconditional release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation without the prior written consent of such indemnified party. If such defense is not assumed by the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its prior written consent, but such consent may not be unreasonably withheld. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, except as specifically set forth in this Section 3.4.3, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements or other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time unless (x) the employment of more than one counsel has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party or parties, (y) an indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on the advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the other indemnified parties or (z) a conflict or potential conflict exists or may exist (based upon advice of counsel to an indemnified party) between such indemnified party and the other indemnified parties, in each of which cases the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such additional counsel or counsels.
Section 3.4.4 Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provided for in Section 3.4.1 and Section 3.4.2 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any Losses referred to therein (other than as a result of exceptions or limitations on indemnification contained in Section 3.4.1 and Section 3.4.2), then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the acts, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. In connection with any Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Company, the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
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information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3.4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 3.4.4. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred to in Sections 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.4.4, in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Company, no Investor shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds from the sale of its Registrable Securities in the offering giving rise to such indemnification obligation, net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before expenses, less any amounts paid by such Investor pursuant to Section 3.4.2 and any amounts paid by such Investor as a result of liabilities incurred under the underwriting agreement, if any, related to such sale. If indemnification is available under this Section 3.4, the indemnifying parties shall indemnify each indemnified party to the full extent provided in Sections 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 hereof without regard to the provisions of this Section 3.4.4. The remedies provided for in this Section 3.4 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
Section 3.5 Rules 144 and 144A and Regulation S. The Company shall file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Investor, make publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales that would otherwise be permitted by this Agreement pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC), and it will take such further action as any Investor may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Investors to sell Registrable Securities without Registration under the Securities Act in transactions that would otherwise be permitted by this Agreement and within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144, Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Investor, the Company will deliver to the Investors a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof.
Section 3.6 Notification. As promptly as practicable, each Investor of Registrable Securities shall notify the Company when all of such Investors Registrable Securities have been sold.
Section 3.7 Existing Registration Statements. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and subject to applicable law and regulation, the Company may satisfy any obligation hereunder to file a Registration Statement or to have a Registration Statement become effective
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by a specified date by designating, by notice to each Investor, a Registration Statement that previously has been filed with the SEC or become effective, as the case may be, as the relevant Registration Statement for purposes of satisfying such obligation, and all references to any such obligation shall be construed accordingly; provided that such previously filed Registration Statement may be, and is, amended or, subject to applicable securities laws, supplemented to add the number of Registrable Securities, and, to the extent necessary, to identify the Investors as selling stockholders demanding the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. To the extent this Agreement refers to the filing or effectiveness of other Registration Statements, by or at a specified time and the Company has, in lieu of then filing such Registration Statements or having such Registration Statements become effective, designated a previously filed or effective Registration Statement as the relevant Registration Statement for such purposes, in accordance with the preceding sentence, such references shall be construed to refer to such designated Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented in the manner contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence.
ARTICLE 4
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 4.1 Authority: Effect. Each party hereto represents and warrants to and agrees with each other party that the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized on behalf of such party and do not violate any agreement or other instrument applicable to such party or by which its assets are bound. This Agreement does not, and shall not be construed to, give rise to the creation of a partnership among any of the parties hereto, or to constitute any of such parties members of a joint venture or other association. The Company and its subsidiaries shall be jointly and severally liable for all obligations of each such party pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 4.2 Notices. Any notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted in this Agreement shall be effective if in writing and (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by facsimile or e-mail, or (iii) sent by overnight courier, in each case, addressed as follows:
If to the Company to:
Venus Concept Inc.
235 Yorkland Blvd, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Y8
Attention: Domenic DiSisto
Email: ddisisto@venusconcept.com
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Facsimile: (212) 521 5450
Attention: Mark Pedretti
Email: mpedretti@reedsmith.com
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If to an Investor, to address, telephone, facsimile and email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Stock Purchase Agreement.
Notice to the holder of record of any Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be notice to the holder of such securities for all purposes hereof.
Unless otherwise specified herein, such notices or other communications shall be deemed effective (i) on the date received, if personally delivered, (ii) on the date received if delivered by facsimile or e-mail on a Business Day, or if not delivered on a Business Day, on the first Business Day thereafter and (iii) two (2) Business Days after being sent by overnight courier. Each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to specify a different address by giving notice as aforesaid to each of the other parties hereto.
Section 4.3 Registration Expenses. All reasonable and documented expenses, other than any underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Section 3 herein, including all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company (Registration Expenses).
Section 4.4 Termination and Effect of Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the date on which the Investors no longer holds any Registrable Securities, except for the provisions of Sections 3.4, which shall survive any such termination. No termination under this Agreement shall relieve any Person of liability for breach or Registration Expenses incurred prior to termination. In the event this Agreement is terminated, each Person entitled to indemnification rights pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof shall retain such indemnification rights with respect to any matter that (i) may be an indemnified liability thereunder and (ii) occurred prior to such termination.
Section 4.5 Permitted Transferees. The rights of the Investors hereunder may be assigned (but only with all related obligations as set forth below) in connection with a Transfer of Registrable Securities to a Permitted Transferee of the Investor. Without prejudice to any other or similar conditions imposed hereunder with respect to any such Transfer, no assignment permitted under the terms of this Section 4.5 will be effective unless the Permitted Transferee to which the assignment is being made, if not an Investor, has delivered to the Company a written acknowledgment and agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company that the Permitted Transferee will be bound by, and will be a party to, this Agreement. A Permitted Transferee to whom rights are transferred pursuant to this Section 4.5 may not again transfer those rights to any other Permitted Transferee, other than as provided in this Section 4.5.
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Section 4.6 Remedies. The parties to this Agreement shall have all remedies available at law, in equity or otherwise in the event of any breach or violation of this Agreement or any default hereunder. The parties acknowledge and agree that in the event of any breach of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to specific performance of the obligations of the other parties hereto and, in addition, to such other equitable remedies (including preliminary or temporary relief) as may be appropriate in the circumstances. No delay of or omission in the exercise of any right, power or remedy accruing to any party as a result of any breach or default by any other party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed as a waiver of or acquiescence in any such breach or default, or of any similar breach or default occurring later; nor shall any such delay, omission nor waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default occurring before or after that waiver.
Section 4.7 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, modified, extended or terminated, and the provisions hereof may be waived, only by an agreement in writing signed by the Company and the Investors holding a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities. Each such amendment, modification, extension or termination shall be binding upon each party hereto.
Section 4.8 Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic substantive laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule that would cause the application of the domestic substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
Section 4.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party to this Agreement, by its execution hereof, (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts sitting in the State of Delaware for the purpose of any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof, (ii) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, and agrees not to allow any of its subsidiaries to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such proceeding brought in one of the above-named courts is improper, or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof or thereof may not be enforced in or by such court and (iii) hereby agrees not to commence or maintain any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof or thereof other than before one of the above-named courts nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation to any court other than one of the above-named courts whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any party hereto is or becomes a party in any litigation in connection with which it may assert indemnification rights set forth in this Agreement, the court in which such litigation is being heard shall be deemed to be included in clause (i) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
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any party to this Agreement may commence and maintain an action to enforce a judgment of any of the above-named courts in any court of competent jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by Delaware law, and agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof is reasonably calculated to give actual notice.
Section 4.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE OR ACTION, CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION OR SUIT (IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), INQUIRY, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO THAT THIS SECTION 4.10 CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT UPON WHICH THEY ARE RELYING AND WILL RELY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 4.10 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
Section 4.11 Merger; Binding Effect, Etc. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter, supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements or discussions with respect to such subject matter, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, neither the Investors nor any other party hereto may assign any of its respective rights or delegate any of its respective obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, and any attempted assignment or delegation in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void.
Section 4.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
Section 4.13 Severability. In the event that any provision hereof would, under applicable law, be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be construed by modifying or limiting it so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with, and possible under, applicable law. The provisions hereof are severable, and in the event any provision hereof should be held invalid or unenforceable in any respect, it shall not invalidate, render unenforceable or otherwise affect any other provision hereof.
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Section 4.14 No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, the Company and the Investors covenant, agree and acknowledge that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any current or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner or member of any Investor or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future officer, agent or employee of any Investor or any current or future member of any Investor or any current or future director, officer, employee, partner or member of any Investor or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such, for any obligation of any Investor under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
Company: | ||
Venus Concept Inc. | ||
By: |
/s/ Domenic Serafino |
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Name: | Domenic Serafino | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
Investors:
HEALTHQUEST PARTNERS II, L.P. | ||
By: Healthquest Venture Management II, L.L.C., its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Garheng Kong |
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Name: Garheng Kong | ||
Title: Managing Partner | ||
APERTURE VENTURE PARTNERS II, L.P. | ||
By: Aperture Venture II Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Anthony Natale |
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Name: Anthony Natale | ||
Title: Managing Member | ||
APERTURE VENTURE PARTNERS II-A, L.P. | ||
By: Aperture Venture II Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Anthony Natale |
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Name: Anthony Natale | ||
Title: Managing Member | ||
APERTURE VENTURE PARTNERS II-B, L.P. | ||
By: Aperture Venture II Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Anthony Natale |
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Name: Anthony Natale | ||
Title: Managing Member | ||
APERTURE VENTURE PARTNERS III, L.P. | ||
By: Aperture Venture II Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Anthony Natale |
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Name: Anthony Natale | ||
Title: Managing Member |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
EW HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, L.P. | ||
By: | Essex Woodlands Fund IX-GP, its General Partner | |
By: | Essex Woodlands IX, LLC, its General Partner | |
By: | /s/ Scott Barry | |
Name: R. Scott Barry | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
EW HEALTHCARE PARTNERS-A, L.P. | ||
By: | Essex Woodlands Fund IX-GP, its General Partner | |
By: | Essex Woodlands IX, LLC, its General Partner | |
By: | /s/ Scott Barry | |
Name: R. Scott Barry | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
SC Venus Opportunities Limited | ||
By: | /s/ Rasheed Yar Khan | |
Name: Rasheed Yar Khan | ||
Title: Director | ||
SC Venus US Limited | ||
By: | /s/ Rasheed Yar Khan | |
Name: Rasheed Yar Khan | ||
Title: Director | ||
SEDCO Capital Cayman Limited | ||
By: | /s/ Samer Shaaban | |
Name: Samer Shaaban | ||
Title: Director | ||
/s/ Paul Scarafile | ||
Paul Scarafile | ||
/s/ Søren Maor Sinay | ||
Søren Maor Sinay |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
/s/ Domenic Della Penna |
Domenic Della Penna |
/s/ Peter Giannoulis |
Peter Giannoulis |
/s/ Paul Scarafile |
Paul Scarafile |
/s/ Bill Kelley |
Bill Kelley |
/s/ David Walden |
David Walden |
/s/ Jim Wolch |
Jim Wolch |
/s/ Omri Kesler |
Omri Kesler |
/s/ Heinz Prachter |
Heinz Prachter |
/s/ Vincent Primucci |
Vincent Primucci |
/s/ Boris Vaynberg |
Boris Vaynberg |
/s/ Melissa Kang |
Melissa Kang |
/s/ Sean Carr |
Sean Carr |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
L. AND C. WOSCOFF TRUST |
/s/ Leonardo Woscoff |
By: Leonardo Woscoff |
Title: Trustee |
/s/ Neil Sadick |
Neil Sadick |
/s/ Suleima Ribeiro De Arruda |
Suleima Riberro De Arruda |
/s/ Mohit Desai |
Mohit Desai |
/s/ James Cottone |
James Cottone |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 11, 2016
among VENUS CONCEPT CANADA CORP.
and
VENUS CONCEPT USA INC.
as the Borrowers,
VENUS CONCEPT LTD.,
as the Parent,
CERTAIN OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF THE PARENT,
as the Guarantors,
VISIUM HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, LP,
as the Administrative Agent
and
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
1 | |||||
1.01 |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 38 | ||||
1.03 |
Accounting Terms | 41 | ||||
1.04 |
Times of Day | 42 | ||||
1.05 |
Transformative Acquisition | 42 | ||||
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS |
42 | |||||
2.01 |
Commitments and Warrants | 42 | ||||
2.02 |
Borrowings | 43 | ||||
2.03 |
Prepayments | 44 | ||||
2.04 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 47 | ||||
2.05 |
Repayment of Loans | 47 | ||||
2.06 |
Interest | 48 | ||||
2.07 |
Fees | 49 | ||||
2.08 |
Computation of Interest | 49 | ||||
2.09 |
Evidence of Debt | 50 | ||||
2.10 |
Payments Generally | 50 | ||||
2.11 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders | 51 | ||||
2.12 |
Defaulting Lenders | 52 | ||||
2.13 |
Right of First Offer | 53 | ||||
2.14 |
Term B Facility | 53 | ||||
ARTICLE III TAXES |
55 | |||||
3.01 |
Taxes | 55 | ||||
3.02 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 57 | ||||
3.03 |
Illegality | 58 | ||||
3.04 |
Survival | 58 | ||||
ARTICLE IV GUARANTY |
58 | |||||
4.01 |
The Guaranty | 58 | ||||
4.02 |
Obligations Unconditional | 59 | ||||
4.03 |
Reinstatement | 60 | ||||
4.04 |
Certain Additional Waivers | 60 | ||||
4.05 |
Remedies | 60 |
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4.06 |
Rights of Contribution | 61 | ||||
4.07 |
Financial Assistance Israeli Law | 61 | ||||
4.08 |
Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee | 61 | ||||
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWINGS |
62 | |||||
5.01 |
Condition to Effectiveness | 62 | ||||
5.02 |
Conditions to Initial Extensions of Credit and Purchase of the A Warrants | 62 | ||||
5.03 |
Conditions to all Borrowings | 67 | ||||
5.04 |
Additional Conditions to Term B Borrowing | 68 | ||||
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
68 | |||||
6.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power | 68 | ||||
6.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention | 69 | ||||
6.03 |
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents | 69 | ||||
6.04 |
Binding Effect | 69 | ||||
6.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | 69 | ||||
6.06 |
Litigation | 70 | ||||
6.07 |
No Default | 70 | ||||
6.08 |
Ownership of Property; Liens | 70 | ||||
6.09 |
Environmental Compliance | 71 | ||||
6.10 |
Insurance | 72 | ||||
6.11 |
Taxes | 72 | ||||
6.12 |
ERISA Compliance | 72 | ||||
6.13 |
Subsidiaries and Capitalization | 73 | ||||
6.14 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | 73 | ||||
6.15 |
Disclosure | 74 | ||||
6.16 |
Compliance with Laws | 74 | ||||
6.17 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | 74 | ||||
6.18 |
Solvency | 76 | ||||
6.19 |
Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral | 76 | ||||
6.20 |
Business Locations | 76 | ||||
6.21 |
Sanctions Concerns; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act | 77 | ||||
6.22 |
Material Contracts | 78 | ||||
6.23 |
Compliance of Products | 78 | ||||
6.24 |
Labor Matters | 82 | ||||
6.25 |
EA Financial Institutions | 82 | ||||
6.26 |
Representations as to Foreign Loan Parties | 82 |
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ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
84 | |||||
7.01 |
Financial Statements | 84 | ||||
7.02 |
Certificates; Other Information | 85 | ||||
7.03 |
Notices | 88 | ||||
7.04 |
Payment of Obligations | 88 | ||||
7.05 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc. | 89 | ||||
7.06 |
Maintenance of Properties | 89 | ||||
7.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance | 89 | ||||
7.08 |
Compliance with Laws | 90 | ||||
7.09 |
Books and Records | 90 | ||||
7.10 |
Inspection Rights | 91 | ||||
7.11 |
Use of Proceeds | 91 | ||||
7.12 |
Additional Subsidiaries | 91 | ||||
7.13 |
Pledged Assets; Guarantees | 92 | ||||
7.14 |
Compliance with Material Contracts | 94 | ||||
7.15 |
Products and Required Permits | 94 | ||||
7.16 |
Consent of Licensors | 94 | ||||
7.17 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 95 | ||||
7.18 |
Maintenance of IP Rights | 95 | ||||
7.19 |
Post-Closing Obligations | 96 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
97 | |||||
8.01 |
Liens | 97 | ||||
8.02 |
Investments | 99 | ||||
8.03 |
Indebtedness | 101 | ||||
8.04 |
Fundamental Changes | 103 | ||||
8.05 |
Dispositions | 103 | ||||
8.06 |
Restricted Payments | 103 | ||||
8.07 |
Change in Nature of Business | 104 | ||||
8.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders | 104 | ||||
8.09 |
Burdensome Agreements | 105 | ||||
8.10 |
Use of Proceeds | 105 | ||||
8.11 |
Payment of Other Indebtedness | 105 | ||||
8.12 |
Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity; Certain Amendments | 106 |
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8.13 |
Ownership of Subsidiaries | 106 | ||||
8.14 |
Sale Leasebacks | 106 | ||||
8.15 |
Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws | 107 | ||||
8.16 |
Minimum Revenues | 107 | ||||
8.17 |
Liquidity | 109 | ||||
8.18 |
Plans | 110 | ||||
8.19 |
Accounts | 110 | ||||
ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
110 | |||||
9.01 |
Events of Default | 110 | ||||
9.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default | 113 | ||||
9.03 |
Application of Funds | 114 | ||||
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
115 | |||||
10.01 |
Appointment and Authority | 115 | ||||
10.02 |
Rights as a Lender | 116 | ||||
10.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions | 116 | ||||
10.04 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent | 117 | ||||
10.05 |
Delegation of Duties | 118 | ||||
10.06 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent | 118 | ||||
10.07 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders | 119 | ||||
10.08 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | 119 | ||||
10.09 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters | 120 | ||||
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS |
120 | |||||
11.01 |
Amendments, Etc. | 120 | ||||
11.02 |
Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies | 122 | ||||
11.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement | 124 | ||||
11.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver | 124 | ||||
11.05 |
Payments Set Aside | 126 | ||||
11.06 |
Successors and Assigns | 127 | ||||
11.07 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality | 131 | ||||
11.08 |
Set-off | 132 | ||||
11.09 |
Interest Rate Limitation | 133 | ||||
11.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | 133 | ||||
11.11 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties | 134 | ||||
11.12 |
Severability | 134 |
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11.13 |
Replacement of Lenders | 134 | ||||
11.14 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. | 135 | ||||
11.15 |
Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury | 136 | ||||
11.16 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | 137 | ||||
11.17 |
USA PATRIOT Act and Canadian AML Act Notice | 137 | ||||
11.18 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship | 138 | ||||
11.19 |
Facility Termination Date | 138 | ||||
11.20 |
Concerning Joint and Several Liability | 138 | ||||
11.21 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | 140 | ||||
11.22 |
Israeli Antitrust Letter; Lenders Receipt of Regulatory Agency Correspondence | 141 | ||||
11.23 |
Funding Date | 141 |
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SCHEDULES
1.01 | Products | |
2.01 | Commitments and Applicable Percentages | |
6.06 | Litigation | |
6.10 | Insurance | |
6.13(a) | Subsidiaries | |
6.13(b) | Capitalization | |
6.17 | IP Rights | |
6.20(a) | Locations of Real Property | |
6.20(b) | Taxpayer and Organizational Identification Numbers | |
6.20(c) | Canadian Locations | |
6.20(d) | Changes in Legal Name, State of Organization and Structure | |
6.22 | Material Contracts | |
7.19 | Post-Closing Obligations | |
8.01 | Liens Existing on the Effective Date | |
8.02 | Investments Existing on the Effective Date | |
8.03 | Indebtedness Existing on the Effective Date | |
11.02 | Certain Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS
A | Form of Loan Notice | |
B-1 | Form of Term A Note | |
B-2 | Form of Term B Note | |
B-3 | Form of A Warrant | |
B-4 | Form of B Warrant | |
B-5 | Form of C Warrant | |
C | Form of Joinder Agreement | |
D | Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
E | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
F | Form of Approval for Consortium Arrangement Letter | |
G | Form of Term B Facility Joinder Agreement |
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EXECUTION VERSION
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of October 11, 2016 among VENUS CONCEPT CANADA CORP., an Ontario corporation (Venus Canada), VENUS CONCEPT USA INC., a Delaware corporation (Venus USA and together with Venus Canada, each a Borrower and collectively, the Borrowers), VENUS CONCEPT LTD., an Israeli corporation (the Parent), the Guarantors (defined herein) from time to time party hereto, the Lenders (defined herein) from time to time party hereto and VISIUM HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as Administrative Agent.
The Borrowers and the Parent have requested that the Lenders make term loan facilities available to the Borrowers and purchase warrants from the Parent, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Acquisition means the acquisition, whether through a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of (a) a majority of the Voting Stock in another Person (including the purchase of an option, warrant or convertible or similar type security to acquire such a controlling interest at the time it becomes exercisable by the holder thereof), whether by purchase of such equity or other ownership interest or upon the exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion of securities into, such equity or other ownership interest, or (b) assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of such Person.
Acquisition Consideration means the purchase consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and all other payments by any Loan Party in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, any Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent (to the extent not constituting a Change of Control)) or of properties or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, deferred purchase price, Earn Out Obligations and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any Person.
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Act has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17.
Administrative Agent means Visium Healthcare Partners, LP, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
Administrative Agents Office means the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Loan Parties and the Lenders.
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Agreement means this Credit Agreement.
Applicable Foreign Loan Party Documents has the meaning set forth in Section 6.26(a).
Applicable Percentage means, with respect to any Lender at any time, (a) in respect of the Term A Facility, with respect to any Term A Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term A Facility represented by (i) on or prior to the Funding Date, such Term A Lenders Term A Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the outstanding principal amount of such Term A Lenders Term A Loans at such time and (b) in respect of the Term B Facility, with respect to any Term B Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term B Facility represented by (i) at any time after the Term B Commitments have been established pursuant to Section 2.14 but prior to the funding of the Term B Loans, such Term B Lenders Term B Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the outstanding principal amount of such Term B Lenders Term B Loans at such time. If the Commitments of all of the Lenders to make Loans have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02, or if the Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of the applicable Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender in respect of such Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01, in the Term B Facility Joinder Agreement or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
Applicable Quarter has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16(b)(i)(A).
Appropriate Lender means, at any time, with respect to any Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Loan under such Facility at such time.
Approval for Consortium Arrangement Letter means a letter substantially in form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Approved Bank has the meaning set forth in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
Approved Fund means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender or (d) substantially the same natural persons who administered or managed the Administrative Agent on the Effective Date or any entity or Affiliate of an entity that is administered or managed by such persons.
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Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D.
Attributable Indebtedness means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease and (c) in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment.
Audited Financial Statements means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP.
Available Funding Amount means, as of any date of determination, the total of (a) the sum (without duplication) of (i) $5,000,000 plus (ii) the aggregate amount of cash returns or distributions of capital or repayment of principal actually received in cash on or prior to such date of determination by any Loan Party from a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party with respect to Investments (other than Investments permitted by reliance on the exception set forth in Section 8.02(b)(ii)) made by the Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (but only to the extent (x) such Investments are permitted by Section 8.02 and (y) that the aggregate amount of all such returns, distributions and repayments with respect to such Investments does not exceed the original principal amount of such Investments) plus (iii) the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received by the Parent after the Funding Date from issuances of its Qualified Capital Stock (solely to the extent such Qualified Capital Stock was not issued in connection with a Cure Right) minus (b) the sum of (i) the amount of Investments made on or prior to such date of determination in reliance on Section 8.02(c)(iii) plus (ii) the amount of Restricted Payments made on or prior to such date of determination in reliance on Section 8.06(a) (other than any Excluded Restricted Payments). For the avoidance of doubt, clause (a)(ii) above shall not include cash returns, distributions of capital or repayment of principal, in each case, with respect to Investments permitted by reliance on the exception set forth in Section 8.02(b)(ii).
A Warrants means, collectively, those certain stock purchase warrants of the Parent allotted to the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3.
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Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Board Members means the collective reference to Louis Lacchin, Fritz LaPorte, Tony Natale, Juliet Bakker and Michael Haberman; and Board Member means any one of them.
Board of Directors means (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof or if not member-managed, the managers thereof or any committee of managing members or managers thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Persons, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
Bona Fide Revenue Contract means any duly executed and effective bona fide contract of the Parent or any Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business with any Person that is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary pursuant to which the Parent or any Subsidiary earns revenue.
Borrower and Borrowers have the meanings set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
Borrowing means a Term A Borrowing or a Term B Borrowing, as the context may require, in each case, pursuant to Section 2.01.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agents Office is located or Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Businesses means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the Parent and its Subsidiaries at such time.
Business Facilities means, at any time, a collective reference to the facilities and real properties owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary.
B Warrants means, collectively, those certain stock purchase warrants of the Parent allotted to the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4.
Canadian AML Acts means applicable Canadian law regarding anti-money laundering, antiterrorist financing, government sanction and know your client matters, including the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada).
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Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan means a Canadian Pension Plan that contains or has ever contained a defined benefit provision as such term is defined in Section 147.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Canadian IP Security Agreement means the Intellectual Property Security Agreement dated as of the Funding Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by the Parent, with respect to its Canadian intellectual property.
Canadian Loan Party means any Loan Party that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
Canadian Pension Plan means a pension plan or plan that is subject to applicable pension benefits legislation in any jurisdiction of Canada and that is organized and administered to provide pensions, pension benefits or retirement benefits for employees and former employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof.
Canadian Pledge Agreements means the collective reference to (a) the pledge agreement dated as of the Funding Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by each of the Canadian Loan Parties and (b) the pledge agreement dated as of the Funding Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by the Parent with respect to the pledge of its Equity Interests in Venus Canada; and Canadian Pledge Agreement means any one of them.
Canadian Security Agreements means, collectively, each security agreement and each hypothec, dated as of the Funding Date, executed in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties by each of the Canadian Loan Parties.
Capital Lease means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
Cash Equivalents means, as at any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided, that, the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) securities issued by or fully guaranteed by, the government of Canada or any province of Canada, in each case having a rating of A or better by S&P and having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (c) Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit, in each case with maturities of not more than two hundred and seventy (270) days from the date of acquisition, of (i) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (ii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moodys is at least P1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an Approved Bank) or (iii) any bank listed on Schedule Ito the Bank Act (Canada) or any other commercial bank organized under the laws of Canada, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (d) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or
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P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moodys and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (e) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations and (f) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (e).
Cash Pay Interest has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(c)(i).
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO and for any reason whatsoever, (i) the Permitted Holders shall cease to control, solely and exclusively, greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Parent Voting Power (on a fully diluted basis) or (ii) the Permitted Holders shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Equity Interests of the Parent on a fully diluted basis; or
(b) at any time after a Qualifying IPO and for any reason whatsoever, any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than any of the Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an option right), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the Equity Interests of the Parent entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors of the Parent on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or
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(c) (i) the Parent shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests of Venus USA or (ii) the Parent shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests of Venus Canada; or
(d) at any time after a Qualifying IPO and for any reason whatsoever, during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent or any Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that Board of Directors on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that Board of Directors was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that Board of Directors or (iii) whose election or nomination to that Board of Directors was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that Board of Directors (in each case, such approval either by a specific vote or by approval of the Parents proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director); or
(e) Domenic Serafino ceases to be the chairman or chief executive officer of the Parent or any Borrower or to perform the roles and responsibilities customarily associated with such offices; provided, that, any Change of Control arising solely under this clause (e) shall not be triggered if a replacement permanent chairman or chief executive officer, as the case may be, of the Parent or such Borrower reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders is appointed within six (6) months of the date that Domenic Serafino ceases to be the chairman or chief executive officer, as the case may be, of the Parent or such Borrower.
Collateral means a collective reference to all real and personal property with respect to which Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents.
Collateral Access Agreement means an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which a lessor of real property on which Collateral is stored or otherwise located, or a warehouseman, processor or other bailee of inventory or other property owned by any Loan Party, acknowledges the Liens of the Administrative Agent and waives (or, if approved by the Administrative Agent, subordinates) any Liens held by such Person on such property, and permits the Administrative Agent access to any Collateral stored or otherwise located thereon.
Collateral Documents means a collective reference to the Security Agreements, the Pledge Agreements, the IP Security Agreements, the Qualifying Control Agreements, the Collateral Questionnaire, the Collateral Access Agreements, the Mortgages, the Real Property Security Documents and other security documents as may be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of Section 7.13.
Collateral Questionnaire means that certain collateral questionnaire dated as of the Funding Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and executed by a Responsible Officer of each of the Parent and the Borrowers.
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Commitment means a Term A Commitment or a Term B Commitment, as the context may require.
Compliance Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E. Connected Person has the meaning set forth in Section 8.08(b).
Consolidated Contract Revenues means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum (as calculated by the Parent in accordance with its practices prior to the Effective Date), without duplication, of (a) gross revenues for such period from all Bona Fide Revenue Contracts originally entered into by the Parent or any Subsidiary in such period that are, or pursuant to the terms of such Bona Fide Revenue Contract will be, recognized as Consolidated Revenues under GAAP in such period or any future period plus (b) incremental gross revenues for such period arising pursuant to the terms of any bona fide amendment, extension, renewal or other modification of any Bona Fide Revenue Contract entered into by the Parent or any Subsidiary in a prior period (or earlier in such period) that are, or pursuant to the terms of such amendment, extension, renewal or other modification will be, recognized as Consolidated Revenues under GAAP in such period or any future period plus (c) all revenues for such period that are (x) not in any way earned pursuant to, derived from or in any way related to any Contractual Obligation and (y) included in Consolidated Revenues for such period; provided, that, it is understood and agreed that in no event shall Consolidated Contract Revenues include any revenues from any contract or any amendment, extension, renewal or modification of any contract to the extent such contract, amendment, extension, renewal or modification represents a replacement of an existing Bona Fide Revenue Contract without a material modification of the economics thereof.
Consolidated Contract Cure Revenues means, as of any date of determination, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the total of (a) aggregate unrecognized revenue pursuant to Bona Fide Revenue Contracts as of such date of determination, as calculated by the Parent in accordance with its practices prior to the Effective Date minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of any and all unrecognized revenues included in clause (a) of this definition that are pursuant to Bona Fide Revenue Contracts that are in default as of such date of determination plus (ii) the aggregate amount of any and all unrecognized revenues included in clause (a) of this definition pursuant to Bona Fide Revenue Contracts for which amounts thereunder are overdue for more than ninety (90) days; provided, that, it is understood and agreed that in no event will Consolidated Contract Cure Revenues include any amounts included as Consolidated Revenues for the period in which such date of determination occurs or for any period ending prior to such date of determination. As used herein, unrecognized revenue as of any date of determination means revenue that has not been recognized as revenue on or prior to such date of determination in any financial statements of the Parent.
Consolidated EBITDA means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income (without duplication): (a) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable for such period, (c) depreciation and amortization expense for such period and (d) non-cash stock based compensation expense for such period.
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Consolidated Interest Charges means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, (b) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations, (c) the portion of rent expense under Capital Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and (d) the implied interest component of Synthetic Leases with respect to such rental.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, net income (or loss) for such period, as calculated in accordance with GAAP; provided, that, Consolidated Net Income shall exclude (a) extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses for such period, (b) the net income of any Subsidiary during such period to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of such income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization Documents or any agreement, instrument or Law applicable to such Subsidiary during such period, except that the Parents equity in any net loss of any such Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining Consolidated Net Income and (c) any income (or loss) for such period of any Person if such Person is not a Subsidiary, except that the Parents equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Parent or a Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (and in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary is not precluded from further distributing such amount to the Parent as described in clause (b) of this proviso).
Consolidated Revenues means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the total of (a) gross revenues for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP minus (b) the sum (without duplication) of (i) trade, quantity and cash discounts allowed by the Parent and its Subsidiaries plus (ii) discounts, refunds, rebates, charge backs, retroactive price adjustments and any other allowances which effectively reduce net selling price plus (iii) product returns and allowances plus (iv) set-offs and counterclaims plus (v) any other similar and customary deductions used by the Parent and its Subsidiaries in determining net revenues, all for such period and as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that, Consolidated Revenues shall exclude the revenues generated by any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of the income resulting from such revenues is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization Documents or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary.
Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
Contractual Voting Power means, with respect to any Equity Interests of any Person, the sole and exclusive control (with no other Person having such control) through a valid and enforceable agreement of the voting of such Equity Interests (for all matters for which such Equity Interests have voting rights).
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Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.
Controlled Investment Affiliate means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly is in control of or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlled by such Person) primarily for making equity or debt investments in the Parent or other portfolio companies of such Person.
Convertible Bond Indebtedness means Indebtedness having a feature which entitles the holder thereof to convert or exchange all or a portion of such Indebtedness into or by reference to Equity Interests of the Parent.
Copyright License means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant of any right to use any Work under any Copyright.
Copyrights means (a) all proprietary rights afforded Works pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, including, without limitation, all rights in mask works, copyrights and original designs, and all proprietary rights afforded such Works by other countries for the full term thereof (and including all rights accruing by virtue of bilateral or international treaties and conventions thereto), whether registered or unregistered, including, but not limited to, all applications for registration, renewals, extensions, reversions or restorations thereof now or hereafter provided for by law and all rights to make applications for registrations and recordations, regardless of the medium of fixation or means of expression, which are owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to and (b) all copyright rights under the copyright laws of the United States, Canada, Israel and all other countries for the full term thereof (and including all rights accruing by virtue of bilateral or international copyright treaties and conventions), whether registered or unregistered, including, but not limited to, all applications for registration, renewals, extensions, reversions or restorations of copyrights now or hereafter provided for by law and all rights to make applications for copyright registrations and recordations, regardless of the medium of fixation or means of expression, which are owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to.
Cure Period has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16(b)(i).
Cure Right has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16(b)(i).
Current Assets means, with respect to any Person, all assets of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as current assets on the balance sheet of a company conducting a business the same as or similar to that of such Person.
C Warrants means, collectively, those certain stock purchase warrants of the Parent allotted to the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-5.
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Debt Issuance means the issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03.
Debt Issuance Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(a).
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act (Canada), the Israeli Companies Law, the Israeli Companies Ordinance, the Israeli Bankruptcy Ordinance, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States, Canada, Israel or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Default means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
Default Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b).
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 2.12(b), any Lender, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including with respect to any Term B Commitments, within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or (c) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided, that, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interests in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
Designated Jurisdiction means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanction.
Developers Agreement means that certain agreement between Boris Vaynberg, Yotam Zimmerman and the Parent having an effective date of August 8, 2013, as amended by the Amendment No. 1 to Agreement dated August 8, 2013, dated September 5, 2016.
Disposition or Dispose means the sale, transfer, license, lease, issuance or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction or any issuance by any Subsidiary of its Equity Interests) of any property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, but excluding the following (each a Permitted Transfer and collectively, the Permitted Transfers): (a) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by way of Subscription Agreement) of inventory (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any intellectual property or any IP Rights) in the ordinary course of business, (b) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition in the ordinary course of business of surplus, obsolete or worn out property no longer used or useful in the conduct of
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business of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, (c) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary; provided, that, if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under Section 8.02, (d) granting licenses of intellectual property on a non-exclusive basis or on an exclusive basis so long as each such exclusive license is limited to geographic areas, particular distribution channels or fields of use, customized products for customers or limited time periods, and so long as after giving effect to such exclusive license, the Parent and its Subsidiaries retain sufficient rights to use or benefit from the subject intellectual property as to enable them to continue to conduct their business in the ordinary course, (e) any Involuntary Disposition, (f) Investments permitted by Section 8.02 (other than by reference to this definition or Section 8.05 (or any clause hereof or thereof)) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any issuance by a Subsidiary of its Equity Interests to a minority owner of such Subsidiary at initial creation or formation of such Subsidiary in connection with an Investment permitted by Section 8.02), (g) the sale, transfer, issuance or other disposition of a de minimis number of shares of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary (excluding Venus Canada) in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by applicable Law, (h) the abandonment or other disposition of IP Rights that are not material and are no longer used or useful in any material respect in the business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, (i) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases (in each case, other than with respect to IP Rights or intellectual property) granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries and (j) dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business.
Disqualified Capital Stock means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise) or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (in whole or in part), in any such case at any time prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181st) day after the then Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interest, (b) requires the payment of any cash dividends at any time prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181st) day after the then Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interest, (c) contains any repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181st) day after the then Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interest, or (d) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, in any such case at any time prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181st) day after the then Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interest; provided, that, any Equity Interests that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem or repurchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in control or an asset sale occurring prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181st) day after the then Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Equity Interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem or repurchase any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the Facility Termination Date.
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Dollar and $ mean lawful money of the United States.
Domain Names means all domain names and URLs that are registered and/or owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
Drug or Device Application means a New Drug Application, an Abbreviated New Drug Application, or a product license application, as those terms are defined in the FDCA, for any Product, as appropriate, in each case of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary.
Earn Out Obligations means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the applicable Loan Party or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to the documentation relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the aggregate consideration paid for an Acquisition at the time of such Acquisition, the amount of any Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of the earn-out payments in respect thereof as specified in the documents relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the amount of any Earn Out Obligations to be included in the definition of Funded Indebtedness, the amount of Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the aggregate liability in respect thereof, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Date means the date hereof.
Eligible Assets means (a) with respect to any Disposition, any Involuntary Disposition or any Extraordinary Receipts (in each case, other than a Disposition of Current Assets, an Involuntary Disposition of Current Assets or Extraordinary Receipts to the extent relating to condemnation awards or insurance proceeds with respect to the loss or liquidation of Current Assets), fixed or capital assets that are used or useful in the same or a similar line of business as the Parent and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Effective Date (or any reasonable extension or expansions thereof) and (b) solely with respect to any Disposition of Current Assets, any Involuntary Disposition of Current Assets or any Extraordinary Receipts (solely to the extent
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relating to condemnation awards or insurance proceeds with respect to the loss or liquidation of Current Assets), Current Assets that are used or useful in the same or a similar line of business as the Parent and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Effective Date (or any reasonable extension or expansions thereof).
Eligible Assignee means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).
Environmental Laws means any and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
Environmental Liability means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member, membership or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination; provided, however, that Equity Interests shall not include Convertible Bond Indebtedness.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
ERISA Affiliate any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with a Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
ERISA Event means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan, (b) the withdrawal of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a substantial employer as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization,
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(d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan, (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA, or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01. Excluded Account has the meaning set forth in Section 8.19(e).
Excluded Property means, with respect to any Loan Party, including any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the Effective Date as contemplated by Section 7.12 or Section 7.13, (a) solely with respect to any U.S. Loan Party, any Canadian Loan Party or any Israeli Guarantor, any personal property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles of any U.S. Loan Party) in respect of which perfection of a Lien is not either (i) governed by the Uniform Commercial Code, the PPSA, the Israeli Companies Law or the Israeli Companies Ordinance, respectively or (ii) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or the Israeli Patent Office, (b) any property which, subject to the terms of Section 8.09, is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.01(i) pursuant to documents which prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such property, (c) any leasehold interest of any Loan Party in real property, (d) any Excluded Accounts, (e) any real or personal property as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers agree in writing that the costs or other consequences of obtaining a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom, (f) solely with respect to any U.S. Loan Party or any Canadian Loan Party, any permit, lease, license, contract or other agreement if the grant of a security interest in such permit, lease, license, contract or other agreement in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise alter such Loan Partys rights, titles and interests thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both); provided, that, (i) any such limitation described in the foregoing clause (f) on the security interests granted under the Collateral Documents shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition is not rendered ineffective pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, the PPSA or any other applicable Law, in each case, that has the effect of permitting the grant of a security interest and preventing any termination, acceleration or alteration of such Loan Partys rights, titles and interests thereunder as a result of such grant of a security interest and (ii) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in any applicable Law, permit, lease, license, contract or other agreement, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such permit, lease, license, contract or other agreement shall be automatically and simultaneously granted under the Collateral
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Documents and such permit, lease, license, contract or other agreement shall be included as Collateral, (g) Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent (other than Wholly Owned Subsidiaries) in existence on the Effective Date to the extent that the pledge of such Equity Interests is not permitted by the terms of such Foreign Subsidiarys Organization Documents as in effect on the Effective Date, each such Foreign Subsidiary (and the corresponding provision of such Subsidiarys Organization Documents) being designated on Schedule 6.13(a), (h) Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent (other than Venus Canada) to the extent that the pledge thereof is prohibited by applicable Law; provided, that, (i) any such limitation described in the foregoing clause (h) on the security interests granted under the Collateral Documents shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition is not rendered ineffective pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, the PPSA or any other applicable Law, in each case, that has the effect of permitting the grant of a security interest and preventing any termination, acceleration or alteration of such Loan Partys rights, titles and interests thereunder as a result of such grant of a security interest and (ii) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition, a security interest in such Equity Interests shall be automatically and simultaneously granted under the Collateral Documents and such Equity Interests shall be included as Collateral and (i) Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent (other than Venus Canada) to the extent that the pledge thereof would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Parent or its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Borrowers with the consent of the Administrative Agent).
Excluded Restricted Payments means (a) any Restricted Payment to the extent made by any Subsidiary to any Loan Party and (b) any Restricted Payment to the extent made by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall Excluded Restricted Payments include any portion of any Restricted Payment made (x) by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or (y) by any Subsidiary to any Person (including minority owners of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary) that is not a Loan Party or a Subsidiary.
Excluded Subsidiary means any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Venus Canada), the grant or perfection of a security interest in the assets of such Foreign Subsidiary in support of, and the guaranteeing of, the Obligations (a) would be prohibited by applicable Law in the jurisdiction of formation or incorporation of such Foreign Subsidiary (as reasonably determined by the Borrowers with the consent of the Administrative Agent) or (b) would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Parent or its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Borrowers with the consent of the Administrative Agent).
Exclusivity Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b).
Existing Credit Agreement means that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 8, 2015 by and among the Parent, the Borrowers, Oxford Finance, LLC, as collateral agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended or modified from time to time.
Extraordinary Receipts means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Person not in the ordinary course of business, including tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings), condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), indemnity payments and any purchase price adjustments; provided, that, in no event shall Extraordinary Receipts include the proceeds of any issuance of Qualified Capital Stock by the Parent or any Subsidiary.
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Facility means the Term A Facility or the Term B Facility, as the context may require.
Facility Termination Date means the date as of which all of the following shall have occurred: (a) all of the Commitments have terminated and (b) all Obligations have been paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted).
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations thereunder, official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any intergovernmental agreements entered into thereunder.
FDA means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America or any successor entity thereto.
FDCA means the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, 21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq. and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, that, if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day.
Fee Letter means that certain letter agreement dated as of the Funding Date, by and among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
Flood Hazard Property has the meaning set forth in the definition of Real Property Security Documents.
Foreign Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).
Foreign Loan Party means each Loan Party that is not a U.S. Loan Party.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Foreign Wholly Owned Subsidiary means any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
FRB means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
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Fund means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
Funded Indebtedness means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including the Obligations) and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person or any Subsidiary thereof (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(c) all obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(d) all purchase money Indebtedness and all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), including, without limitation, any Earn Out Obligations;
(e) the Attributable Indebtedness of Capital Leases, Securitization Transactions and Synthetic Leases;
(f) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;
(g) all Funded Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Funded Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed;
(h) all Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (g) above of another Person; and
(i) all Funded Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, except to the extent that Funded Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.
For purposes hereof, the amount of any direct obligation arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments shall be the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder.
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Funding Date means the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 have been satisfied.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied and as in effect from time to time.
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States, Canada, Israel or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial, territorial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Governmental Licenses means all applications to and requests for approval from a Governmental Authority for the right to manufacture, import, store, market, promote, advertise, offer for sale, sell, use and/or otherwise distribute a Product, including, without limitation, all filings filed with the FDA and Health Canada, and all authorizations issuing from a Governmental Authority based upon or as a result of such applications and requests, which are owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, acquired by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary via assignment, purchase or otherwise or that any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to.
Guarantee means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term Guarantee as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
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Guarantors means (a) the Parent and (b) each Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12 or Section 7.13, together with their successors and permitted assigns; provided, that, in no event shall any Excluded Subsidiary be a Guarantor.
Guaranty means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to Article IV.
Hazardous Materials means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
HHS means the United States Department of Health and Human Services and any successor agency thereof.
HMT has the meaning set forth in the definition of Sanctions. Hypothecary Representative has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01(c).
Indebtedness means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all Funded Indebtedness;
(b) the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract;
(c) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) and (b) above of any other Person; and
(d) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person or a Subsidiary thereof is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person or such Subsidiary.
Indemnitee has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04(b). Information has the meaning set forth in Section 11.07.
Interest Payment Date means (a) the last day of each March, June, September and December; provided, that, if any such last day is not a Business Day, the applicable Interest Payment Date shall be the first Business Day immediately preceding such last day of such month; provided, further, that, the first Interest Payment Date shall be December 30, 2016 and (b) each Maturity Date.
Interim Financial Statements means the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, including balance sheets and statements of income or operations, shareholders equity and cash flows.
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Internal Revenue Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Internal Revenue Service means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Investment means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
Investment Documents means, collectively, the Loan Documents, the Warrants, the Warrant Issuance Agreement and the ROFR Side Letter.
Involuntary Disposition means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
IP Rights means all worldwide intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, proprietary rights and common-law rights, whether registered or unregistered, Copyrights, Domain Names, Patents, Trademarks, Proprietary Databases, Proprietary Software, Websites and Trade Secrets, including without limitation, all rights to and under all new and useful algorithms, concepts, data (including all clinical data relating to a Product), databases, designs, discoveries, inventions, know-how, methods, processes, protocols, chemistries, compositions, show-how, software (other than commercially available, off-the-shelf or open source), specifications for Products, techniques, technology, trade dress and all improvements thereof and thereto, which is owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to.
IP Security Agreements means, collectively, the U.S. IP Security Agreement and the Canadian IP Security Agreement; and IP Security Agreement means any one of them.
Israeli Bankruptcy Ordinance means the Israeli Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1980 (New Version), as amended.
Israeli Companies Law means the Israeli Companies Law, 1999, as amended.
Israeli Companies Ordinance means the Israeli Companies Ordinance, 1983 (New Version), as amended.
Israeli Guarantee Law means the Israeli Guarantee Law, 1967, as amended.
Israeli Guarantors means (a) the Parent and (b) each Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12 or Section 7.13 that is organized under the laws of, or is registered or maintains a place of business (including an office for the transfer or registration of shares) in, Israel, together with their successors and permitted assigns, in each case, organized under the laws of, or registered or maintaining a place of business (including an office for the transfer or registration of shares) in, Israel.
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Israeli Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(b)(vii).
Israeli Person means any Person organized under the laws of, or resident in, or maintaining a place of business (including an office for the transfer or registration of shares) in, Israel.
Israeli Securities Law means the Israeli Securities Law, 1968, as amended.
Israeli Security Agreements means, collectively, each security and pledge agreement or debenture, in each case, dated as of the Funding Date, executed in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties by each of the Israeli Guarantors; and Israeli Security Agreement means any one of them.
Israeli Subsidiary means each Subsidiary organized under the laws of, or registered or maintaining a place of business (including an office for the transfer or registration of shares) in, Israel.
Joinder Agreement means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C executed and delivered by a Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.12 or Section 7.13.
Latest Maturity Date means, as of any date of determination, the later of (a) the Term A Facility Maturity Date and (b) the Term B Facility Maturity Date.
Laws means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state, provincial, territorial and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof or determinations thereunder by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
Lenders means each of the Persons identified as a Lender on the signature pages hereto, each Person that joins as a Lender pursuant to Section 2.14 and their respective successors and assigns.
Lending Office means, as to any Lender, the office address of such Lender and, as appropriate, account of such Lender set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as such Lender may from time to time notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
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Liquidity means, as of any date, an amount equal to Unrestricted Cash as of such date.
Loan means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term A Loan or a Term B Loan.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, each Note, each Joinder Agreement (or such other documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request pursuant to Section 7.12 for such purpose), each Collateral Document, the Term B Facility Joinder Agreement, the Fee Letter, each Approval for Consortium Arrangement Letter, any intercreditor agreement entered into in connection with Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Indebtedness, each Qualified Subordinated Debt Subordination Agreement and any other agreement, instrument or document designated by its terms as a Loan Document (but specifically excluding the Warrants, the Warrant Issuance Agreement and the ROFR Side Letter).
Loan Notice means a notice of a Borrowing of Loans pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Loan Parties means, collectively, the Parent, each Borrower and each Guarantor. Madryn means Madryn Asset Management, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
Market Withdrawal means a Persons removal or correction of a distributed Product which involves a minor violation that would not reasonably be expected to be subject to legal action by the FDA or which involves no violation, e.g., normal stock rotation practices, routine equipment adjustments and repairs, etc., as that term is defined in 21 C.F.R. 7.3(j).
Master Agreement has the meaning set forth in the definition of Swap Contract.
Material Adverse Effect means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) (i) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document to which it is a party or (ii) a material impairment in the perfection or priority of the Administrative Agents security interests in the Collateral (except to the extent that the loss of any perfection or priority results from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code or PPSA financing statements or continuation statements or other equivalent filings), (c) an impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its material obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or (d) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
Material Contracts has the meaning set forth in Section 6.22.
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Material IP Rights means IP Rights that (a) are material to the operations, business, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Parent and its Subsidiaries or their licensee(s) or (b) the loss of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Maturity Date means the Term A Facility Maturity Date and the Term B Facility Maturity Date, individually or collectively, as appropriate.
Maximum Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 11.09.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
Mortgages means the mortgages, debentures, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt that purport to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the fee interest of any Loan Party in real property (other than Excluded Property).
Multiemployer Plan means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
Multiple Employer Plan means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
Net Cash Proceeds means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Disposition, Debt Issuance, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipts, net of (a) reasonable direct costs incurred in connection therewith (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof and (c) in the case of any Disposition, the amount necessary to retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien (ranking senior to any Lien of the Administrative Agent) on the related property; it being understood that Net Cash Proceeds shall include, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in any Disposition, Debt Issuance, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt.
No-Action Letter means that certain no-action letter of the Israeli Antitrust Commissioner, dated December 31, 2015, regarding consortium arrangements, as may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, or any replacement thereof that hereinafter may be promulgated.
Non-Consenting Lender means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
Note or Notes means the Term A Notes or the Term B Notes, individually or collectively, as appropriate.
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Obligations means (a) all advances to, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan and (b) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the foregoing, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Obligations shall not include the obligations of the Parent under the Warrants, the Warrant Issuance Agreement or the ROFR Side Letter.
OFAC means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
Organization Documents means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction (including articles of association with respect to any company organized in Israel)), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement or limited liability company agreement (or equivalent or comparable documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
Outstanding Amount means with respect to any Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of any Loans occurring on such date.
Paid-in-Kind Interest has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(c)(i). Parent has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
Parent Voting Power means the possession of the power to (a) appoint a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent and (b) otherwise direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the Parent, which power may be held by the Permitted Holders through (x) the direct ownership, of record and beneficially, of Equity Interests of the Parent entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors of the Parent (so long as no Person other than any Permitted Holder shall have any control of any voting of such Equity Interests), (y) Contractual Voting Power held by the Permitted Holders with respect to Equity Interests of the Parent entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors of the Parent or (z) contractual rights held by the Permitted Holders pursuant to Section 47 of the Parents Articles of Association as in effect on the Effective Date (and as may be amended after the Funding Date in accordance with Section 8.12(a)).
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Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(d).
Patent License means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant of any right to make, use, offer for sale, import, sell or otherwise exploit any invention, in each case, under any Patent.
Patents means all registered letters patent and patent applications in the United States, Canada, Israel and all other countries (and all letters patent that issue therefrom) and all reissues, reexaminations, extensions, renewals, divisions and continuations (including continuations-in-part and continuing prosecution applications) thereof, for the full term thereof, together with the right to claim the priority thereto and the right to sue for past infringement of any of the foregoing, which are owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
Pension Funding Rules means the rules of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Internal Revenue Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
Pension Plan means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by any Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Permits means licenses, certificates, accreditations, product clearances or approvals, provider numbers or provider authorizations, marketing authorizations, other authorizations, registrations, permits, consents and approvals required in connection with the conduct of any Loan Partys or any Subsidiarys business or to comply with any applicable Laws, and those issued by state governments for the conduct of any Loan Partys or any Subsidiarys business.
Permitted Acquisition means an Investment consisting of an Acquisition by a Loan Party; provided, that, (a) the property acquired (or the property of the Person acquired) in such Acquisition is used or useful in the same or a related or complementary line of business as the Parent and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Effective Date (or any reasonable extensions or expansions thereof), (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Acquisition, (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received all items in respect of the Equity Interests or property acquired in such Acquisition required to be delivered by the terms of Section 7.12 and/or Section 7.13, (d) such Acquisition shall not be a hostile acquisition and shall have been approved by the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders (or equivalent) of the applicable Loan Party and the target of such Acquisition, (e) the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent pro forma financial statements for the Parent and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to such Acquisition for the twelve month period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter end in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (f) the representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in each Loan Document shall be true and correct in all respects at and as if made as of the date of such Acquisition (after giving effect
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thereto) except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case it shall be true and correct as of such earlier date and (g) the Acquisition Consideration paid by the Loan Parties for all such Acquisitions during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate.
Permitted Holders means, without duplication, (a) Aperture Venture Partners II, L.P., Aperture Venture Partners II-A, L.P., Aperture Venture Partners II-B, L.P., Aperture Venture Partners III, L.P., Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P., Longitude Venture Partner II L.P., Venus Technologies Ltd. and any Controlled Investment Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b) Domenic Serafino and his Permitted Transferees and (c) Senior Management Persons of the Parent and Board Members of the Parent, in each case, for so long as such Persons are actively employed by the Parent in such capacity or serve in such capacity, as the case may be.
Permitted Liens means, at any time, Liens in respect of property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section 8.01.
Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Documents means each agreement, instrument and document entered into by the Parent or any Subsidiary in connection with the Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Indebtedness, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time subject to the terms and provisions of the intercreditor agreement entered into by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith.
Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Indebtedness means senior secured Indebtedness of one or more of the Borrowers incurred under the Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Documents which satisfies the following requirements: (a) the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the material Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Documents prior to incurrence of the Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Indebtedness, certified by a Responsible Officer of each Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent shall have approved the financial institution providing the Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Indebtedness (the Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Lender) and (c) no Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall Guarantee, or provide a Lien with respect to, such Indebtedness.
Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Lender has the meaning set forth in the definition of Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Indebtedness.
Permitted Senior Revolving Credit Priority Collateral has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03(g).
Permitted Transfer has the meaning set forth in the definition of Disposition.
Permitted Transferees means (a) any Person who is a lineal descendant of Domenic Serafino, (b) any spouse or sibling of Domenic Serafino and (c) any partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust or other business entity that has been or may be established or controlled by Domenic Serafino, for the benefit of, or solely owned by, Domenic Serafino or any other Person described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition.
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Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
PIK Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(c)(i).
Plan any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA including a plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
Pledge Agreements means, collectively, the U.S. Pledge Agreements and the Canadian Pledge Agreements; and Pledge Agreement means any one of them.
PPSA means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario); provided, that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Personal Property Security Act as in effect in a Canadian jurisdiction other than the Province of Ontario, or the Civil Code of Quebec, PPSA means the Personal Property Security Act as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction, as applicable, for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
Product means any product or service developed, manufactured, marketed, imported or offered for sale, sold, used, distributed or otherwise commercialized by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with the Businesses, including those products set forth on Schedule 1.01 (as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement); provided, that, if any Loan Party shall fail to comply with its obligations under this Agreement to give notice to the Administrative Agent and update Schedule 1.01 prior to manufacturing, selling, developing, testing or marketing any new product or service, any such improperly undisclosed product or service shall be deemed to be included in this definition.
Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance and Pro Forma Effect means, in respect of a Specified Transaction, that such Specified Transaction and the following transactions in connection therewith (to the extent applicable) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period for the applicable covenant or requirement: (a)(i) with respect to any Disposition, Involuntary Disposition or sale, transfer or other disposition that results in a Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property disposed of shall be excluded and (ii) with respect to any Acquisition or Investment, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Parent and is Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or other information satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness and (c) any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided, that, Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance and Pro Forma Effect in respect of any Specified Transaction shall be calculated in a reasonable and factually supportable manner and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent.
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Proposed Term Sheet has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b). Proposed Terms has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b).
Proprietary Databases means any material non-public proprietary database or information repository that is owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or that any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to.
Proprietary Software means any proprietary software owned, licensed or otherwise used (other than any software that is generally commercially available, off-the-shelf and/or open source) including, without limitation, the object code and source code forms of such software and all associated documentation, which is owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to.
Qualified Capital Stock of any Person means any Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Capital Stock.
Qualified Equity Offering has the meaning set forth in the Warrant Issuance Agreement.
Qualified Subordinated Debt means unsecured subordinated Indebtedness of one or more Borrowers; provided, that, (a) such Indebtedness shall not mature, and no scheduled principal payments, prepayments, repurchases, redemptions or sinking fund or like payments or cash interest payments of any kind shall be required at any time on or before the 181st day following the then Latest Maturity Date at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness, (b) such Indebtedness shall not include any financial maintenance covenants, the terms thereof shall be customary for deeply subordinated insider indebtedness, not more restrictive in any respect on the Loan Parties than the provisions of this Agreement and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in all respects, (c) the terms of subordination applicable to such Indebtedness shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent, on the one hand, and the holders of such Indebtedness, on the other hand, shall have entered into a Qualified Subordinated Debt Subordination Agreement with respect thereto), (d) the Obligations shall be designated as Designated Senior Debt (and no other obligations shall be so designated) for all purposes of such Indebtedness, (e) the Loan Parties shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent certified copies of all documents and other agreements entered into in connection with such Indebtedness (collectively with the Qualified Subordinated Debt Subordination Agreement, the Qualified Subordinated Debt Documents), (f) no Default or Event of Default (other than the Event of Default under Section 8.16(a) giving rise to the Cure Right) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness or would result therefrom (and the Loan Parties shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying to the satisfaction of this condition), (g) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding and (h) such Indebtedness shall only be incurred in connection with the exercise of a Cure Right and shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8.16(b).
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Qualified Subordinated Debt Documents has the meaning set forth in the definition of Qualified Subordinated Debt.
Qualified Subordinated Debt Subordination Agreement means any subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that is entered into by the Administrative Agent, on the one hand, and the providers of the Qualified Subordinated Debt, on the other hand.
Qualifying Control Agreement means an agreement among a Loan Party, a depository institution or securities intermediary and the Administrative Agent, which agreement is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and which provides the Administrative Agent with control (as such term is used in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) or dominion, in each case, over the deposit account(s) or securities account(s) described therein.
Qualifying IPO means an underwritten primary public offering of shares of the common stock of the Parent pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC on Form S-1 in accordance with the Securities Act so long as (a) such Equity Interests are listed on a nationally recognized stock exchange in the United States, (b) upon giving effect to such offering, the Parent remains an Israeli corporation and the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents are not impaired in any material manner and (c) the aggregate gross cash proceeds received by the Parent from such offering (without deducting underwriting discounts, expenses and commissions) are at least $35,000,000.
Real Property Security Documents means with respect to the fee interest of any Loan Party in any real property (other than Excluded Property):
(a) a fully executed and notarized Mortgage encumbering the fee interest of such Loan Party in such real property;
(b) if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, maps or plats of an as-built survey of the sites of such real property certified to the Administrative Agent and the title insurance company issuing the policies referred to in clause (c) of this definition in a manner reasonably satisfactory to each of the Administrative Agent and such title insurance company, dated a date satisfactory to each of the Administrative Agent and such title insurance company by an independent professional licensed land surveyor, which maps or plats and the surveys on which they are based shall be sufficient to delete any standard printed survey exception contained in the applicable title policy and be made in accordance with the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for Land Title Surveys jointly established and adopted by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping in 2011 with items 2, 3, 4, 6(b), 7(a), 7(b)(1), 7(c), 8, 9, 10, 11(a), 13, 14, 16,17, 18 and 19 on Table A thereof completed;
(c) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies issued by a title insurance company acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to such real property, assuring the Administrative Agent that the Mortgage covering such real property creates a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage lien on such real property, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, which title insurance policies shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall include such endorsements as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;
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(d) evidence as to (i) whether such real property is in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards (a Flood Hazard Property) and (ii) if such real property is a Flood Hazard Property, (A) whether the community in which such real property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (B) the applicable Loan Partys written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Administrative Agent (1) as to the fact that such real property is a Flood Hazard Property and (2) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (C) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the Parent and its Subsidiaries evidencing flood insurance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and naming the Administrative Agent and its successors and/or assigns as sole loss payee on behalf of the Secured Parties;
(e) if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, an environmental assessment report, as to such real property, in form and substance and from professional firms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(f) if requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such real property, and the uses of such real property, are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable zoning laws (the evidence submitted as to which should include the zoning designation made for such real property, the permitted uses of such real property under such zoning designation and, if available, zoning requirements as to parking, lot size, ingress, egress and building setbacks); and
(g) if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, an opinion of legal counsel to the Loan Party granting the Mortgage on such real property, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Recipient means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, and any other recipient of any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
Register has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(c).
Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors, sub-advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Reportable Event means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.
Required Lenders means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
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Required Permit means (a) a Permit issued or required under Laws applicable to the business of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or necessary in the manufacturing, importing, exporting, possession, ownership, warehousing, marketing, promoting, sale, labeling, furnishing, distribution or delivery of any Product under Laws applicable to the business of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary including any permit issuing from any Drug or Device Application (including without limitation, at any point in time, all licenses, approvals and permits issued by the FDA, Health Canada or any other applicable Governmental Authority necessary for the testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of any Product by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary as such activities are being conducted by any Loan Party or such Subsidiary with respect to such Product at such time), and (b) a Permit issued by any Person from which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary has, as of the Effective Date, received an accreditation.
Responsible Officer means the chief executive officer, president, general counsel, senior vice president of finance or chief financial officer, in each case, of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of the delivery of certificates pursuant to Sections 5.02, 7.12 or 7.13, also any secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
Restricted means, when referring to cash or Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties, that such cash or Cash Equivalents (a) appear (or would be required to appear) as restricted on a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as determined in accordance with GAAP, or (b) are subject to any Lien in favor of any Person (other than bankers liens and rights of setoff) other than the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Restricted Payment means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding and (d) any payment made to holders of Convertible Bond Indebtedness in excess of the sum of (i) the original principal (or notional) amount thereof and interest thereon and (ii) to the extent not permissible to be satisfied with shares of common stock, customary redemption, mandatory conversion or similar premiums, if any.
ROFR Side Letter means that certain letter agreement dated as of the Funding Date by and between the Parent and the Lenders from time to time party thereto with respect to the purchase of certain Equity Interests of the Parent in connection with a sale of the Equity Interests of the Parent.
S&P means Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and any successor thereto.
Safety Notices has the meaning set forth in Section 6.23(a)(ix).
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Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby such Loan Party or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
Sanction(s) means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the Canadian government, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant sanctions authority.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Secured Parties means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Indemnitees.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933.
Securitization Transaction means, with respect to any Person, any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate of such Person.
Security Agreements means, collectively, the U.S. Security Agreement, the U.S. IP Security Agreement, the Canadian Security Agreements, the Canadian IP Security Agreement and the Israeli Security Agreements; and Security Agreement means any one of them.
Senior Management Persons means the collective reference to Greg Van Staveren, Boris Vynberg, Kevin Skule, Franklin Tello, David Walden and Aharon Edoute; and Senior Management Person means any one of them.
Solvent or Solvency means, with respect to any Person as of a particular date, that on such date (a) such Person is able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business, (b) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature in their ordinary course, (c) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Persons property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage, (d) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person and (e) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
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Specific Exemption means a specific exemption obtained by one or more Lenders pursuant to Section 14 of the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law, 1988, or any amendment or replacement thereof.
Specified Contract Revenue Application has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16(b)(i).
Specified Cure Contribution has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16(b)(i).
Specified Transaction means (a) any Acquisition, any Disposition, any sale, transfer or other disposition that results in a Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary, any Involuntary Disposition, or any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, in each case, whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise or any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness or (b) any other event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant, calculation as to Pro Forma Effect with respect to a test or covenant or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
Subscription Agreement means any duly executed and effective Services Agreement (in substantially the form of the Services Agreements provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date) pursuant to which the Parent or any Subsidiary (a) sells, leases, licenses, transfers or otherwise disposes of inventory in the ordinary course of business in a transaction permitted by Section 8.08(a) and (b) earns, or will earn, Consolidated Revenues.
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent.
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Maste