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): July 6, 2020 (July 5, 2020)
UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-38443 | 46-5308248 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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200 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 3100 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
02140 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code (617) 945-5576
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common stock, $0.001 Par Value | UMRX | The Nasdaq Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Item 1.01. |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On July 6, 2020, Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (Unum), completed its business combination with Kiq Bio LLC (formerly Kiq LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (Kiq), in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 6, 2020 (the Merger Agreement), by and among Unum, Utah Merger Sub 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Unum (First Merger Sub), Utah Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Unum (Second Merger Sub), and Kiq. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, First Merger Sub merged with and into Kiq, pursuant to which Kiq was the surviving entity and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Unum (the First Merger). Immediately following the First Merger, Kiq merged with and into Second Merger Sub, pursuant to which Second Merger Sub was the surviving entity (together with the First Merger, the Merger). The Merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the closing of the Merger, Unum issued the securityholders of Kiq 6,235,903 shares of the common stock of Unum, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock) and 44,687 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (as described below).
Reference is made to the discussion of the Series A Preferred Stock in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.
Immediately following the closing of the Merger, (i) the former Kiq securityholders as of immediately prior to the Merger owned approximately 60.8% of Unum on a fully-diluted basis and (ii) Unum stockholders as of immediately prior to the Merger owned approximately 39.2% of Unum on a fully-diluted basis. On a pro forma basis and based upon the number of shares of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock issued in the Merger and the Financing, Unum equity holders immediately prior to the acquisition will own approximately 16.2% of Unum on a fully-diluted basis. Approximately 30.7% of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Merger is held by stockholders subject to lock-up restrictions, pursuant to which such stockholders have agreed, except in limited circumstances, not to sell or transfer, or engage in swap or similar transactions with respect to, shares of the Common Stock, including, as applicable, shares received in the Merger and issuable upon exercise of certain options, for a period of 90 days following the closing of the Merger.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Unum has agreed to hold a stockholders meeting to submit the following matters to its stockholders for their consideration: (i) the approval of the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(a) (the Conversion Proposal), (ii) the approval of an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of Unum to authorize sufficient shares of Common Stock for the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement (as described below) (the Charter Amendment Proposal, and together with the Conversion Proposal, the Meeting Proposals) and (iii) the approval of a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of Common Stock for the purpose of maintaining compliance with Nasdaq listing standards, if deemed necessary by Unum. In connection with the these matters, Unum intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a proxy statement and other relevant materials.
The Board of Directors of Unum (the Board) unanimously approved the Merger Agreement and the related transactions, and the consummation of the Merger was not subject to approval of the Unum stockholders.
The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Merger Agreement has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about Unum or Kiq. The Merger Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that Unum and Kiq made to each other as of specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made solely for purposes of the Merger Agreement between Unum and Kiq and may be subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by Unum and Kiq in connection with negotiating its terms, including being qualified by confidential disclosures
exchanged between the parties in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement. Moreover, the representations and warranties may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality that may be different from what may be viewed as material to investors or security holders, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between Unum and Kiq rather than establishing matters as facts. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Unums public disclosures. For the foregoing reasons, no person should rely on the representations and warranties as statements of factual information at the time they were made or otherwise.
Support Agreements
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Unum and Kiq entered into stockholder support agreements (the Support Agreements) with Unums directors and certain officers and one of Unums largest stockholders, which collectively own an aggregate of approximately 23.0% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock. The Support Agreements provide that, among other things, each of the stockholders has agreed to vote or cause to be voted all of the shares of Common Stock owned by such stockholder in favor of the Meeting Proposals at the Unum stockholders meeting to be held in connection therewith.
The foregoing description of the Support Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of the Support Agreement, which is provided as Exhibit A to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Lock-up Agreements
Concurrently and in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, former Kiq securityholders as of immediately prior to the Merger, and the directors and officers of Unum as of immediately following the Merger, which collectively own an aggregate of approximately 30.7% of Unum outstanding capital stock, entered into lock-up agreements with Unum and Kiq, pursuant to which each stockholder will be subject to a 90 day lockup on the sale or transfer of shares of Common Stock held by each such stockholder at the closing of the Merger, including those shares received by Kiq securityholders in the Merger (the Lock-up Agreements).
The foregoing description of the Lock-up Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of the Lock-up Agreement, which is provided as Exhibit C to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Contingent Value Rights Agreement
The Merger Agreement contemplates that within 30 days following the Closing, Unum and the Rights Agent (as defined therein) will execute and deliver a contingent value rights agreement (the CVR Agreement), pursuant to which each holder of Common Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be entitled to one contractual contingent value right issued by Unum, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the CVR Agreement, for each share of Common Stock held by such holder. Each contingent value right shall entitle the holder thereof to receive certain Common Stock and/or cash payments from the net proceeds, if any, related to the disposition of Unums legacy cell therapy assets within three years following the Closing. The contingent value rights are not transferable, except in certain limited circumstances as will be provided in the CVR Agreement, will not be certificated or evidenced by any instrument and will not be registered with the SEC or listed for trading on any exchange.
The foregoing description of the CVR Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of the CVR Agreement, which is provided as Exhibit C to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Private Placement and Securities Purchase Agreement
On July 6, 2020, Unum entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with the purchasers named therein (the Investors).
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Unum agreed to sell an aggregate of approximately 118,636 shares of Series A Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $104,400,000 (collectively, the Financing). Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into 1,000 shares of Common Stock, as described below. The powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions applicable to the Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designations (as described below).
The closing of the Financing is expected to occur on July 9, 2020 (the Financing Closing Date).
The foregoing summary of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Registration Rights Agreement
On the Financing Closing Date, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, Unum intends to enter into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with the Investors. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Unum will prepare and file a resale registration statement with the SEC within 90 calendar days following the Financing Closing Date (the Filing Deadline). Unum will use its reasonable best efforts to cause this registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 30 calendar days of the Filing Deadline (or within 60 calendar days if the SEC reviews the registration statement).
Unum will also agree among other things, to indemnify the Investors, their officers, directors, members, employees and agents, successors and assigns under the registration statement from certain liabilities and pay all fees and expenses (excluding any legal fees of the selling holder(s), and any underwriting discounts and selling commissions) incident to Unums obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Offering is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. The Investors have acquired the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends have been affixed to the securities issued in this transaction.
The foregoing summary of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Registration Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 2.01 |
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets |
On July 6, 2020, Unum completed its business combination with Kiq. The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
On July 6, 2020, Unum and Kiq issued a joint press release announcing the completion of the Merger and signing of the Purchase Agreement (the Press Release). A copy of the Press Release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities |
The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The Securities were offered and sold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act, in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Regulation D thereunder. Each of the Purchasers represented that it was an accredited investor, as defined in Regulation D, and is acquiring the Securities for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof. The Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and such Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor any of the exhibits attached hereto is an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy shares of common stock or any other securities of Unum.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Unum issued shares of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock. The information contained in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. Such issuances were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Item 5.02 |
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
On June 30, 2020, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved the promotion of John Green to Chief Financial Officer of Unum, effective as of the execution of Mr. Greens employment agreement on July 4, 2020. Mr. Green serves as principal accounting officer, principal financial officer and, prior to his promotion, was Vice President of Finance and Controller of Unum. Prior to joining Unum, Mr. Green served as Principal Accounting Officer at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from March 2017 to June 2018. From November 2015 to March 2017, he served as the Controller at Fractyl Laboratories, Inc., a medical technology company. From June 2014 to November 2015, Mr. Green served as Director of Accounting at Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From November 2013 to June 2014, Mr. Green served as a Senior Manager at Corporate Finance Group, Inc., a financial consulting firm. From 2008 to September 2013, Mr. Green served as an Assurance Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an accounting firm. From November 2013 to June 2014, Mr. Green served as a Senior Manager at Corporate Finance Group, Inc., a financial consulting firm. From 2008 to September 2013, Mr. Green served as an Assurance Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an accounting firm. Mr. Green is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from Acadia University.
Mr. Greens employment agreement provides for at will employment. Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement, Mr. Green is entitled to an annual base salary of $350,000. Mr. Green is also eligible for annual incentive compensation targeted at 40% of his base salary. Mr. Green is eligible to participate in the employee benefit plans generally available to full-time employees, subject to the terms of those plans. Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement, if Mr. Green employment is terminated by us without cause (as defined in his employment agreement) or by Mr. Green for good reason (as defined in his employment agreement), Mr. Green will receive any base salary through the date of termination, unpaid expense reimbursements, unused vacation accrued through the date of termination, and any vested benefits under any employee benefit plan through the date of termination. Additionally, subject to Mr. Green execution of a release of potential claims against us, Mr. Green will be entitled to receive: (i) a lump sum in cash in an amount equal to nine months of base salary, (ii) a monthly cash payment for nine months for medical and dental benefits or Mr. Greens COBRA health continuation period, whichever ends earlier, and (iii) acceleration of vesting on any Options in which Mr. Green would have vested if he had remained employed for an additional nine months. However, in the event that Mr. Greens employment is terminated by us without cause, or Mr. Green terminates his employment with us for good reason, in either case within 12 months following the occurrence of a change in control (as defined in his employment agreement), in lieu of the severance payments and benefits described in the preceding sentence and subject to Mr. Greens execution of a release of potential claims against us, Mr. Green will be entitled to receive: (i) a lump sum in cash in an amount equal to 12 months of base salary, (ii) a lump sum in cash in an amount equal to 100% of Mr. Greens target bonus for the then-current year, (iii) a monthly cash payment for 12 months for medical and dental benefits or Mr. Greens COBRA health continuation period, whichever ends earlier, and (iv) acceleration of vesting on any Options.
In connection with Mr. Greens appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Green will enter into Unums standard form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Unums Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-223414) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2018. Pursuant to the terms of the indemnification agreement, Unum may be required, among other things, to indemnify Mr. Green for some expenses, including attorneys fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by him in any action or proceeding arising out of his service as one of our officers. In addition, Mr. Green entered into a Confidentiality and IP Assignment Agreement that contains, among other things, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions that apply during the term of Mr. Greens and for one year thereafter.
Mr. Green has no family relationship with any of the executive officers or directors of Unum. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Green and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as an officer of Unum.
Employment Agreement Amendments
On July 5, 2020, the Board approved an amendment to the Employment Agreement (the Wilson Employment Agreement), effective March 28, 2018, between Unum and Charles Wilson, as well as an amendment to the Employment Agreement (the Sachs Employment Agreement), dated July 15, 2019, between Unum and Jessica Sachs (together, the Employment Agreement Amendments). The Employment Agreement Amendments amend the definition of change in control in each of the Wilson Employment Agreement and the Sachs Employment Agreement to include the consummation of a consolidation or merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of Unum in which the stockholders of Unum would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the equity securities of Unum. All other provisions in each of the Wilson Employment Agreement and the Sachs Employment Agreement are unchanged and remain in full force and effect.
Resignation of Directors
In accordance with the Merger Agreement, on July 6, 2020, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), Bruce Booth, DPhil. and Joern Aldag resigned from the Board and any respective committee of the Board to which they were members. The resignations were not the result of any disagreements with Unum relating to the Unums operations, policies or practices. Effective immediately prior to the closing of the Merger, all unexpired, unexercised and unvested options to purchase Unums shares held by the members of the Board accelerated in full and remain exercisable subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable option award agreement.
Appointment of Directors
In accordance with the Merger Agreement, on July 6, 2020, effective immediately after the Effective Time, Chris Cain and Peter Harwin were appointed to the Board as directors.
Chris Cain (Age 36). Chris Cain, Ph.D. has served as Director of Research at Fairmount Funds Management LLC, a healthcare investment fund, from April 2020. From February 2019 to February 2020, Dr. Cain served as Vice President at Samsara BioCapital. Prior to that role, Dr. Cain served at Apple Tree Partners from July 2016 to January 2019, most recently as Senior Associate. Dr. Cain served as an Associate at RA Capital Management from November 2014 to May 2016. Before this, Dr. Cain served at BioCentury Publications from June 2010 to October 2014, most recently as Associate Editor. He received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California, San Francisco.
Peter Harwin (Age 34). Peter Harwin is currently managing member at Fairmount Funds Management LLC, a healthcare investment fund he co-founded in April 2016. Prior to Fairmount, Mr. Harwin served for eight years as a member of the investment team at Boxer Capital, LLC, part of the Tavistock Group, based in San Diego, most recently serving as a senior member of the team. In addition to his responsibilities at Fairmount, Mr. Harwin serves as strategic advisor to Quellis Biosciences Inc. and Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Harwin also serves on the board of directors of Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University.
Class Designations
Effective as of immediately after the Effective Time, the classes of the Board are as follows:
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Class I Directors, whose terms expire at Unums 2022 Annual Meeting: Karen Ferrante, M.D., Matthew Ros |
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Class II Directors, whose terms expire at Unums 2023 Annual Meeting: Arlene Morris, Chris Cain |
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Class III Directors, whose terms expire at Unums 2021 Annual Meeting: Charles Wilson, Ph.D., Peter Harwin |
Board Committees
Audit Committee
In connection with the closing of the Merger, Matthew Ros, Arlene Morris and Peter Harwin were appointed to the audit committee of the Board, and Matthew Ros was appointed the chair of the audit committee.
Compensation Committee
In connection with the closing of the Merger, Arlene Morris, Karen Ferrante and Chris Cain were appointed to the compensation committee of the Board, and Arlene Morris was appointed the chair of the compensation committee.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
In connection with the closing of the Merger, Arlene Morris, Karen Ferrante, and Peter Harwin were appointed to the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board, and Karen Ferrante was appointed the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee.
Indemnification Agreements
In connection with Mr. Cains and Mr. Harwins appointment as directors, each of Mr. Cain and Mr. Harwin will enter into Unums standard form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Unums Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-223414) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2018.
Item 5.03. |
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
Certificate of Designations
On July 6, 2020, Unum filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Certificate of Designation) in connection with the Merger and the Financing referenced in Item 1.01 above. The Certificate of Designation provides for the issuance of shares of Unum Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock).
Holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal, on an as-if-converted-to-Common-Stock basis, and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of the Common Stock. Except as otherwise required by law, the Series A Preferred Stock does not have voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, Unum will not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series A Preferred Stock, (b) alter or amend the Certificate of Designation, (c) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, (d) increase the number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock, (e) prior to the stockholder approval of the Conversion Proposal or at any time while at least 40% of the originally issued Series A Preferred Stock remains issued and outstanding, consummate a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) or (f) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing. The Series A Preferred Stock does not have a preference upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Unum.
Following stockholder approval of the Conversion Proposal, each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of Common Stock at any time at the option of the holder thereof, into 1,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to certain limitations, including that a holder of Series A Preferred Stock is prohibited from converting shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock if, as a result of such conversion, such holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own more than a specified percentage (to be established by the holder between 4.9% and 19.9%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion.
The foregoing description of the Series A Preferred Stock does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Designation, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment to Amended and Restated By-Laws
On July 5, 2020, the Board amended Unums Amended and Restated By-laws in order to amend Section 8 of Article VI to designate the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts as the exclusive jurisdiction for any litigation arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the By-law Amendment), as Unums headquarters are located in Boston, Massachusetts. The Board adopted the By-Law Amendment to reduce any potential expenses that Unum may incur in connection with any such actions or proceedings if it was required to defend any such potential actions or proceedings in multiple jurisdictions and/or in parallel proceedings in federal and state courts simultaneously.
The foregoing summary and description of the provisions of the By-law Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the By-law Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 with this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01. |
Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On July 6, 2020, Unum and Kiq issued a joint press release announcing, among other things, the consummation of the Merger and the execution of the Purchase Agreement, and Unum made available a presentation to be used with investors to discuss the Merger and the Financing. Copies of each of the press release and the presentation are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and each are incorporated herein by reference.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 and in the presentation attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Furthermore, the information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the filings of Unum under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 8.01. |
Other Events. |
Unum learned that the GMP manufacturing of gamma-retrovirus by Unums contract manufacturing partner that supports Unums preclinical program, BOXR1030, will be delayed until the fourth quarter of 2020 due to scheduling constraints caused by COVID-19. The delay in gamma-retrovirus availability is expected to postpone the submission of an investigational new drug for BOXR1030 until the first half of 2021.
Forward Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding: uses of proceeds; projected cash runways; future product development plans; stockholder approval of the conversion rights of the Series A Preferred Stock; and any future payouts under the CVR. The use of words such as, but not limited to, anticipate, believe, continue, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, might, plan, potential, predict, project, should, target, will, or would and similar words expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, our clinical results and other future conditions. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties. No representations or warranties (expressed or implied) are made about the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements. We may not actually achieve the forecasts disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of material risks and uncertainties including but not limited to those set forth under the caption Risk Factors in Unums most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in our subsequent filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was made. Neither we, nor our affiliates, advisors or representatives, undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Schedules have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Unum agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon its request; provided, however, that Unum may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act for any schedule so furnished. Certain portions of this exhibit (indicated by [***]) have been omitted because they are both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 6, 2020 | UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC. | |||||
By: |
/s/ Charles Wilson |
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Charles Wilson, Ph.D. | ||||||
Chief Executive Officer and President |
Section 1. Definitions and Interpretative Provisions |
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1.1 | Definitions | 2 | ||||||
1.2 | Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions | 16 | ||||||
Section 2. Description of Transaction |
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2.1 | The Merger | 17 | ||||||
2.2 | Effects of the Merger | 17 | ||||||
2.3 | Closing; First Effective Time; Second Effective Time | 17 | ||||||
2.4 | Organizational Documents; Directors and Officers | 18 | ||||||
2.5 | Conversion of Membership Interests | 19 | ||||||
2.6 | Contingent Value Right | 20 | ||||||
2.7 | Closing of the Companys Transfer Books | 21 | ||||||
2.8 | Surrender of Company Membership Interests | 21 | ||||||
2.9 | Calculation of Net Cash and Company Valuation | 22 | ||||||
2.10 | Further Action | 22 | ||||||
2.11 | Tax Consequences | 22 | ||||||
2.12 | Withholding | 22 | ||||||
Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company |
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3.1 | Due Organization; Subsidiaries | 23 | ||||||
3.2 | Organizational Documents | 23 | ||||||
3.3 | Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement | 23 | ||||||
3.4 | Vote Required | 24 | ||||||
3.5 | Non-Contravention; Consents | 24 | ||||||
3.6 | Capitalization | 25 | ||||||
3.7 | Financial Statements | 26 | ||||||
3.8 | Absence of Changes | 27 | ||||||
3.9 | Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities | 28 | ||||||
3.10 | Title to Assets | 29 | ||||||
3.11 | Real Property; Leasehold | 29 | ||||||
3.12 | Intellectual Property | 29 | ||||||
3.13 | Agreements, Contracts and Commitments | 32 | ||||||
3.14 | Compliance; Permits; Restrictions | 33 | ||||||
3.15 | Legal Proceedings; Orders | 36 | ||||||
3.16 | Tax Matters | 36 | ||||||
3.17 | Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans | 37 | ||||||
3.18 | Environmental Matters | 38 | ||||||
3.19 | Insurance | 38 |
3.20 | No Financial Advisor | 39 | ||||||
3.21 | Transactions with Affiliates | 39 | ||||||
3.22 | Privacy and Data Security | 39 | ||||||
3.23 | Accredited Investor Status | 39 | ||||||
3.24 | No Other Representations or Warranties | 39 | ||||||
Section 4. Representations and Warranties of Utah and Merger Subs |
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4.1 | Due Organization; Subsidiaries | 40 | ||||||
4.2 | Organizational Documents | 41 | ||||||
4.3 | Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement | 41 | ||||||
4.4 | Vote Required | 41 | ||||||
4.5 | Non-Contravention; Consents | 41 | ||||||
4.6 | Capitalization | 42 | ||||||
4.7 | SEC Filings; Financial Statements | 44 | ||||||
4.8 | Absence of Changes | 46 | ||||||
4.9 | Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities | 48 | ||||||
4.10 | Title to Assets | 48 | ||||||
4.11 | Real Property; Leasehold | 48 | ||||||
4.12 | Intellectual Property | 48 | ||||||
4.13 | Agreements, Contracts and Commitments | 51 | ||||||
4.14 | Compliance; Permits; Restrictions | 53 | ||||||
4.15 | Legal Proceedings; Orders | 55 | ||||||
4.16 | Tax Matters | 55 | ||||||
4.17 | Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans | 57 | ||||||
4.18 | Environmental Matters | 60 | ||||||
4.19 | Insurance | 60 | ||||||
4.20 | Transactions with Affiliates | 60 | ||||||
4.21 | No Financial Advisors | 61 | ||||||
4.22 | Valid Issuance | 61 | ||||||
4.23 | Privacy and Data Security | 61 | ||||||
4.24 | No Other Representations or Warranties | 61 | ||||||
Section 5. Agreements of the Parties |
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5.1 | Proxy Statement | 61 | ||||||
5.2 | Utah Stockholder Meeting | 62 | ||||||
5.3 | Utah Options | 63 | ||||||
5.4 | Employee Benefits | 63 | ||||||
5.5 | Utah Restricted Stock | 63 |
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5.6 |
Indemnification of Officers and Directors |
63 | ||||||
5.7 |
Tax Matters |
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5.8 |
Legends |
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5.9 |
Officers and Directors |
65 | ||||||
5.10 |
Termination of Certain Agreements and Rights |
65 | ||||||
5.11 |
Section 16 Matters |
66 | ||||||
5.12 |
Allocation Certificate |
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5.13 |
Wind Down Activities |
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5.14 |
Obligations of Merger Subs |
66 | ||||||
Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Each Party |
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6.1 |
No Restraints |
66 | ||||||
6.2 |
Member Approval |
66 | ||||||
6.3 |
Listing |
66 | ||||||
6.4 |
Utah Financing |
67 | ||||||
Section 7. Closing Deliveries of the Company |
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Section 8. Closing Deliveries of Utah |
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Section 9. Miscellaneous Provisions |
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9.1 |
Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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9.2 |
Amendment |
67 | ||||||
9.3 |
Waiver |
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9.4 |
Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Electronic Transmission or Facsimile |
68 | ||||||
9.5 |
Applicable Law; Jurisdiction |
68 | ||||||
9.6 |
Assignability |
68 | ||||||
9.7 |
Notices |
69 | ||||||
9.8 |
Cooperation |
69 | ||||||
9.9 |
Severability |
70 | ||||||
9.10 |
Other Remedies; Specific Performance |
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9.11 |
No Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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Exhibits:
Exhibit A |
Form of Utah Stockholder Support Agreement | |
Exhibit B |
Form of Lock-Up Agreement | |
Exhibit C |
Form of CVR Agreement | |
Exhibit D |
Form of Certificate of Designation |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of July 6, 2020, by and among UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (Utah), UTAH MERGER SUB 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Utah (First Merger Sub), Utah Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Utah (Second Merger Sub and together with First Merger Sub, Merger Subs), and Kiq LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined Section 1.
RECITALS
A. Utah and the Company intend to effect a merger of First Merger Sub with and into the Company (the First Merger) in accordance with this Agreement and the DLLCA. Upon consummation of the First Merger, First Merger Sub will cease to exist and the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Utah.
B. Immediately following the First Merger and as part of the same overall transaction as the First Merger, the Company will merge with and into Second Merger Sub (the Second Merger and, together with the First Merger, the Merger), with Second Merger Sub being the surviving entity of the Second Merger;
C. The Parties intend that the First Merger and Second Merger, taken together, will constitute an integrated transaction described in Rev. Rul. 2001-46, 2001-2 C.B. 321 that qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations, and that this Agreement be, and hereby is, adopted as a plan of reorganization for the purposes of Section 368 of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g)
D. The Utah Board has (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Utah and its stockholders, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including the issuance of shares of Utah Capital Stock to the members of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the stockholders of Utah vote (a) to approve the conversion of the Utah Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement into shares of Utah Common Stock in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(a) (the Conversion Proposal), (b) if deemed necessary by Utah, to authorize sufficient Utah Common Stock in Utahs certificate of incorporation for the conversion of the Utah Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement (the Charter Amendment Proposal) and (c) if deemed necessary by Utah, an amendment to Utahs certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split.
E. The First Merger Sub Board has (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable, and in the best interests of First Merger Sub and its sole member, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the member of First Merger Sub votes to adopt this Agreement and thereby approve the Contemplated Transactions.
F. The Second Merger Sub Board has (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable, and in the best interests of Second Merger Sub and its sole member, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated
Transactions and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the member of Second Merger Sub votes to adopt this Agreement and thereby approve the Contemplated Transactions.
G. The Company Manager has (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its members, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the members of the Company vote to adopt this Agreement and thereby approve the Contemplated Transactions.
H. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a condition and inducement to the Companys willingness to enter into this Agreement, all of the officers, directors and stockholders set forth on Section A of the Utah Disclosure Schedule of Utah (solely in their capacity as stockholders of Utah) are executing support agreements in favor of the Company in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Utah Stockholder Support Agreement), pursuant to which such Persons have, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, agreed to vote all of their shares of capital stock of Utah in favor of the Conversion Proposal and Charter Amendment Proposal.
I. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a condition and inducement to Utahs willingness to enter into this Agreement, all of the members of the Company listed on Section A of the Company Disclosure Schedule are executing lock-up agreements in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Lock-Up Agreement, and collectively, the Company Lock-Up Agreements).
J. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the members of the Company sufficient to adopt and approve this Agreement and the First Merger as required under the DLLCA and the Companys Organizational Documents are executing and delivering an action by written consent in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Utah in order to obtain the Required Company Member Vote (each, a Company Member Written Consent and collectively, the Company Member Written Consents).
K. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, certain investors have executed a Securities Purchase Agreement among Utah and the Persons named therein (representing an aggregate commitment no less than the Concurrent Investment Amount), pursuant to which such Persons will have agreed to purchase the number of shares of Utah Preferred Stock set forth therein concurrently with the Closing in connection with the Utah Financing (the Securities Purchase Agreement).
AGREEMENT
The Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions and Interpretative Provisions.
(a) For purposes of the Agreement (including this Section 1):
Affiliate shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 145 under the Securities Act.
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Affordable Care Act means the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Allocation Certificate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.12.
Business Day means any day other than a day on which banks in the State of New York are authorized or obligated to be closed.
Cash and Cash Equivalents means all (a) cash and cash equivalents and (b) marketable securities, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
Certificate of Designation means a certificate of designation for Utah Preferred Stock in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
COBRA means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as set forth in Section 4980B of the Code and Part 6 of Title I of ERISA.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company Capitalization Representations means the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 3.6(a) and 3.6(d).
Company Contract means any Contract: (a) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a Party, (b) by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound or under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, or may become subject to, any obligation or (c) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has or may acquire any right or interest.
Company Fundamental Representations means the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 3.1(a), 3.1(b), 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.21.
Company IP Rights means all Intellectual Property owned, licensed, or controlled by the Company or its Subsidiaries that is necessary for, or used or held for use in, the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted.
Company IP Rights Agreement means any Contract governing, related to or pertaining to any Company IP Rights other than any confidential information provided under confidentiality agreements.
Company Manager means the manager (as such term is used in the DLLCA) of the Company.
Company Material Adverse Effect means any Effect that, considered together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of a Company Material Adverse Effect, has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that Effects arising or resulting from the following shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) the announcement of the Agreement or the pendency of the Contemplated Transactions, (b) the taking of any action, or the failure to take any action, by the Company that is required to comply with the terms of the Agreement, (c) any natural disaster or epidemics, pandemics or other force majeure events, or any act or threat of terrorism or war, any
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armed hostilities or terrorist activities (including any escalation or general worsening of any of the foregoing) anywhere in the world or any governmental or other response or reaction to any of the foregoing, (d) any change in GAAP or applicable Law or the interpretation thereof, (e) general economic or political conditions or conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate or (f) any change in the cash position of the Company and its Subsidiaries which results from operations in the Ordinary Course of Business; except in each case with respect to clauses (c), (d) and (e), to the extent disproportionately affecting the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate.
Company Membership Interests means the limited liability company interests of the Company.
Company Member Written Consent shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Company Merger Shares means, subject to Section 2.5(e), the product determined by multiplying (i) the Post-Closing Utah Shares by (ii) the Company Allocation Percentage, in which:
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Aggregate Valuation means the sum of (i) the Company Valuation, plus (ii) the Utah Valuation. |
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Company Allocation Percentage means the quotient (rounded to four decimal places) determined by dividing (i) the Company Valuation by (ii) the Aggregate Valuation. |
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Company Equity Value means $45,000,000. |
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Company Net Cash means (i) any cash held by the Company at the First Effective Time minus (ii) the sum of the Companys consolidated short-term and long-term contractual obligations accrued at the Closing Date (but excluding any Liabilities set forth in the License Agreement), in each case determined in accordance with GAAP. |
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Company Valuation means the Company Equity Value minus (i) the Lower Company Net Cash Amount (if any) plus (ii) the Upper Company Net Cash Amount (if any). |
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Lower Company Net Cash Amount means, if Company Net Cash is less than the Lower Target Company Net Cash, then the amount, if any, that the Target Company Net Cash exceeds the Company Net Cash. |
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Lower Utah Net Cash Amount means, if Utah Net Cash is less than the Lower Target Utah Net Cash, then the amount, if any, that the Target Utah Net Cash exceeds the Utah Net Cash. |
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Lower Target Company Net Cash means negative $50,000. |
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Lower Target Utah Net Cash means $16,750,000. |
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Post-Closing Utah Shares mean the quotient determined by dividing (i) the Utah Outstanding Shares by (ii) the Utah Allocation Percentage. |
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Target Company Net Cash means $0. |
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Target Utah Net Cash means $17,000,000. |
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Upper Company Net Cash Amount means, if Company Net Cash is greater than Upper Target Company Net Cash, then the amount, if any, that the Company Net Cash exceeds the Target Company Net Cash. |
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Upper Utah Net Cash Amount means, if Utah Net Cash is greater than Upper Target Utah Net Cash, then the amount, if any, that the Utah Net Cash exceeds the Target Utah Net Cash. |
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Upper Target Company Net Cash means $50,000. |
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Upper Target Utah Net Cash means $17,250,000. |
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Utah Allocation Percentage means the quotient (rounded to four decimal places) determined by dividing (i) the Utah Valuation by (ii) the Aggregate Valuation. |
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Utah Equity Value means $34,000,000. |
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Utah Outstanding Shares means, subject to Section 2.5(e) (including, without limitation, the effects of the Nasdaq Reverse Split), the total number of shares of Utah Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time expressed on a fully-diluted basis, and assuming, without limitation or duplication, (i) the issuance of shares of Utah Common Stock in respect of all Utah Options, warrants or other rights to receive shares, whether conditional or unconditional, that will be outstanding as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time, (ii) the settlement in shares of Utah Common Stock of Utah Restricted Stock Units outstanding as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time on a net settlement basis as provided in Section 5.5. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Utah Options with an exercise price greater than $0.88 per share (as adjusted for any stock splits or reverse stock splits after the date hereof) shall not be included in the total number of shares of Utah Common Stock outstanding for purposes of determining the Utah Outstanding Shares. |
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Utah Valuation means (i) the Utah Equity Value minus (ii) the Lower Utah Net Cash Amount (if any) plus (iii) the Upper Utah Net Cash Amount (if any). |
Company Registered IP means all Company IP Rights that are owned or exclusively licensed by the Company that are registered, filed or issued under the authority of, with or by any Governmental Authority, including all patents, registered copyrights and registered trademarks and all applications and registrations for any of the foregoing.
Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet means the estimated unaudited statement of assets, liabilities and partners capital of the Company for the period since formation of the Company on April 28, 2020 through June 30, 2020.
Concurrent Investment Amount means $35,000,000.
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Confidentiality Agreement means the Confidentiality Agreement dated May 4, 2020, between the Company and Utah.
Consent means any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).
Contemplated Transactions means the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement, including the CVR Agreement, the Utah Financing, the Conversion Proposal, Charter Amendment Proposal and the Nasdaq Reverse Split (to the extent applicable and deemed necessary by Utah).
Contract means, with respect to any Person, any written agreement, contract, subcontract, lease (whether for real or personal property), mortgage, license, or other legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its assets are bound or affected under applicable Law.
DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
DLLCA means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Effect means any effect, change, event, circumstance, or development.
Employee Plan means (A) an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA whether or not subject to ERISA; (B) other plan, program, policy or arrangement providing for stock options, stock purchases, equity-based compensation, bonuses (including any annual bonuses and retention bonuses) or other incentives, severance pay, deferred compensation, employment, compensation, change in control or transaction bonuses, supplemental, vacation, retirement benefits (including post-retirement health and welfare benefits), pension benefits, profit-sharing benefits, fringe benefits, life insurance benefits, perquisites, health benefits, medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, and arrangements, not described in (A) above; and (C) all other plans, programs, policies or arrangements providing compensation to employees, consultants and non-employee directors.
Encumbrance means any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, lease, exclusive license, option, easement, reservation, servitude, adverse title, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community property interest or restriction or encumbrance of any nature (including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
Enforceability Exceptions means the (a) Laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and (b) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
Entity means any corporation (including any nonprofit corporation), partnership (including any general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise, association, organization or entity, and each of its successors.
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Environmental Law means any federal, state, local or foreign Law relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), including any law or regulation relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate means, with respect to any Entity, any other Person that would be treated as a single employer with such Entity or part of the same controlled group as such Entity under Sections 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of the Code.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Fairmount means Fairmount Healthcare Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Fairmount Healthcare Fund II LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and any of their Affiliates.
First Merger Sub Board means the board of managers of First Merger Sub.
Governmental Authority means any: (a) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature, (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, supra-national or other government, (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, bureau, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other tribunal, and for the avoidance of doubt, any taxing authority) or (d) self-regulatory organization (including Nasdaq).
Governmental Authorization means any: (a) permit, license, certificate, franchise, permission, variance, exception, order, approval, clearance, registration, qualification or authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Law or (b) right under any Contract with any Governmental Authority.
Hazardous Materials means any pollutant, chemical, substance and any toxic, infectious, carcinogenic, reactive, corrosive, ignitable or flammable chemical, or chemical compound, or hazardous substance, material or waste, whether solid, liquid or gas, that is subject to regulation, control or remediation under any Environmental Law, including without limitation, crude oil or any fraction thereof, and petroleum products or by-products.
Intellectual Property means: (a) United States, foreign and international patents, patent applications, including all provisionals, nonprovisionals, substitutions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, extensions, supplementary protection certificates, reexaminations, term extensions, certificates of invention and the equivalents of any of the foregoing, statutory invention registrations, invention disclosures and inventions (collectively, Patents), (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, corporate names, brand names, URLs, trade dress, logos and other source identifiers, including registrations and applications for registration thereof and goodwill associated therewith, (c) copyrights, including registrations and applications for registration thereof, (d) software, including all source code, object code and related documentation, (e) formulae, customer lists, trade secrets, know-how, confidential information and other proprietary rights and intellectual property, whether patentable or not, and (f) all United States and foreign rights arising under or associated with any of the foregoing.
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IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Key Employee means (i) an executive officer of Utah; and (ii) any employee of Utah that reports directly to the board of directors of Utah or to an executive officer of Utah.
Knowledge means, with respect to an individual, that such individual is actually aware of the relevant fact or such individual would reasonably be expected to know such fact in the ordinary course of the performance of such individuals employment responsibilities. Any Person that is an Entity shall have Knowledge if any executive officer or director of such Person as of the date such knowledge is imputed has or should reasonably be expected to have Knowledge of such fact or other matter. With respect to any matters relating to Intellectual Property, such awareness or reasonable expectation to have knowledge does not require any such individual to conduct or have conducted or obtain or have obtained any freedom to operate opinions of counsel or any Intellectual Property rights clearance searches.
Law means any federal, state, national, supra-national, foreign, local or municipal or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority (including under the authority of Nasdaq or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).
Legal Proceeding means any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Authority or any arbitrator or arbitration panel.
License Agreement means that certain License Agreement, dated May 27, 2020, between the Company and the other party thereto.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Multiple Employer Plan means a multiple employer plan within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code or Section 3(40) of ERISA.
Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement means a multiple employer welfare arrangement within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA.
Nasdaq means The Nasdaq Stock Market.
Nasdaq Reverse Split means a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of Utah Common Stock effected by Utah for the purpose of maintaining compliance with Nasdaq listing standards.
Order means any judgment, order, writ, injunction, ruling, decision or decree of (that is binding on a Party), or any plea agreement, corporate integrity agreement, resolution agreement, or deferred prosecution agreement with, or any settlement under the jurisdiction of, any court or Governmental Authority.
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Ordinary Course of Business means, in the case of each of the Company and Utah, such actions taken in the ordinary course of its normal operations and consistent with its past practices.
Organizational Documents means, with respect to any Person (other than an individual), (a) the certificate or articles of association or incorporation or organization or limited partnership or limited liability company, and any joint venture, limited liability company, operating or partnership agreement and other similar documents adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or organization of such Person and (b) all bylaws, regulations and similar documents or agreements relating to the organization or governance of such Person, in each case, as amended or supplemented.
Party or Parties means the Company, Merger Subs and Utah.
Permitted Encumbrance means (a) any statutory liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable or for Taxes that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet or the Utah Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, as applicable, in accordance with GAAP, (b) minor liens that have arisen in the Ordinary Course of Business and that do not (in any case or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the assets subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company or Utah, as applicable, (c) statutory liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements, (d) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workers compensation, unemployment insurance or similar programs mandated by Law, (e) statutory liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies and (f) liens arising under applicable securities Law.
Person means any individual, Entity or Governmental Authority.
Personal Information means data and information concerning an identifiable natural person.
Privacy Laws mean Laws relating to privacy, security and/or collection, use or other processing of Personal Information.
Representatives means directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, advisors and representatives.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Second Merger Sub Board means the board of managers of Second Merger Sub.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
An Entity shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of a Person if such Person directly or indirectly owns or purports to own, beneficially or of record, (a) an amount of voting securities or other interests in such Entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of the members of such entitys board of directors or other governing body or (b) at least 50% of the outstanding equity, voting, beneficial or financial interests in such Entity.
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Target Concurrent Investment Amount means $50,000,000.
Tax means (i) any federal, state, local, foreign or other tax, including any income tax, franchise tax, capital gains tax, gross receipts tax, value-added tax, surtax, estimated tax, unemployment tax, national health insurance tax, excise tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax, business tax, withholding tax, payroll tax, customs duty, alternative or add-on minimum or other tax or similar charge (whether imposed directly or through withholding and whether or not disputed), and including any fine, penalty, addition to tax, interest or additional amount imposed by a Governmental Authority with respect thereto (or attributable to the nonpayment thereof) and (ii) any liability for payment of amounts described in clause (i) whether as a result of transferee or successor liability, of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period, pursuant to a Contract, through operation of Law or otherwise.
Tax Return means any return (including any information return), report, statement, declaration, claim or refund, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election, certificate or other document or information, and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority (or provided to a payee) in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any Law relating to any Tax.
Transaction Expenses means, with respect to a Party, the aggregate amount (without duplication) of all costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Party or any of its Subsidiaries (including Merger Subs), or for which such Party or any of its Subsidiaries are or may become liable in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument, filing, certificate, schedule, exhibit, letter or other document prepared or executed in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including (a) any fees and expenses of legal counsel and accountants, the maximum amount of fees and expenses payable to financial advisors, investment bankers, brokers, consultants, tax advisors, transfer agents, proxy solicitor and other advisors of such Party; (b) the CVR Fees; and (c) any bonus, retention payments, severance, change-in-control payments or similar payment obligations (including payments with single-trigger provisions triggered at and as of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby) that become due or payable to any director, officer, employee or consultant in connection with the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, together with any payroll Taxes associated therewith.
Treasury Regulations means the United States Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code.
Utah Associate means any current or former employee, independent contractor, officer or director of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries.
Utah Balance Sheet means the audited balance sheet of Utah as of December 31, 2019, included in Utahs Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the SEC.
Utah Board means the board of directors of Utah.
Utah Capital Stock means the Utah Common Stock and Utah Preferred Stock.
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Utah Capitalization Representations means the representations and warranties of Utah and Merger Subs set forth in Sections 4.6(a) and 4.6(d).
Utah Common Stock means the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Utah.
Utah Contract means any Contract: (a) to which Utah is a party, (b) by which Utah or any Utah IP Rights or any other asset of Utah is or may become bound or under which Utah has, or may become subject to, any obligation or (c) under which Utah has or may acquire any right or interest.
Utah Covered Person means, with respect to Utah as an issuer for purposes of Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act, any Person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1).
Utah Employee Plan means any Employee Plan that Utah or any of its Subsidiaries (i) sponsors, maintains, administers, or contributes to, or (ii) provides benefits under or through, or (iii) has any obligation to contribute to or provide benefits under or through, or (iv) may reasonably be expected to have any Liability, or (v) utilizes to provide benefits to or otherwise cover any current or former employee, officer, director or other service provider of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries (or their spouses, dependents, or beneficiaries).
Utah Financing means an acquisition of shares of Utah Preferred Stock to be consummated concurrently with the Closing pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement with aggregate gross cash proceeds to Utah of at least the Concurrent Investment Amount and targeted gross proceeds to Utah of the Target Concurrent Investment Amount.
Utah Fundamental Representations means the representations and warranties of Utah and Merger Subs set forth in Sections 4.1(a), 4.1(b), 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.21.
Utah IP Rights means all Intellectual Property owned, licensed or controlled by Utah that is necessary for, or used or held for use in, the operation of the business of Utah as presently conducted.
Utah IP Rights Agreement means any Contract governing, related or pertaining to any Utah IP Rights.
Utah Material Adverse Effect means any Effect that, considered together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Utah Material Adverse Effect, has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities or results of operations of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that Effects arising or resulting from the following shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has been an Utah Material Adverse Effect: (a) the announcement of the Agreement or the pendency of the Contemplated Transactions, (b) any change in the stock price or trading volume of Utah Common Stock (it being understood, however, that any Effect causing or contributing to any change in stock price or trading volume of Utah Common Stock may be taken into account in determining whether an Utah Material Adverse Effect has occurred, unless such Effects are otherwise excepted from this definition), (c) the taking of any action, or the failure to take any action, by Utah that is required to comply with the terms of the Agreement, (d) any natural disaster or epidemics, pandemics or other force majeure events, or any act or threat of terrorism or war, any armed hostilities or terrorist activities (including any escalation or general worsening of any of the foregoing)
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anywhere in the world, or any governmental or other response or reaction to any of the foregoing, (e) any change in GAAP or applicable Law or the interpretation thereof or (f) general economic or political conditions or conditions generally affecting the industries in which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries operates; except, in each case with respect to clauses (d), (e) and (f), to the extent materially and disproportionately affecting Utah and any its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries in which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries operates. Notwithstanding the above, a delisting of Utah Common Stock on Nasdaq shall constitute a Utah Material Adverse Effect, provided that the Company has not refused or unreasonably delayed its consent to reasonable actions by Utah to maintain the listing of Utah Common Stock on Nasdaq.
Utah Net Cash means without duplication, (a) Utahs Cash and Cash Equivalents determined, to the extent in accordance with GAAP, in a manner consistent with the manner in which such items were historically determined and in accordance with the financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the Utah SEC Documents and the Utah Balance Sheet, minus (b) the sum of Utahs consolidated short-term and long-term contractual obligations accrued at the Closing Date (but excluding deferred revenue), in each case determined in accordance with GAAP and, to the extent in accordance with GAAP, in a manner consistent with the manner in which such items were historically determined and in accordance with the financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the Utah SEC Documents and the Utah Balance Sheet, minus (c) fees and expenses of Utah incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including for the avoidance of doubt, Transaction Expenses of Utah to the extent unpaid as of the Closing, minus (d) any and all Liabilities of Utah (I) to any current or former Utah or any of its Subsidiaries officer, director, employee, consultant or independent contractor (including change of control payments, retention payments, severance and other employee-, consultant- or independent contractor-related termination costs, or other payments), or (II) pursuant to any Utah Employee Plan, including deferred compensation accrued but unpaid bonuses and accrued but unpaid vacation or paid time off (including related employer employment taxes on all the foregoing), minus (e) all Liabilities related to Utahs or any of its Subsidiaries lease obligations, minus (f) all costs and expenses relating to the winding down of Utahs or any of its Subsidiaries prior research and development activities, plus (g) all prepaid expenses set forth on Section 1.1(a) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, plus (h) expenses paid, or Liabilities incurred, prior to Closing, that are approved in writing to be covered by Utahs D&O insurance in excess of the deductible and within overall policy limits, minus (i) any deductibles paid under applicable insurance policies taken out by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, plus (j) deposits set forth on Section 1.1(a) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, and minus (k) any unpaid Taxes of Utah and its Subsidiaries for Tax periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date determined in a manner consistent with past practice (to the extent such past practice is consistent with applicable law), including any payroll Taxes payable as a result of the vesting of each outstanding and unvested Utah Restricted Stock Unit pursuant to Section 5.5). For avoidance of doubt, the Cash and Cash Equivalents received in the Utah Financing will be excluded from the calculation of Utah Net Cash.
Utah Options means options or other rights to purchase shares of Utah Common Stock granted by Utah, including pursuant to any Utah Stock Plan, as an inducement award, or pursuant to the Utah ESPP.
Utah Preferred Stock means the Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Utah.
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Utah Registered IP means all Utah IP Rights that are owned or exclusively licensed by Utah that are registered, filed or issued under the authority of, with or by any Governmental Authority, including all patents, registered copyrights and registered trademarks and all applications for any of the foregoing.
Utah Restricted Stock Units means any equity award with respect to Utah Common Stock that represents the right to receive in the future shares of Utah Common Stock pursuant to any Utah Stock Plan.
Utah Stockholder Support Agreements shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
(b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:
Term |
Section |
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409A Plan |
4.17(j) | |
Agreement |
Preamble | |
Capitalization Date |
4.6(a) | |
Cash Determination Time |
2.9(a) | |
Certificate of Merger |
2.3 | |
Certifications |
4.7(a) | |
Charter Amendment Proposal |
Recitals | |
Closing |
2.3 | |
Closing Date |
2.3 | |
Closing Distribution |
2.6(a) | |
Company |
Preamble | |
Company Disclosure Schedule |
Section 3 | |
Company Financials |
3.7(a) | |
Company Lock-Up Agreements |
Recitals | |
Company Manager Recommendation |
5.2(c) | |
Company Material Contract |
3.13(a) | |
Company Member Support Agreement |
Recitals |
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Term |
Section |
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Company Member Written Consents |
Recitals | |
Company Plan |
3.6(c) | |
Company Permits |
3.14(b) | |
Company Preferred Stock |
3.6(a) | |
Company Product Candidates |
3.14(d) | |
Company Regulatory Permits |
3.14(d) | |
Company Stock Certificate |
2.6 | |
Contingent Workers |
3.17(a) | |
Costs |
5.6(a) | |
Company Valuation Calculation |
2.9(b) | |
Company Valuation Schedule |
2.9(b) | |
Current Premium |
5.8(d) | |
CVR |
2.6(a) | |
CVR Agreement |
2.6(a) | |
CVR Fees |
2.6(d) | |
D&O Indemnified Parties |
5.6(a) | |
Drug Regulatory Agency |
3.14(c) | |
Effective Time |
2.3 | |
Employment-Related Laws |
3.17(c) | |
Exchange Agent |
2.7(a) | |
FDA |
3.14(c) | |
FDCA |
3.14(c) | |
First Certificate of Merger |
2.3 | |
First Effective Time |
2.3 | |
First Merger |
Recitals |
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Term |
Section |
|
First Merger Sub |
Preamble | |
First Step Surviving Company |
2.1 | |
GAAP |
3.7(a) | |
Grant Date |
3.6(f) | |
Investor Agreements |
5.10 | |
Liability |
3.9 | |
Merger |
Recitals | |
Merger Consideration |
2.5(ii) | |
Merger Subs |
Preamble | |
PHSA |
3.14(c) | |
Privacy Policies |
3.23 | |
Proxy Statement |
5.1(a) | |
Required Company Member Vote |
3.4 | |
Required Utah Stockholder Vote |
4.4 | |
Second Certificate of Merger |
2.3 | |
Second Effective Time |
2.3 | |
Second Merger |
Recitals | |
Second Merger Sub |
Preamble | |
Surviving Company |
2.1 | |
Utah |
Preamble | |
Utah 2015 Plan |
4.6(c) | |
Utah 2018 Plan |
4.6(c) | |
Utah Board Recommendation |
5.2(b) | |
Utah Disclosure Schedule |
Section 4 | |
Utah ESPP |
4.6(c) |
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Term |
Section |
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Utah Material Contract | 4.13 | |
Utah Net Cash Calculation | 2.9(a) | |
Utah Net Cash Delivery Date | 2.9(a) | |
Utah Net Cash Schedule | 2.9(a) | |
Utah Permits | 4.14(b) | |
Utah Product Candidates | 4.14(d) | |
Utah Regulatory Permits | 4.14(d) | |
Utah Real Estate Leases | 4.11 | |
Utah SEC Documents | 4.7(a) | |
Utah Stock Plans | 4.6(c) | |
Utah Stockholder Matters | 5.2(a) | |
Utah Stockholder Meeting | 5.2(a) | |
Utah Stockholder Support Agreement | Recitals | |
Withholding Agent | 2.12 |
1.2 Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions. The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include masculine and feminine gender. Whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. The word or is not exclusive. Writing, written and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or Contract are to that agreement or Contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References to any statute are to that statute and to the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended, modified, re-enacted thereof, substituted, from time to time. References to $ and dollars are to the currency
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of the United States. All accounting terms used herein will be interpreted, and all accounting determinations hereunder will be made, in accordance with GAAP unless otherwise expressly specified. References from or through any date shall mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. All references to days shall be to calendar days unless otherwise indicated as a Business Day. Except as otherwise specifically indicated, for purposes of measuring the beginning and ending of time periods in this Agreement (including for purposes of Business Day and for hours in a day or Business Day), the time at which a thing, occurrence or event shall begin or end shall be deemed to occur in the Eastern time zone of the United States. The Parties agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The Parties agree that the Company Disclosure Schedule or Utah Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in Section 3 or Section 4, respectively. The disclosures in any section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Utah Disclosure Schedule shall qualify other sections and subsections in Section 3 or Section 4, respectively, to the extent it is readily apparent from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other sections and subsections. The words delivered or made available mean, with respect to any documentation, (a) that prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date that is the day prior to the date of this Agreement, a copy of such material has been posted to and made available by a Party to the other Party and its Representatives in the electronic data room maintained by such disclosing Party for the purposes of the Contemplated Transactions or (b) delivered by or on behalf of a Party or its Representatives to the other Party or its Representatives via electronic mail or in hard copy form prior to the execution of this Agreement.
Section 2. Description of Transaction
2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the First Effective Time, First Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, and the separate existence of First Merger Sub shall cease. As a result of the First Merger, the Company will continue as the surviving company of the First Merger (the First Step Surviving Company). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Second Effective Time, the First Step Surviving Company will merge with and into Second Merger Sub, and the separate existence of the First Step Surviving Company shall cease. As a result of the Second Merger, Second Merger Sub will continue as the surviving company in the Second Merger (the Surviving Company).
2.2 Effects of the Merger. At and after the First Effective Time, the First Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the DLLCA. As a result of the First Merger, the First Step Surviving Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Utah. At and after the Second Effective Time, the Second Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the DLLCA.
2.3 Closing; First Effective Time; Second Effective Time. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9, the consummation of the Merger (the Closing) shall take place remotely, on the date of this Agreement, or at such other time, date and place as Utah and the Company may mutually agree in writing. The date on which the Closing actually takes place is referred to as the Closing Date. At the Closing, (i) the Parties shall cause the First Merger to be consummated by executing and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger with respect to the First Merger, satisfying the applicable requirements of the DLLCA and in form and substance
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to be agreed upon by the Parties (the First Certificate of Merger) and (ii) the Parties shall cause the Second Merger to be consummated by executing and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger with respect to the Second Merger, satisfying the applicable requirements of the DLLCA and in form and substance to be agreed upon by the Parties (the Second Certificate of Merger). The First Merger shall become effective at the time of the filing of such First Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later time as may be specified in such First Certificate of Merger with the consent of Utah and the Company (the time as of which the First Merger becomes effective being referred to as the First Effective Time). The Second Merger shall become effective at the time of the filing of such Second Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later time as may be specified in such Second Certificate of Merger with the consent of Utah and the Company (the time as of which the Second Merger becomes effective being referred to as the Second Effective Time).
2.4 Organizational Documents; Directors and Officers.
(a) As of the First Effective Time:
(i) the certificate of formation of the First Step Surviving Company shall be amended and restated as set forth in an exhibit to the First Certificate of Merger, until thereafter amended as provided by the DLLCA and such certificate of formation;
(ii) the limited liability company agreement of the First Step Surviving Company shall be identical to the limited liability company agreement of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the First Effective Time, until thereafter amended as provided by the DLLCA and such limited liability company agreement; provided that the limited liability company agreement of the First Step Surviving Company shall comply with Section 5.6;
(iii) the certificate of incorporation of Utah shall be identical to the certificate of incorporation of Utah immediately prior to the First Effective Time, until thereafter amended as provided by the DGCL and such certificate of incorporation;
(iv) the directors and officers of Utah, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Utah, shall be as set forth in Section 5.9; and
(v) the manager of the First Step Surviving Company in accordance with the certificate of formation and limited liability agreement of the Surviving Company, shall be Utah.
(b) As of the Second Effective Time:
(i) the manager of the Surviving Company in accordance with the certificate of formation and limited liability agreement of the Surviving Company, shall be Utah;
(ii) the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company shall be identical to the limited liability company agreement of Second Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Second Effective Time, until thereafter amended
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as provided by the DLLCA and such limited liability company agreement; provided that (I) the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company shall comply with Section 5.6 and (II) all references to Second Merger Sub in the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company shall be changed to reference to Kiq Bio LLC; and
(iii) the certificate of formation of the Second Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall be the certificate of formation of the Surviving Company, until thereafter further amended in accordance with DLLCA and as provided in such certificate of formation, except that Article I of the certificate of formation of the Surviving Company shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: The name of this limited liability company is Kiq Bio LLC.
(c) the manager of the Surviving Company in accordance with certificate of formation and limited liability agreement of the Surviving Company, shall be Utah.
2.5 Conversion of Membership Interests.
(a) At the First Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any further action on the part of Utah, Merger Subs, the Company or any member of the Company or stockholder of Utah, subject to Section 2.5(c) and Section 2.5(f), the Company Membership Interests outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be converted solely into the right to receive a number of shares of Utah Common Stock equal to the amount of Company Merger Shares multiplied by the applicable members percentage interest in the Company as set forth on the Allocation Certificate.
(b) If any Company Membership Interests outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time are unvested or are subject to a repurchase option or a risk of forfeiture under any applicable restricted stock, profits interests, restricted stock unit award agreement or other similar agreement with the Company, then the shares of Utah Common Stock issued in exchange for such Company Membership Interests will to the same extent be unvested and subject to the same repurchase option or risk of forfeiture, and such shares of Utah Common Stock shall accordingly be marked with appropriate legends. The Company shall take all actions that may be necessary to ensure that, from and after the First Effective Time, Utah is entitled to exercise any such repurchase option or other right set forth in any such restricted stock unit award agreement or other agreement.
(c) No fractional shares of Utah Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the First Merger, and no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued, with no cash being paid for any fractional share eliminated by such rounding. Any fractional shares of Utah Common Stock a holder of Company Membership Interests would otherwise be entitled to receive shall be aggregated together first prior to eliminating any remaining fractional share.
(d) At the First Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any further action on the part of Utah, Merger Subs, the Company or any member of the Company or stockholder of Utah, each membership interest of First Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one membership interest of the First Step Surviving Company. If applicable, each certificate of membership interests of First Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any such membership interest shall, as of the First Effective Time, evidence ownership of such membership interests of the First Step Surviving Company.
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(e) If, between the date of this Agreement and the First Effective Time, the outstanding Company Membership Interests or Utah Common Stock shall have been changed into, or exchanged for, a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split (including the Nasdaq Reverse Split to the extent such split has not previously been taken into account in calculating the Company Merger Shares), combination or exchange of shares or other like change, the Company Merger Shares shall, to the extent necessary, be equitably adjusted to reflect such change to the extent necessary to provide the holders of Company Membership Interests and Utah Common Stock with the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares or other like change; provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed to permit the Company or Utah to take any action with respect to Company Membership Interests or Utah Common Stock, respectively, that is prohibited or not expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the aggregate number of shares of Utah Common Stock issued pursuant to Section 2.5(a) to any member of the Company shall not result in the acquisition of beneficial ownership of Utah in excess of 19.99% of the total number of shares of Utah Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time (the Utah Common Stock Consideration Cap). In the event the aggregate number of shares of Utah Common Stock issued pursuant to Section 2.5(a) to any member of the Company at Closing would result in the issuance of shares of Utah Common Stock in an amount in excess of the Utah Common Stock Consideration Cap, Utah shall issue to such member(s) shares of Utah Common Stock up to the Utah Common Stock Consideration Cap and shall issue the remaining balance of such members Company Merger Shares in shares of Utah Preferred Stock, in each case, in accordance with the applicable members percentage interest in the Company as set forth on the Allocation Certificate.
(g) At the Second Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any action on the part of Utah, the First Step Surviving Company, Second Merger Sub or their respective members, each membership interest of the First Step Surviving Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto.
(a) Prior to the First Effective Time, Utah shall declare a distribution (the Closing Distribution) to Holders of Utah Common Stock of record as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those shares of Utah Common Stock issued upon settlement of Utah Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Section 5.5) of the right to receive one contingent value right (each, a CVR) for each outstanding share of Utah Common Stock held by such stockholder as of such date (less applicable withholding taxes), each representing the right to receive contingent payments upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in, and subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of, the Contingent Value Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the CVR Agreement). The record date for the Closing Distribution shall be the close of business on the Business Day on which the First Effective Time occurs and the payment date for which shall be three (3) Business Days after the First Effective Time; provided that the payment of such distribution may be conditioned upon the occurrence of the First Effective Time.
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(b) Utah and the Exchange Agent shall, within 30 days following the Closing Date, duly authorize, execute and deliver the CVR Agreement.
(c) Utah agrees to pay all costs and fees associated with any action contemplated by this Section 2.6 (the CVR Fees).
2.7 Closing of the Companys Transfer Books. At the First Effective Time: (a) all Company Membership Interests outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be treated in accordance with Section 2.5(a), and all holders of certificates representing Company Membership Interests that were outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall cease to have any rights as members of the Company and (b) the membership interests transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all Company Membership Interests outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time. No further transfer of any such Company Membership Interests shall be made on such membership interests transfer books after the First Effective Time.
2.8 Surrender of Company Membership Interests.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, Utah and the Company shall jointly select a reputable bank, transfer agent or trust company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the Exchange Agent). At the First Effective Time, Utah shall deposit with the Exchange Agent evidence of book-entry shares representing the shares of Utah Capital Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.5(a) in exchange for Company Membership Interests.
(b) Promptly after the First Effective Time, the Parties shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to the Persons who were record holders of Company Membership Interests that were converted into the right to receive the Company Merger Shares: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Utah may reasonably specify and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of Company Membership Interests in exchange for book-entry shares of Utah Capital Stock. Upon surrender of a duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Utah, the holder of such Company Membership Interests shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor book-entry shares representing the Company Merger Shares (in a number of whole shares of Utah Capital Stock) that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.5(a).
(c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Utah Capital Stock with a record date after the First Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any Company Membership Interests with respect to the shares of Utah Capital Stock that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder delivers a duly executed letter of transmittal (at which time (or, if later, on the applicable payment date) such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest).
(d) Any shares of Utah Capital Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remain undistributed to holders of Company Membership Interests as of the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date shall be delivered to Utah upon demand, and any holders of Company Membership Interests who have not theretofore delivered a duly executed letter of transmittal in accordance with this Section 2.8 shall thereafter look only to Utah for satisfaction of their claims for Utah Capital Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Utah Capital Stock.
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(e) No Party shall be liable to any holder of any Company Membership Interests or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Utah Capital Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or for any cash amounts delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.
2.9 Calculation of Net Cash and Company Valuation.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, Utah will deliver to the Company a schedule (the Utah Net Cash Schedule) setting forth, in reasonable detail, Utahs good faith, estimated calculation of Utah Net Cash (the Utah Net Cash Calculation as of 11:59 p.m. on the last Business Day prior to the Closing Date (the Cash Determination Time) prepared and certified by Utahs chief financial officer (or if there is no chief financial officer at such time, the principal financial and accounting officer for Utah). Utah shall make available to the Company (electronically to the greatest extent possible), as reasonably requested by the Company, the work papers and back-up materials used or useful in preparing the Utah Net Cash Schedule and, if reasonably requested by the Company, Utahs accountants and counsel at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice. The Utah Net Cash Calculation shall include Utahs determination, as of the Cash Determination Time, of the defined terms in Section 1.1(a) necessary to calculate the Company Merger Shares.
(b) No later than the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to Utah a schedule (the Company Valuation Schedule) setting forth, in reasonable detail, the Companys good faith, estimated calculations of the components of the Company Valuation (the Company Valuation Calculation) as of immediately prior to the Closing prepared and certified by the Company Manager. The Company shall make available to Utah, as reasonably requested by Utah, the work papers and back-up materials used or useful in preparing the Company Valuation Schedule and, if reasonably requested by Utah, the Companys accountants and counsel at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice.
2.10 Further Action. If, at any time after the First Effective Time, any further action is determined by the Surviving Company to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Company with full right, title and possession of and to all rights and property of the Company, then the officers and manager of the Surviving Company shall be fully authorized, and shall use their and its commercially reasonable efforts (in the name of the Company, in the name of Merger Subs, in the name of the Surviving Company and otherwise) to take such action.
2.11 Tax Consequences. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local), income tax purposes the First Merger and the Second Merger, taken together, are intended to constitute an integrated transaction described in Rev. Rul. 2001-46, 2001-2 C.B. 321 that qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The Parties adopt this Agreement as a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g).
2.12 Withholding. Each of the Exchange Agent, Utah, First Step Surviving Company and the Surviving Company (each, a Withholding Agent) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration deliverable pursuant to this Agreement (including the Closing Distribution) such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or under any other applicable Law; provided that if a Withholding Agent determines that any payment to any member of the Company hereunder is subject to deduction and/or withholding, then, except with respect to compensatory payments or as a result of a failure
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to deliver the certificate described in Section 5.7(c), such Withholding Agent shall (i) provide notice to such member as soon as reasonably practicable after such determination and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with such member prior to Closing to reduce or eliminate any such deduction and/or withholding. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
Subject to Section 3, except as set forth in the written disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Utah (the Company Disclosure Schedule), the Company represents and warrants to Utah and Merger Subs as follows:
3.1 Due Organization; Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company is a corporation or other legal entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has all necessary power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted, (ii) to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is bound.
(b) The Company is duly licensed and qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction), under the Laws of all jurisdictions where the nature of its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted requires such licensing or qualification other than in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified individually or in the aggregate would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Company has no Subsidiaries and the Company does not own any capital stock or membership interests of, or any equity, ownership or profit sharing interest of any nature in, or controls directly or indirectly, any other Entity. The Company is not and has never otherwise been, directly or indirectly, a party to, member of or participant in any partnership, joint venture or similar business entity. The Company has not agreed or is obligated to make, or is bound by any Contract under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other Entity. The Company has not, at any time, been a general partner of, or has otherwise been liable for any of the debts or other obligations of, any general partnership, limited partnership or other Entity.
3.2 Organizational Documents. The Company has delivered to Utah accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of the Company. The Company is not in breach or violation of its Organizational Documents in any material respect.
3.3 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The Company Manager has (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its members, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the members of the Company vote to adopt this Agreement and
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thereby approve the Contemplated Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Utah and Merger Subs, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
3.4 Vote Required. The affirmative vote of the holders of all of the Company Membership Interests each outstanding on the record date for the Company Member Written Consent and entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single class (the Required Company Member Vote), is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of Company Membership Interests necessary to adopt and approve this Agreement and approve the Contemplated Transactions. No interest in the Company is subject to any appraisal or dissenters rights in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. The Company has obtained approval by written consent from Company members sufficient for the Required Company Member Vote in lieu of a meeting pursuant to Section 18-302 of the DLLCA, for purposes of adopting and approving this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions.
3.5 Non-Contravention; Consents.
(a) Subject to obtaining the Required Company Member Vote and the filing of the First Certificate of Merger and Second Certificate of Merger required by the DLLCA, neither (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company, nor (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):
(i) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the provisions of the Companys Organizational Documents;
(ii) contravene, conflict with or result in a material violation of, or give any Governmental Authority or other Person the right to challenge the Contemplated Transactions or to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Law or any Order by which the Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the Company, is subject;
(iii) contravene, conflict with or result in a material violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Authority the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by the Company;
(iv) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of any Company Material Contract, or give any Person the right to: (A) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Company Material Contract, (B) any material payment, rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any Company Material Contract, (C) accelerate the maturity or performance of any Company Material Contract or (D) cancel, terminate or modify any term of any Company Material Contract, except in the case of any nonmaterial breach, default, penalty or modification; or
(v) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any asset owned or used by the Company (except for Permitted Encumbrances).
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(b) Except for (i) the Required Company Member Vote, (ii) the filing of the First Certificate of Merger and Second Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the DLLCA and (iii) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under applicable federal and state securities laws, the Company was not, is not, nor will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
(c) The Company Manager has taken and will take all actions necessary to ensure that the restrictions applicable to business combinations contained in Section 203 of the DGCL, to the extent applicable to the Company, are, and will be, inapplicable to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and to the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions. No other state takeover statute or similar Law applies or purports to apply to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions.
(a) Section 3.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth an accurate and complete capitalization table of the Company as of the date of this Agreement.
(b) All of the outstanding Company Membership Interests as set out in Section 3.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable and are free of any Encumbrances other than Encumbrances set forth in the Organizational Documents or under applicable securities Laws. None of the outstanding Company Membership Interests is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right and none of the outstanding Company Membership Interests is subject to any right of first refusal in favor of the Company. Except as contemplated herein, there is no Company Contract relating to the voting or registration of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or similar right with respect to), any Company Membership Interests. The Company is not under any obligation, nor is it bound by any Contract pursuant to which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding Company Membership Interests or other securities. Section 3.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately and completely lists all repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to Company Membership Interests (including shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options) and specifies which of those repurchase rights are currently exercisable.
(c) The Company does not have any option plan or any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement providing for an equity-based compensation for any Person.
(d) There is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any membership interests or other securities of the Company, (ii) outstanding security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Company, (iii) member rights plan (or similar plan commonly referred to as a poison pill) or Contract under which the Company is or may become obligated to sell or otherwise issue any membership interests or any other securities or (iv) condition or circumstance that could be reasonably likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights with respect to the Company.
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(e) All outstanding Company Membership Interests and other securities of the Company have been issued and granted in material compliance with (i) all applicable securities laws and other applicable Law and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts.
(f) The Company Membership Interests are uncertificated.
(a) Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule includes true and complete copies of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, and the Companys unaudited estimated statement of income, cash flow and changes in partners capital for the three months ended June 30, 2020 (collectively, the Company Financials). The Company Financials (A) were prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) (except that the Company Financials may not have notes thereto and other presentation items that may be required by GAAP and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that are not reasonably expected to be material in amount) applied on a consistent basis unless otherwise noted therein throughout the periods indicated and (B) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and operating results of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated therein.
(b) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls designed 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 the financial statements of the Company in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability of the Companys assets, (iii) access to the Companys assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for the Companys assets is compared with the existing assets at regular intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company maintains internal controls consistent with the practices of similarly situated private companies over financial reporting that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes.
(c) Section 3.7(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has delivered to Utah accurate and complete copies of the documentation creating or governing, all securitization transactions and off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) effected by the Company since April 28, 2020 (the date of formation of the Company).
(d) Since April 28, 2020, there have been no formal internal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or general counsel of the Company, the Company Manager or any committee thereof. Since April 28, 2020, neither the Company nor its independent auditors have identified (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or operation of the system of internal accounting controls utilized by the Company, (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves the Company, the Companys management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.
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3.8 Absence of Changes. Except as set forth on Section 3.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, between April 28, 2020 and the date of this Agreement, the Company has conducted its business only in the Ordinary Course of Business (except for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, negotiations and transactions related thereto) and there has not been any (a) Company Material Adverse Effect or (b) actions to do any of the following:
(a) declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock; or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any Company Membership Interests or other securities (except for Company Membership Interests from terminated employees, directors or consultants of the Company in accordance with agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement providing for the repurchase of shares at no more than the purchase price thereof in connection with any termination of services to Utah or any of its Subsidiaries);
(b) except as required to give effect to anything in contemplation of the Closing, amend any of its Organizational Documents, or effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction except, for the avoidance of doubt, the Contemplated Transactions;
(c) sell, issue, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber or authorize any of the foregoing actions with respect to: (A) any capital stock or other security of the Company, (B) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of the Company;
(d) form any Subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity or enter into a joint venture with any other Entity;
(e) (A) lend money to any Person, (B) incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money, (C) guarantee any debt securities of others or (D) make any capital expenditure or commitment;
(f) other than as required by applicable Law: (A) adopt, establish or enter into any Employee Plan, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any equity awards plans, (B) cause or permit any Employee Plan to be amended other than as required by law or in order to make amendments for the purposes of Section 409A of the Code, (C) pay any bonus or make any profit-sharing or similar payment to (except with respect to obligations in place on the date of this Agreement pursuant to any Employee Plan), or increase the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers or employees, (D) increase the severance or change of control benefits offered to any current or new employees, directors or consultants, or (E) hire any officer, employee or consultant;
(g) enter into any material transaction outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(h) acquire any material asset or sell, lease, license or otherwise irrevocably dispose of any of its assets or properties, or grant any Encumbrance with respect to such assets or properties;
(i) sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any material Company IP Rights (other than pursuant to nonexclusive licenses in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(j) make (other than consistent with past practice), change or revoke any material Tax election; file any material amendment to any Tax Return; settle or compromise any material Tax claim; waive or extend any statute of limitations in respect of a period within which an assessment or reassessment of material Taxes may be issued (other than any extension pursuant to an extension to file any Tax Return); enter into any closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar Law) with any Governmental Authority; or adopt or change any material accounting method in respect of Taxes;
(k) waive, settle or compromise any pending or threatened Legal Proceeding against the Company, other than waivers, settlements or agreements (A) for an amount not in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate (excluding amounts to be paid under existing insurance policies or renewals thereof) and (B) that do not impose any material restrictions on the operations or businesses of the Company or any equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by the Company;
(l) delay or fail to repay when due any material obligation, including accounts payable and accrued expenses, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(m) forgive any loans to any Person, including its employees, officers, directors or Affiliate;
(n) sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any material Utah IP Rights (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(o) terminate or modify in any material respect, or fail to exercise renewal rights with respect to, any material insurance policy;
(p) enter into, amend, terminate, or waive any material option or right under, any Company Material Contract;
(q) (A) materially change pricing or royalties or other payments set or charged by the Company to its customers or licensees or (B) agree to materially change pricing or royalties or other payments set or charged by Persons who have licensed Intellectual Property to the Company; or
(r) agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.
3.9 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. The Company does not have any liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of any kind, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or otherwise (each a Liability), in each case, of a type required to be reflected or reserved for on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for: (a) Liabilities disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, (b) normal and recurring current
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Liabilities that have been incurred by the Company since the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business (none of which relates to any breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement, or violation of Law), (c) Liabilities for performance of obligations of the Company under Company Contracts, (d) Liabilities incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the Securities Purchase Agreement and (e) Liabilities listed in Section 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
3.10 Title to Assets. The Company has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all tangible properties or tangible assets and equipment used or held for use in its business or operations or purported to be owned by it, including: (a) all tangible assets reflected on the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet and (b) all other tangible assets reflected in the books and records of the Company as being owned by the Company. All of such assets are owned or, in the case of leased assets, leased by the Company free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances.
3.11 Real Property; Leasehold. The Company does not own nor has ever owned any real property. The Company does not lease nor has ever leased any real property.
(a) Section 3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is an accurate, true and complete listing of all Company Registered IP.
(b) Section 3.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies (i) all Company Contracts pursuant to which any Company IP Rights are licensed to the Company (other than (A) any non-customized software that (1) is so licensed solely in executable or object code form pursuant to a nonexclusive, internal use software license and other Intellectual Property associated with such software and (2) is not incorporated into, or material to the development, manufacturing, or distribution of, any of the Companys products or services, (B) any Intellectual Property licensed on a nonexclusive basis ancillary to the purchase or use of equipment, reagents or other materials, (C) any confidential information provided under confidentiality agreements and (D) agreements between Company and its employees in Companys standard form thereof), (ii) the corresponding Company Contract pursuant to which such Company IP Rights are licensed to the Company and (iii) whether the license or licenses granted to the Company are exclusive or nonexclusive.
(c) Section 3.12(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies each Company Contract pursuant to which any Person has been granted any license or covenant not to sue under, or otherwise has received or acquired any right (whether or not currently exercisable) or interest in, any Company IP Rights (other than (i) any confidential information provided under confidentiality agreements and (ii) any Company IP Rights nonexclusively licensed to academic collaborators, suppliers or service providers for the sole purpose of enabling such academic collaborator, supplier or service providers to provide services for the Companys benefit).
(d) The Company is not bound by, and no Company IP Rights are subject to, any Contract containing any covenant or other provision that in any way limits or restricts the ability of the Company to use, exploit, assert, or enforce any Company IP Rights anywhere in the world.
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(e) The Company exclusively owns all right, title, and interest to and in Company IP Rights (other than (i) Company IP Rights licensed to the Company, or co-owned rights each as identified in Section 3.12(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) any non-customized software that (A) is licensed to the Company solely in executable or object code form pursuant to a nonexclusive, internal use software license and other Intellectual Property associated with such software and (B) is not incorporated into, or material to the development, manufacturing, or distribution of, any of the Companys products or services and (iii) any Intellectual Property licensed on a nonexclusive basis ancillary to the purchase or use of equipment, reagents or other materials), in each case, free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) All documents and instruments necessary to register or apply for or renew registration of Company Registered IP have been validly executed, delivered, and filed in a timely manner with the appropriate Governmental Authority.
(ii) Each Person who is or was an employee or contractor of the Company and who is or was involved in the creation or development of any Intellectual Property for the Company has signed a valid, enforceable agreement containing a present assignment of such Intellectual Property to the Company and confidentiality provisions protecting trade secrets and confidential information of the Company.
(iii) To the Knowledge of the Company, no current or former member, officer, director, or employee of the Company has any claim, right (whether or not currently exercisable), or interest to or in any Company IP Rights purported to be owned by the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company is (a) bound by or otherwise subject to any Contract restricting him or her from performing his or her duties for the Company or (b) in breach of any Contract with any former employer or other Person concerning Company IP Rights purported to be owned by the Company or confidentiality provisions protecting trade secrets and confidential information comprising Company IP Rights purported to be owned by the Company.
(iv) No funding, facilities, or personnel of any Governmental Authority were used, directly or indirectly, to develop or create, in whole or in part, any Company IP Rights in which the Company has an ownership interest.
(v) The Company has taken reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of and otherwise protect and enforce its rights in all proprietary information that the Company holds, or purports to hold, as confidential or a trade secret.
(vi) The Company has not assigned or otherwise transferred ownership of, or agreed to assign or otherwise transfer ownership of, any Company IP Rights to any other Person.
(vii) To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company IP Rights constitute all Intellectual Property necessary for the Company to conduct its business as currently conducted; provided, however, that the foregoing representation is not a representation with respect to noninfringement of Intellectual Property.
(f) The Company has delivered or made available to Utah, a complete and accurate copy of all Company IP Rights Agreements. With respect to each of the Company IP Rights Agreements: (i) each such agreement is valid and binding on the Company and in full
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force and effect, (ii) the Company has not received any written notice of termination or cancellation under such agreement, or received any written notice of breach or default under such agreement, which breach has not been cured or waived and (iii) the Company, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party to any such agreement, is not in breach or default thereof in any material respect.
(g) The manufacture, marketing, sale, offering for sale, importation, use or intended use or other disposal of any product as currently sold or under development by the Company does not violate any license or agreement between the Company and any other third party, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, does not infringe or misappropriate any valid and issued Patent right or other Intellectual Property of any other Person, which infringement or misappropriation would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, no third party is infringing upon any Patents owned by Company within the Company IP Rights, or otherwise violating any Company IP Rights Agreement.
(h) As of the date of this Agreement, Company is not a party to any Legal Proceeding (including, but not limited to, opposition, interference or other proceeding in any patent or other government office) contesting the validity, enforceability, claim construction, ownership or right to use, sell, offer for sale, license or dispose of any Company IP Rights. The Company has not received any written notice asserting that any Company IP Rights or the proposed use, sale, offer for sale, license or disposition of products, methods, or processes claimed or covered thereunder infringes or misappropriates or violates the rights of any other Person or that the Company has otherwise infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property of any Person. None of the Company IP Rights is subject to any outstanding order of, judgment of, decree of or agreement with any Governmental Authority that limits the ability of the Company to exploit any Company IP Rights.
(i) Each item of Company Registered IP is and at all times has been filed and maintained in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Law and all filings, payments, and other actions required to be made or taken to maintain such item of Company Registered IP in full force and effect have been made by the applicable deadline. To the Knowledge of the Company, all Company Registered IP that is issued or granted is valid and enforceable.
(j) To the Knowledge of the Company, no trademark (whether registered or unregistered) or trade name owned, used, or applied for by the Company conflicts or interferes with any trademark (whether registered or unregistered) or trade name owned, used, or applied for by any other Person. None of the goodwill associated with or inherent in any trademark (whether registered or unregistered) in which the Company has or purports to have an ownership interest has been impaired as determined by the Company in accordance with GAAP.
(k) Except as set forth in Sections 3.12(b) or 3.12(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as contained in license, distribution or service agreements entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business by the Company (i) the Company is not bound by any Contract to indemnify, defend, hold harmless, or reimburse any other Person with respect to any Intellectual Property infringement, misappropriation, or similar claim which is material to the Company, taken as a whole and (ii) the Company has never assumed, or agreed to discharge or otherwise take responsibility for, any existing or potential liability of another Person for infringement, misappropriation, or violation of any Intellectual Property right, which assumption, agreement or responsibility remains in force as of the date of this Agreement.
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(l) The Company is not party to any Contract that, as a result of such execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, will cause the grant of any license or other right to any Company IP Rights, result in breach of, default under or termination of such Contract with respect to any Company IP Rights, or impair the right of the Company or the Surviving Company and its Subsidiaries to use, sell or license or enforce any Company IP Rights or portion thereof, except for the occurrence of any such grant or impairment that would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.13 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.
(a) Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following Company Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement (each, a Company Material Contract and collectively, the Company Material Contracts):
(i) the License Agreement (the parties agree that the License Agreement does not need to be disclosed in any other subsections of this Section 3.13(a));
(ii) each Company Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(iii) each Company Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of the Company or the Surviving Company to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, or limiting the development, manufacture, or distribution of the Companys products or services (B) any most-favored pricing arrangement, (C) any exclusivity provision or (D) any non-solicitation provision;
(iv) each Company Contract (A) pursuant to which any Person granted the Company an exclusive license under any Intellectual Property, or (B) pursuant to which the Company granted any Person an exclusive license under any Company IP Rights;
(v) each Company Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $50,000 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty;
(vi) each Company Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity;
(vii) each Company Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit in excess of $50,000 or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of the Company or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of the Company;
(viii) each Company Contract requiring payment by or to the Company after the date of this Agreement in excess of $50,000 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions), (B) any agreement involving provision of services or products with respect to any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of the Company, (C) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, development or other
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agreement currently in force under which the Company has continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which the Company has continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or (D) any Contract to license any patent, trademark registration, service mark registration, trade name or copyright registration to or from any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of the Company or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of the Company, in each case, except for Company Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(ix) each Company Contract with any Person, including any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other Person, providing advisory services to the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
(x) each Company Contract to which the Company is a party or by which any of its assets and properties is currently bound, which involves annual obligations of payment by, or annual payments to, the Company in excess of $50,000; or
(xi) any other Company Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment) by the Company, and (A) which involves payment or receipt by the Company after the date of this Agreement under any such agreement, contract or commitment of more than $50,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate or (B) that is material to the business or operations of the Company taken as a whole.
(b) The Company has delivered or made available to Utah accurate and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. There are no Company Material Contracts that are not in written form. The Company has not, nor to the Companys Knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement has any other party to a Company Material Contract, breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of any Company Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Company Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages which would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. As to the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, each Company Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Company Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to the Company under any Company Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Company Material Contract.
3.14 Compliance; Permits; Restrictions.
(a) The Company is, and since April 28, 2020 has been, in material compliance with all applicable Laws. No investigation, claim, suit, proceeding, audit, Order, or other action by any Governmental Authority is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company. There is no agreement or Order binding upon the Company which (i) has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company, any acquisition of material property by the Company or the conduct of business by the Company as currently conducted, (ii) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on the Companys ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or (iii) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the Contemplated Transactions.
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(b) The Company holds all required Governmental Authorizations which are material to the operation of the business of the Company as currently conducted (the Company Permits). Section 3.14(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Permit. The Company is in material compliance with the terms of the Company Permits. No Legal Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, which seeks to revoke, substantially limit, suspend, or materially modify any Company Permit. The rights and benefits of each Company Permit will be available to the Surviving Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, immediately after the Second Effective Time on terms substantially identical to those enjoyed by the Company as of the date of this Agreement and immediately prior to the First Effective Time.
(c) There are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to an alleged material violation by the Company of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations adopted thereunder, the Controlled Substances Act or any other similar Law promulgated by the FDA or other comparable Governmental Authority responsible for regulation of the development, testing, manufacturing, processing, storage, labeling, sale, marketing, advertising, distribution and importation or exportation of drug products (Drug Regulatory Agency).
(d) The Company holds all required Governmental Authorizations issuable by any Drug Regulatory Agency necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted, and the development, testing, manufacturing, processing, storage, labeling, sale, marketing, advertising, distribution and importation or exportation, as currently conducted, of any of its products or product candidates (the Company Product Candidates) (collectively, the Company Regulatory Permits) and no such Company Regulatory Permit has been (i) revoked, withdrawn, suspended, cancelled or terminated or (ii) modified in any adverse manner, other than immaterial adverse modifications. The Company has timely maintained and are in compliance in all material respects with the Company Regulatory Permits and has not, since April 28, 2020, received any written notice or other written communication from any Drug Regulatory Agency regarding (A) any material violation of or failure to comply materially with any term or requirement of any Company Regulatory Permit or (B) any revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or material modification of any Company Regulatory Permit. The Company has made available to Utah all information requested by Utah in the Companys possession or control relating to the Company Product Candidates and the development, testing, manufacturing, processing, storage, labeling, sale, marketing, advertising, distribution and importation or exportation of the Company Product Candidates, including but not limited to complete copies of the following (to the extent there are any): (x) adverse event reports; preclinical, clinical and other study reports and material study data; inspection reports, notices of adverse findings, untitled letters, warning letters, filings and letters and other written correspondence to and from any Drug Regulatory Agency; and meeting minutes with any Drug Regulatory Agency and (y) similar reports, material study data, notices, letters, filings, correspondence and meeting minutes with any other Governmental Authority. All such information is accurate and complete in all material respects.
(e) All clinical, preclinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of, or sponsored by, the Company, or in which the Company or its current products or product candidates, including the Company Product Candidates, have participated, were and, if
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still pending, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with standard medical and scientific research procedures and in compliance in all material respects with the applicable regulations of the Drug Regulatory Agencies and other applicable Law, including 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58 and 312. The Company has not received any written notices, correspondence, or other communications from any Drug Regulatory Agency requiring, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatening to initiate, any action to place a clinical hold order on, or otherwise terminate, delay, or suspend any clinical studies conducted by or on behalf of, or sponsored by, the Company or in which the Company or its current products or product candidates, including the Company Product Candidates, have participated. Further, no clinical investigator, researcher, or clinical staff participating in any clinical study conducted by or, to the Knowledge of the Company, on behalf of the Company has been disqualified from participating in studies involving the Company Product Candidates, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no such administrative action to disqualify such clinical investigators, researchers or clinical staff has been threatened or is pending.
(f) The Company is not, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no contract manufacturer with respect to any Company Product Candidate, is the subject of any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened investigation in respect of its business or products by the FDA pursuant to its Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities Final Policy set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) and any amendments thereto. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has not, and no contract manufacturer with respect to any Company Product Candidate has committed any acts, made any statement, or failed to make any statement, in each case in respect of its business or products that would violate the FDAs Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities Final Policy, and any amendments thereto. None of the Company, and to the Knowledge of the Company, any contract manufacturer with respect to any Company Product Candidate, or any of their respective officers, employees or agents has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that could result in a debarment or exclusion under (i) 21 U.S.C. Section 335a or (ii) any similar applicable Law. To the Knowledge of the Company, no debarment or exclusionary claims, actions, proceedings or investigations in respect of their business or products are pending or threatened against the Company, and to the Knowledge of the Company, any contract manufacturer with respect to any Company Product Candidate, or any of their respective officers, employees or agents.
(g) All manufacturing operations conducted by, or to the Knowledge of the Company, for the benefit of, the Company in connection with any Company Product Candidate, since April 28, 2020, have been and are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with applicable Laws, including the FDAs standards for current good manufacturing practices, including applicable requirements contained in 21 C.F.R. Parts 210, 211, 600-680, and 1271, and the respective counterparts thereof promulgated by Governmental Authorities in countries outside the United States.
(h) No laboratory or manufacturing site owned by the Company, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no manufacturing site of a contract manufacturer or laboratory, with respect to any Company Product Candidate, (i) is subject to a Drug Regulatory Agency shutdown or import or export prohibition or (ii) has received any Form FDA 483, notice of violation, warning letter, untitled letter, or similar correspondence or notice from the FDA or other Governmental Authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any applicable Law, in each case, that have not been complied with or closed to the satisfaction of the relevant Governmental Authority, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, neither the FDA nor any other Governmental Authority is considering such action.
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3.15 Legal Proceedings; Orders.
(a) There is no pending Legal Proceeding and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Person has threatened in writing to commence any Legal Proceeding: (i) that involves the Company or any of the material assets owned or used by the Company or (ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) There is no Order to which the Company, or any of the material assets owned or used by the Company, is subject.
(a) The Company has timely filed all income Tax Returns and all other material Tax Returns that they were required to file under applicable Law. All such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all material respects and have been prepared in material compliance with all applicable Law. Subject to exceptions as would not be material, no claim has ever been made by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(b) All material amounts of Taxes due and owing by (or on behalf of) the Company (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid. The unpaid Taxes of the Company for periods (or portions thereof) ending on or prior to the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet do not materially exceed the accruals for current Taxes set forth on the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet. Since the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, the Company has not incurred any material Liability for Taxes outside the Ordinary Course of Business or otherwise inconsistent with past custom and practice.
(c) The Company has withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental Authority all material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, member, or other third party.
(d) There are no Encumbrances for Taxes (other Encumbrances described in clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances) upon any of the assets of the Company.
(e) No deficiencies for a material amount of Taxes with respect to the Company have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any Governmental Authority in writing that have not been timely paid in full. There are no pending (or, based on written notice, threatened) material audits, assessments, examinations or other actions for or relating to any liability in respect of Taxes of the Company. The Company (or any of its predecessors) has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a material Tax assessment or deficiency.
(f) The Company has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code in the last five years.
(g) The Company is not a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or similar agreement (including indemnity arrangements), other than customary indemnification provisions in commercial Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business with vendors, customers, lenders, or landlords (an Ordinary Course Agreement).
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(h) The Company has never been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which is the Company). The Company has no material Liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by Contract (other than an Ordinary Course Agreement) or otherwise.
(i) The Company has not distributed membership interests of another Person, or has had its membership interests distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 of the Code or Section 361 of the Code.
(j) The Company has not entered into any transaction identified as a reportable transaction for purposes of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.6011-4(b)(2) or 301.6111-2(b)(2).
(k) The Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in, or use of improper, method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) prepaid amount, advance payments or deferred revenue received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date other than in respect of such amounts reflected in the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet or received in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet; or (v) intercompany transaction or excess loss amount described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law).
(l) The Company has made an election to be classified as a C corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes effective as of the date of its formation.
(m) The Company is not aware of any facts and has not knowingly taken or agreed to take any action, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
3.17 Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans.
(a) The Company does not employ, and has not employed, any employees. The Company does not engage, and has not engaged, any independent contractors, consultants, temporary employees, leased employees, or other agents compensated other than through reportable wages paid by the Company and reported on a Form W-2 (Contingent Workers).
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(b) Neither the Company, nor any of its ERISA Affiliates, has ever sponsored, contributed to, or provided benefits under or through, or had any obligation to contribute to or provide benefits under or through any Employee Plan.
(c) The Company is, and has been, in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, retaliation and harassment, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee and workplace safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, hours of work, plant closings and mass layoffs within the meaning of the WARN Act or similar state or local law, labor practices or disputes, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, workers compensation and long-term disability policies, leaves of absence and worker privacy (collectively, Employment-Related Laws). There are no Legal Proceedings, claims, labor disputes or organizing activities, or grievances pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated against or involving the Company or any trustee of the Company relating to any employee, Contingent Worker, employment agreement or Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or Employment-Related Law. The Company is not a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state, or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices.
3.18 Environmental Matters. Since April 28, 2020, the Company has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession by the Company of all permits and other Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, except for any failure to be in compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received since April 28, 2020, any written notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise), whether from a Governmental Authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with any Environmental Law and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances that may prevent or interfere with the Companys compliance with any Environmental Law in the future, except where such failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company: (i) no current or prior owner of any property leased or controlled by the Company has received since April 28, 2020, any written notice or other communication relating to property owned or leased at any time by the Company, whether from a Governmental Authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that such current or prior owner or the Company is not in compliance with or violated any Environmental Law relating to such property and (ii) the Company has no material liability under any Environmental Law.
3.19 Insurance. The Company has delivered to Utah accurate and complete copies of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets, liabilities and operations of the Company. Each of such insurance policies is in full force and effect and the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms thereof. Other than customary end of policy notifications from insurance carriers, since April 28, 2020, the Company has not received any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible: (i) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy or (ii) refusal or denial of any coverage, reservation of rights or rejection of any material claim under any insurance policy. The Company has provided timely written notice to the appropriate insurance carrier(s) of each Legal Proceeding pending against the Company, and no such carrier has issued a denial of coverage or a reservation of rights with respect to any such Legal Proceeding, or informed the Company of its intent to do so.
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3.20 No Financial Advisors. Except as set forth on Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders fee, opinion fee, success fee, transaction fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company.
3.21 Transactions with Affiliates. Section 3.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedule describes any material transactions or relationships, since April 28, 2020, between, on one hand, the Company and, on the other hand, any (a) executive officer or director of the Company or any of such executive officers or directors immediate family members, (b) owner of more than five percent (5%) of the voting power of the outstanding Company Membership Interests or (c) to the Knowledge of the Company, any related person (within the meaning of Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) of any such officer, director or owner (other than the Company) in the case of each of (a), (b) or (c) that is of the type that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
3.22 Privacy and Data Security. The Company has complied with all applicable Privacy Laws and the applicable terms of any Company Contracts relating to privacy, security, collection or use of Personal Information of any individuals (including clinical trial participants, patients, patient family members, caregivers or advocates, physicians and other health care professionals, clinical trial investigators, researchers, pharmacists) that interact with the Company in connection with the operation of the Companys business, except for such noncompliance as has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has implemented and maintains reasonable written policies and procedures, satisfying the requirements of applicable Privacy Laws, concerning the privacy, security, collection and use of Personal Information (the Privacy Policies) and has complied with the same, except for such noncompliance as has not to the Knowledge of the Company had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, no claims have been asserted or threatened against the Company by any Person alleging a violation of Privacy Laws, Privacy Policies and/or the applicable terms of any Company Contracts relating to privacy, security, collection or use of Personal Information of any individuals. To the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no data security incidents, personal data breaches or other adverse events or incidents related to Personal Information or Company data in the custody or control of the Company or any service provider acting on behalf of the Company, in each case where such incident, breach or event would result in a notification obligation to any Person under applicable law or pursuant to the terms of any Company Contract.
3.23 Accredited Investor Status. Prior to the date of this Agreement each holder of Company Membership Interests has previously represented to the Company that it is an accredited investor within the meaning of Regulation D, Rule 501(a), promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act or is not a U.S. person within the meaning of Regulation S, Rule 902, promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
3.24 No Other Representations or Warranties. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, neither Utah nor any other person on behalf of Utah makes any express or implied
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representation or warranty with respect to Utah or with respect to any other information provided to the Company, any of its members or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, and (subject to the express representations and warranties of Utah set forth in Section 4 (in each case as qualified and limited by the Utah Disclosure Schedule)) none of the Company, or any of its Representatives or members, has relied on any such information (including the accuracy or completeness thereof).
Section 4. Representations and Warranties of Utah and Merger Subs.
Except (i) as set forth in the written disclosure schedule delivered by Utah to the Company (the Utah Disclosure Schedule) or (ii) as disclosed in the Utah SEC Documents filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof and publicly available on the SECs Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (but (A) without giving effect to any amendment thereof filed with, or furnished to the SEC on or after the date hereof and (B) excluding any disclosures contained under the heading Risk Factors and any disclosure of risks included in any forward-looking statements disclaimer or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), it being understood that any matter disclosed in the Utah SEC Documents (x) shall not be deemed disclosed for purposes of Sections 4.1(a), 4.1(b), 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, or 4.6 and (y) shall be deemed to be disclosed in a section of the Utah Disclosure Schedule only to the extent that is readily apparent from a reading of such Utah SEC Documents that is applicable to such section or subsection of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, Utah and Merger Subs represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
4.1 Due Organization; Subsidiaries.
(a) Each of Utah and its Subsidiaries (including Merger Subs) is a corporation or limited liability company duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has all necessary corporate power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted, (ii) to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is bound. Since the date of their formation, Merger Subs have not engaged in any activities other than in connection with or as contemplated by this Agreement. All of Utahs Subsidiaries are wholly owned by Utah.
(b) Each of Utah and its Subsidiaries is licensed and qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction), under the Laws of all jurisdictions where the nature of its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted requires such licensing or qualification other than in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified individually or in the aggregate would not be reasonably expected to have an Utah Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as set forth on Section 4.1(c) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, Utah has no Subsidiaries other than Merger Subs and Utah does not own any capital stock of, or any equity ownership or profit sharing interest of any nature in, or control directly or indirectly, any other Entity other than Merger Subs. Utah is not and has not otherwise been, directly or indirectly, a party to, member of or participant in any partnership, joint venture or similar business entity. Utah has not agreed and is not obligated to make, nor is Utah bound by any Contract under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other Entity. Utah has not, at any time, been a general partner of, and has not otherwise been liable for any of the debts or other obligations of, any general partnership, limited partnership or other Entity.
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4.2 Organizational Documents. Utah has delivered to the Company accurate and complete copies of Utahs Organizational Documents. Utah is not in breach or violation of its Organizational Documents in any material respect.
4.3 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement. Each of Utah and Merger Subs has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The Utah Board (at meetings duly called and held) has: (a) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Utah and its stockholders, (b) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including the issuance of shares of Utah Capital Stock to the members of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (c) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the stockholders of Utah vote to approve the Conversion Proposal and Charter Amendment Proposal pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The First Merger Sub Board (by unanimous written consent) has: (x) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable, and in the best interests of First Merger Sub and its sole member, (y) deemed advisable and approved this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions and (z) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the member of First Merger Sub vote to adopt this Agreement and thereby approve the Contemplated Transactions. The Second Merger Sub Board (by unanimous written consent) has: (x) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable, and in the best interests of Second Merger Sub and its sole member, (y) deemed advisable and approved this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions and (z) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the member of Second Merger Sub vote to adopt this Agreement and thereby approve the Contemplated Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Utah and Merger Subs and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Utah and Merger Subs, enforceable against each of Utah and Merger Subs in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
4.4 Vote Required. The affirmative vote of a majority of (a) the votes cast at the Utah Stockholder Meeting is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of Utahs capital stock necessary to approve the Conversion Proposal and (b) the Shares of Utah Common Stock entitled to vote thereon is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of Utahs capital stock necessary to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal (the Required Utah Stockholder Vote).
4.5 Non-Contravention; Consents.
(a) Subject to obtaining the Required Utah Stockholder Vote and the filing of the First Certificate of Merger and Second Certificate of Merger required by the DLLCA, neither (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Utah or Merger Subs, nor (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):
(i) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the provisions of the Organizational Documents of Utah or its Subsidiaries;
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(ii) contravene, conflict with or result in a material violation of, or give any Governmental Authority or other Person the right to challenge the Contemplated Transactions or to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Law or any Order to which Utah or its Subsidiaries or any of the assets owned or used by Utah or its Subsidiaries, is subject;
(iii) contravene, conflict with or result in a material violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Authority the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by Utah or its Subsidiaries or that otherwise relates to the business of Utah, or any of the assets owned, leased or used by Utah;
(iv) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of any Utah Material Contract, or give any Person the right to: (A) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Utah Material Contract, (B) any material payment, rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any such Utah Material Contract, (C) accelerate the maturity or performance of any Utah Material Contract or (D) cancel, terminate or modify any term of any Utah Material Contract, except in the case of any nonmaterial breach, default, penalty or modification; or
(v) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any asset owned or used by Utah or its Subsidiaries (except for Permitted Encumbrances).
(b) Except for (i) any Consent set forth on Section 4.5 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule under any Utah Contract, (ii) the Required Utah Stockholder Vote, (iii) the filing of the First Certificate of Merger and Second Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the DLLCA and (iv) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under applicable federal and state securities laws, neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries was, is or will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
(c) The Utah Board, the First Merger Sub Board and the Second Merger Sub Board have taken and will take all actions necessary to ensure that the restrictions applicable to business combinations contained in Section 203 of the DGCL are, and will be, inapplicable to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and to the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions. No other state takeover statute or similar Law applies or purports to apply to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the other Contemplated Transactions.
(a) The authorized capital stock of Utah consists of (i) 150,000,000 shares of Utah Common Stock of which 31,195,114 shares have been issued and are outstanding as of July 2, 2020 (the Capitalization Date) and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which no shares have been issued and are outstanding as of the Capitalization Date. Utah does not hold any shares of its capital stock in its treasury.
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(b) All of the outstanding shares of Utah Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable and are free of any Encumbrances. None of the outstanding shares of Utah Common Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right. None of the outstanding shares of Utah Common Stock is subject to any right of first refusal in favor of Utah. Except as contemplated herein, there is no Utah Contract relating to the voting or registration of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or similar right with respect to), any shares of Utah Common Stock. Utah is not under any obligation, nor is Utah bound by any Contract pursuant to which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of Utah Common Stock or other securities. Section 4.6(b) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule accurately and completely describes all repurchase rights held by Utah with respect to shares of Utah Common Stock (including shares issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options) and specifies which of those repurchase rights are currently exercisable.
(c) Except for the Utah 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the Utah 2015 Plan) and the Utah 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the Utah 2018 Plan and, together with the Utah 2015 Plan, the Utah Stock Plans) and the Utah 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the Utah ESPP), and except as set forth on Section 4.6(c) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, Utah does not have any stock option plan or any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement providing for any equity-based compensation for any Person. As of the date of this Agreement, Utah has reserved 8,676,700 shares of Utah Common Stock for issuance under the Utah Stock Plans, of which 1,843,809 shares have been issued and are currently outstanding, 1,970,154 shares have been reserved for issuance upon exercise or settlement of Utah Options and Utah Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, granted under the Utah Stock Plans, and 4,862,737 shares remain available for future issuance pursuant to the Utah Stock Plans. As of the date of this Agreement, Utah has reserved 921,211 shares of Utah Common Stock for future issuance pursuant to the Utah ESPP (of which 90,184 shares have been issued and are currently outstanding) and Utah has suspended offerings under the Utah ESPP such that no offering is currently outstanding and no shares of Utah Common Stock will be issued after the date of this Agreement prior to the First Effective Time pursuant to the Utah ESPP. Section 4.6(c) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to each Utah Option and Utah Restricted Stock Unit outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, as applicable: (i) the name of the holder, (ii) the number of shares of Utah Common Stock subject to such Utah Option and Utah Restricted Stock Units at the time of grant, (iii) the number of shares of Utah Common Stock subject to such Utah Option and Utah Restricted Stock Units as of the date of this Agreement, (iv) the exercise price of such Utah Option, (v) the date on which such Utah Option and Utah Restricted Stock Units was granted, (vi) the applicable vesting schedule, including any acceleration provisions and the number of vested and unvested shares as of the date of this Agreement, (vii) the date on which such Utah Option expires, (viii) whether such Utah Option is intended to be an incentive stock option (as defined in the Code) or a nonqualified stock option and (ix) in the case of a Utah Option, the plan pursuant to which such Utah Option was granted. Utah has made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of equity incentive plans pursuant to which Utah has equity-based awards, the forms of all award agreements evidencing such equity-based awards and evidence of board and stockholder approval of the Utah Stock Plans and any amendments thereto.
(d) Except for the outstanding Utah Options and Utah Restricted Stock Units or as set forth on Section 4.6(d) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, there is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other securities of Utah, (ii) outstanding security, instrument or
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obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of Utah, (iii) stockholder rights plan (or similar plan commonly referred to as a poison pill) or Contract under which Utah is or may become obligated to sell or otherwise issue any shares of its capital stock or any other securities or (iv) condition or circumstance that may give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of Utah. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights with respect to Utah.
(e) All outstanding shares of Utah Common Stock, Utah Options, Utah Restricted Stock Units and other securities of Utah have been issued and granted in compliance with (i) all applicable securities laws and other applicable Law and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts.
(f) With respect to Utah Options and Utah Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Utah Stock Plans, (i) each grant of an Utah Option or Utah Restricted Stock Unit was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Utah Option and Utah Restricted Stock Unit was by its terms to be effective (the Utah Grant Date) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the Utah Board (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (ii) each Utah Option and Utah Restricted Stock Unit grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Utah Stock Plan pursuant to which it was granted and all other applicable Law and regulatory rules or requirements, and (iii) the per share exercise price of each Utah Option was not less than the fair market value of a share of Utah Common Stock on the applicable Utah Grant Date.
4.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) Utah has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since January 1, 2018 (the Utah SEC Documents). As of the time it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), each of the Utah SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (as the case may be) and as of the time they were filed, none of the Utah SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The certifications and statements required by (i) Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act and (ii) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) relating to the Utah SEC Documents (collectively, the Certifications) are accurate and complete and comply as to form and content with all applicable Laws. As used in this Section 4.7, the term file and variations thereof shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.
(b) The financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the Utah SEC Documents: (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto, (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited financial
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statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that are not reasonably expected to be material in amount) applied on a consistent basis unless otherwise noted therein throughout the periods indicated and (iii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position of Utah as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of Utah for the periods covered thereby. Other than as expressly disclosed in the Utah SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, there has been no material change in Utahs accounting methods or principles that would be required to be disclosed in Utahs financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The books of account and other financial records of Utah and each of its Subsidiaries are true and complete in all material respects.
(c) Utahs auditor has at all times since the date of enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act been: (i) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), (ii) to the Knowledge of Utah, independent with respect to Utah within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act and (iii) to the Knowledge of Utah, in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board thereunder.
(d) Except as set forth on Section 4.6(d) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, Utah has not received any comment letter from the SEC or the staff thereof or any correspondence from Nasdaq or the staff thereof relating to the delisting or maintenance of listing of the Utah Common Stock on Nasdaq. Utah has not disclosed any unresolved comments in the Utah SEC Documents.
(e) There have been no formal internal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, or general counsel of Utah, the Utah Board or any committee thereof, other than ordinary course audits or reviews of accounting policies and practices or internal controls required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(f) Except as set forth on Section 4.7(f) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, Utah is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Exchange Act and the applicable listing and governance rules and regulations of Nasdaq.
(g) Utah maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including policies and procedures sufficient to provide reasonable assurance (i) that Utah maintains records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect Utahs transactions and dispositions of assets, (ii) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, (iii) that receipts and expenditures are made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the Utah Board and (iv) regarding prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of Utahs assets that could have a material effect on Utahs financial statements. Utah has evaluated the effectiveness of Utahs internal control over financial reporting and, to the extent required by applicable Law, presented in any applicable Utah SEC Document that is a report on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q (or any amendment thereto) its conclusions about the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the period covered by such report or amendment based on such
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evaluation. Utah has disclosed to Utahs auditors and the Audit Committee of the Utah Board (and made available to the Company a summary of the significant aspects of such disclosure) (A) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Utahs ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Utahs or its Subsidiaries internal control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed in the Utah SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, Utahs internal control over financial reporting is effective and Utah has not identified any material weaknesses in the design or operation of Utahs internal control over financial reporting.
(h) Utahs disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) are designed to ensure that all information (both financial and nonfinancial) required to be disclosed by Utah in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to Utahs principal executive officer and principal financial officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the Certifications and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Utah has carried out evaluation of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(i) Utah has not been and is not currently a shell company as defined under Section 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
4.8 Absence of Changes. Except as set forth on Section 4.8 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, between March 30, 2020 and the date of this Agreement, Utah has conducted its business only in the Ordinary Course of Business (except for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, negotiations and transactions related thereto) and there has not been any (a) Utah Material Adverse Effect or (b) actions to do any of the following:
(a) declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any shares of its capital stock or other securities (except for shares of Utah Common Stock from terminated employees, directors or consultants of Utah in accordance with agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement providing for the repurchase of shares at no more than the purchase price thereof in connection with any termination of services to Utah or any of its Subsidiaries);
(b) sell, issue, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber or authorize the issuance of: (A) any capital stock or other security (except for Utah Common Stock issued upon the valid exercise or settlement of outstanding Utah Options or Utah Restricted Stock Units as applicable), (B) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security;
(c) except as required to give effect to anything in contemplation of the Closing, amend any of its Organizational Documents, or effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction except, for the avoidance of doubt, the Contemplated Transactions;
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(d) form any Subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity or enter into a joint venture with any other Entity;
(e) (A) lend money to any Person, (B) incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money, (C) guarantee any debt securities of others or (D) make any capital expenditure or commitment;
(f) other than as required by applicable Law or the terms of any Utah Employee Plan in effect as of the date of this Agreement: (A) adopt, establish or enter into any Utah Employee Plan, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any equity awards plans, (B) cause or permit any Utah Employee Plan to be amended other than as required by law or in order to make amendments for the purposes of Section 409A of the Code, (C) pay any bonus or make any profit-sharing or similar payment to (except with respect to obligations in place on the date of this Agreement pursuant to any Utah Employee Plan), or increase the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its employees, directors or consultants, (D) increase the severance or change of control benefits offered to any current or new employees, directors or consultants, or (E) hire any officer, employee or consultant;
(g) enter into any material transaction outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(h) acquire any material asset or sell, lease, license or otherwise irrevocably dispose of any of its assets or properties, or grant any Encumbrance with respect to such assets or properties;
(i) make (other than consistent with past practice), change or revoke any material Tax election; file any material amendment to any Tax Return; settle or compromise any material Tax claim; waive or extend any statute of limitations in respect of a period within which an assessment or reassessment of material Taxes may be issued (other than any extension pursuant to an extension to file any Tax Return); enter into any closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar Law) with any Governmental Authority; or adopt or change any material accounting method in respect of Taxes;
(j) waive, settle or compromise any pending or threatened Legal Proceeding against Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, other than waivers, settlements or agreements (A) for an amount not in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate (excluding amounts to be paid under existing insurance policies or renewals thereof) and (B) that do not impose any material restrictions on the operations or businesses of Utah or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries;
(k) delay or fail to repay when due any material obligation, including accounts payable and accrued expenses, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(l) forgive any loans to any Person, including its employees, officers, directors or Affiliate;
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(m) sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any material Utah IP Rights (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(n) terminate or modify in any material respect, or fail to exercise renewal rights with respect to, any material insurance policy;
(o) enter into, amend, terminate, or waive any material option or right under, any Utah Material Contract;
(p) (A) materially change pricing or royalties or other payments set or charged by Utah or any of Subsidiaries to its customers or licensees or (B) agree to materially change pricing or royalties or other payments set or charged by Persons who have licensed Intellectual Property to Utah or any of Subsidiaries; or
(q) agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.
4.9 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability of a type required to be reflected or reserved for on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for: (a) Liabilities disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Utah Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, (b) normal and recurring current Liabilities that have been incurred by Utah or its Subsidiaries since the date of the Utah Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business (none of which relates to any breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement, or violation of Law), (c) Liabilities for performance of obligations of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries under Utah Contracts, and (d) Liabilities described in Section 4.9 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule.
4.10 Title to Assets. Each of Utah and its Subsidiaries owns, and has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all tangible properties or tangible assets and equipment used or held for use in its business or operations or purported to be owned by it, including: (a) all tangible assets reflected on the Utah Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet and (b) all other tangible assets reflected in the books and records of Utah as being owned by Utah. All of such assets are owned or, in the case of leased assets, leased by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances.
4.11 Real Property; Leasehold. Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or has ever owned any real property. Utah has made available to the Company (a) an accurate and complete list of all real properties with respect to which Utah directly or indirectly holds a valid leasehold interest as well as any other real estate that is in the possession of or leased by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) copies of all leases under which any such real property is possessed (the Utah Real Estate Leases), each of which is in full force and effect, with no existing material default thereunder.
(a) Section 4.12(a) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule is an accurate, true and complete listing of all Utah Registered IP.
(b) Section 4.12(b) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies (i) all Utah Contracts pursuant to which any Utah IP Rights are licensed to Utah (other than (A) any non-customized software that (1) is so licensed solely in executable or object code
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form pursuant to a nonexclusive, internal use software license and other Intellectual Property associated with such software and (2) is not incorporated into, or material to the development, manufacturing, or distribution of, any of Utah products or services, (B) any Intellectual Property licensed on a nonexclusive basis ancillary to the purchase or use of equipment, reagents or other materials, (C) any confidential information provided under confidentiality agreements and (D) agreements between Utah and its employees in Utahs standard form thereof) and (ii) whether the license or licenses granted to Utah are exclusive or nonexclusive.
(c) Section 4.12(c) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies each Utah Contract pursuant to which any Person has been granted any license under, or otherwise has received or acquired any right (whether or not currently exercisable) or interest in, any Utah IP Rights (other than (i) any confidential information provided under confidentiality agreements and (ii) any Utah IP Rights nonexclusively licensed to academic collaborators, suppliers or service providers for the sole purpose of enabling such academic collaborator, supplier or service providers to provide services for Utahs benefit).
(d) Neither Utah not any of its Subsidiaries is bound by, and no Utah IP Rights are subject to, any Contract containing any covenant or other provision that in any way limits or restricts the ability of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries to use, exploit, assert, or enforce any Utah IP Rights anywhere in the world.
(e) Utah or one of its Subsidiaries exclusively owns all right, title, and interest to and in the Utah IP Rights (other than (i) Utah IP Rights licensed to the Company, or co-owned rights each as identified in Section 4.12(c) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, (ii) any non-customized software that (A) is licensed to the Company solely in executable or object code form pursuant to a nonexclusive, internal use software license and other Intellectual Property associated with such software and (B) is not incorporated into, or material to the development, manufacturing, or distribution of, any of Utah or its Subsidiaries products or services and (iii) any Intellectual Property licensed on a nonexclusive basis ancillary to the purchase or use of equipment, reagents or other materials), in each case, free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) All documents and instruments necessary to register or apply for or renew registration of Utah Registered IP have been validly executed, delivered, and filed in a timely manner with the appropriate Governmental Authority.
(ii) Each Person who is or was an employee or contractor of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries and who is or was involved in the creation or development of any Intellectual Property for Utah or any of its Subsidiaries has signed a valid, enforceable agreement containing a present assignment of such Intellectual Property to Utah or such Subsidiary and confidentiality provisions protecting trade secrets and confidential information of Utah and its Subsidiaries.
(iii) To the Knowledge of Utah, no current or former member, officer, director, or employee of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries has any claim, right (whether or not currently exercisable), or interest to or in any Utah IP Rights purported to be owned by Utah. To the Knowledge of Utah, no employee of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries is (a) bound by or otherwise subject to any Contract restricting him or her from performing his or her duties for Utah or such Subsidiary or (b) in breach of any Contract with any former employer or other Person concerning Utah IP Rights purported to be owned by Utah or such Subsidiary or confidentiality provisions protecting trade secrets and confidential information comprising Utah IP Rights purported to be owned by Utah or such Subsidiary.
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(iv) No funding, facilities, or personnel of any Governmental Authority were used, directly or indirectly, to develop or create, in whole or in part, any Utah IP Rights in which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest.
(v) Utah and each of its Subsidiaries has taken reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of and otherwise protect and enforce its rights in all proprietary information that Utah or such Subsidiary holds, or purports to hold, as confidential or a trade secret.
(vi) Utah or any of its Subsidiaries has not assigned or otherwise transferred ownership of, or agreed to assign or otherwise transfer ownership of, any Utah IP Rights to any other Person.
(vii) To the Knowledge of Utah, the Utah IP Rights constitute all Intellectual Property necessary for Utah to conduct its business as currently conducted; provided, however, that the foregoing representation is not a representation with respect to non-infringement of Intellectual Property.
(f) Utah has delivered, or made available to the Company, a complete and accurate copy of all material Utah IP Rights Agreements.
(g) The manufacture, marketing, offering for sale, sale, importation, use or intended use or other disposal of any product as currently sold or under development by Utah does not violate any license or agreement between Utah or its Subsidiaries and any third party in any material respect, and, to the Knowledge of Utah, does not infringe or misappropriate any valid and issued Patent right or other Intellectual Property of any other Person, which infringement or misappropriation would reasonably be expected to have an Utah Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of Utah, no third party is infringing upon any Patents owned by Utah within the Utah IP Rights, or violating any Utah IP Rights Agreement.
(h) As of the date of this Agreement, Utah is not a party to any Legal Proceeding (including, but not limited to, opposition, interference or other proceeding in any patent or other government office) contesting the validity, ownership or right to use, sell, offer for sale, license or dispose of any Utah IP Rights. Utah has not received any written notice asserting that any Utah Registered IP or the proposed use, sale, offer for sale, license or disposition of any products, methods, or processes claimed or covered thereunder infringes or misappropriates or violates the rights of any other Person or that Utah or any of its Subsidiaries have otherwise infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property of any Person.
(i) To the Knowledge of Utah, no trademark (whether registered or unregistered) or trade name owned, used, or applied for by Utah conflicts or interferes with any trademark (whether registered or unregistered) or trade name owned, used, or applied for by any other Person except as would not have an Utah Material Adverse Effect. None of the goodwill associated with or inherent in any trademark (whether registered or unregistered) in which Utah has or purports to have an ownership interest has been impaired as determined by Utah in accordance with GAAP.
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(j) Except as may be set forth in the Contracts listed on Section 4.12(b) or 4.12(c) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule or as contained in license, distribution or service agreements entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business by Utah (i) Utah is not bound by any Contract to indemnify, defend, hold harmless, or reimburse any other Person with respect to any Intellectual Property infringement, misappropriation, or similar claim which is material to Utah taken as a whole and (ii) Utah has never assumed, or agreed to discharge or otherwise take responsibility for, any existing or potential liability of another Person for infringement, misappropriation, or violation of any Intellectual Property right, which assumption, agreement or responsibility remains in force as of the date of this Agreement.
(k) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any Contract that, as a result of such execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, will cause the grant of any license or other right to any Utah IP Rights, result in breach of, default under or termination of such Contract with respect to any Utah IP Rights, or impair the right of Utah or the Surviving Company and its Subsidiaries to use, sell or license or enforce any Utah IP Rights or portion thereof, except for the occurrence of any such grant or impairment that would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in an Utah Material Adverse Effect.
4.13 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.
(a) Section 4.13 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule identifies each Utah Contract that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement other than the Securities Purchase Agreement (each, an Utah Material Contract and collectively, the Utah Material Contracts):
(i) each Utah Contract relating to any material bonus, deferred compensation, severance, incentive compensation, pension, profit-sharing or retirement plans, or any other employee benefit plans or arrangements;
(ii) each Utah Contract requiring payments by Utah after the date of this Agreement in excess of $75,000 pursuant to its express terms relating to the employment of, or the performance of employment-related services by, any Person, including any employee, consultant or independent contractor, or Entity providing employment related, consulting or independent contractor services, not terminable by Utah on ninety (90) calendar days or less notice without liability, except to the extent general principles of wrongful termination Law may limit Utahs, or such successors ability to terminate employees at will;
(iii) each Utah Contract relating to any agreement or plan, including any option plan, stock appreciation right plan or stock purchase plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the Contemplated Transactions (either alone or in conjunction with any other event, such as termination of employment), or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the Contemplated Transactions;
(iv) each Utah Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(v) each Utah Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, or limiting the development, manufacture, or distribution of the Utahs products or services (B) any most-favored pricing arrangement, (C) any exclusivity provision or (D) any non-solicitation provision;
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(vi) each Utah Contract (A) pursuant to which any Person granted Utah an exclusive license under any Intellectual Property, or (B) pursuant to which Utah granted any Person an exclusive license under any Utah IP Rights;
(vii) each Utah Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty;
(viii) each Utah Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity, in each case, involving payments in excess of $100,000 after the date of this Agreement;
(ix) each Utah Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit in excess of $100,000 or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of Utah or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of Utah;
(x) each Utah Contract requiring payment by or to the Company after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions), (B) any agreement involving provision of services or products with respect to any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of the Company, (C) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, development or other agreement currently in force under which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by Utah or such Subsidiary or (D) any Contract to license any patent, trademark registration, service mark registration, trade name or copyright registration to or from any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, except for Utah Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xi) each Utah Contract with any Person, including any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other Person, providing advisory services to Utah in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
(xii) each Utah Contract to which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their assets and properties is currently bound, which involves annual obligations of payment by, or annual payments to, Utah or such Subsidiary in excess of $100,000;
(xiii) an Utah Real Estate Lease;
(xiv) a Contract disclosed in or required to be disclosed in Section 4.12(b) or Section 4.12(c) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule;
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(xv) any other Utah Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment) by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, and (A) which involves payment or receipt by Utah or such Subsidiary after the date of this Agreement under any such agreement, contract or commitment of more than $100,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate or (B) that is material to the business or operations of Utah and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(b) Utah has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all Utah Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. There are no Utah Material Contracts that are not in written form. Utah has not nor, to Utahs Knowledge as of the date of this Agreement, has any other party to an Utah Material Contract, breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of any Utah Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Utah Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages which would reasonably be expected to have an Utah Material Adverse Effect. As to Utah and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of this Agreement, each Utah Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Utah Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to Utah under any Utah Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Utah Material Contract.
4.14 Compliance; Permits; Restrictions.
(a) Utah and each of its Subsidiaries is, and since January 1, 2018, has been in material compliance with all applicable Laws. No investigation, claim, suit, proceeding, audit, Order, or other action by any Governmental Authority is pending or, to the Knowledge of Utah, threatened against Utah or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no agreement or Order binding upon Utah or any of its Subsidiaries which (i) has or could reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of material property by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, (ii) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on Utahs ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or (iii) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) Each of Utah and its Subsidiaries holds all required Governmental Authorizations that are material to the operation of the business of Utah and Merger Subs as currently conducted (collectively, the Utah Permits). Section 4.14(b) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule identifies each Utah Permit. Each of Utah and its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with the terms of the Utah Permits. No Legal Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of Utah, threatened, which seeks to revoke, substantially limit, suspend, or materially modify any Utah Permit. The rights and benefits of each Utah Permit will be available to Utah and Surviving Company immediately after the Second Effective Time on terms substantially identical to those enjoyed by Utah and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement and immediately prior to the First Effective Time.
(c) There are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Utah, threatened with respect to an alleged material violation by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries of the FDCA, PHSA, FDA regulations adopted thereunder, the Controlled Substances Act or any other similar Law promulgated by a Drug Regulatory Agency.
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(d) Each of Utah and its Subsidiaries holds all required Governmental Authorizations issuable by any Drug Regulatory Agency necessary for the conduct of the business of Utah and Merger Subs as currently conducted, and, as applicable, the development, testing, manufacturing, processing, storage, labeling, sale, marketing, advertising, distribution and importation or exportation, as currently conducted, of any of its product candidates (the Utah Product Candidates) (the Utah Regulatory Permits) and no such Utah Regulatory Permit has been (i) revoked, withdrawn, suspended, cancelled or terminated or (ii) modified in any adverse manner other than immaterial adverse modifications. Utah has timely maintained and is in compliance in all material respects with the Utah Regulatory Permits and neither Utah nor or any of its Subsidiaries has, since January 1, 2018, received any written notice or other written communication from any Drug Regulatory Agency regarding (A) any material violation of or failure to comply materially with any term or requirement of any Utah Regulatory Permit or (B) any revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or material modification of any Utah Regulatory Permit. Except for the information and files identified in Section 4.14(d) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, Utah has made available to the Company all information requested by the Company in Utahs or its Subsidiaries possession or control relating to the Utah Product Candidates and the development, testing, manufacturing, processing, storage, labeling, sale, marketing, advertising, distribution and importation or exportation of the Utah Product Candidates, including, but not limited to, complete copies of the following (to the extent there are any): (x) adverse event reports; pre-clinical, clinical and other study reports and material study data; inspection reports, notices of adverse findings, untitled letters, warning letters, filings and letters and other written correspondence to and from any Drug Regulatory Agency; and meeting minutes with any Drug Regulatory Agency and (y) similar reports, material study data, notices, letters, filings, correspondence and meeting minutes with any other Governmental Authority. All such information are accurate and complete in all material respects.
(e) All clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of, or sponsored by, Utah or its Subsidiaries, in which Utah or its Subsidiaries or their respective product candidates, including the Utah Product Candidates, have participated were and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with standard medical and scientific research procedures and in compliance in all material respects with the applicable regulations of the Drug Regulatory Agencies and other applicable Law, including, without limitation, 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58 and 312. Other than as set forth on Section 4.14(e) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notices, correspondence, or other communications from any Drug Regulatory Agency requiring or, to the Knowledge of Utah, any action to place a clinical hold order on, or otherwise terminate, delay, or suspend any clinical studies conducted by or on behalf of, or sponsored by, Utah or any of its Subsidiaries or in which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries or its current product candidates, including the Utah Product Candidates, have participated. Further, no clinical investigator, researcher, or clinical staff participating in any clinical study conducted by or, to the Knowledge of Utah, on behalf of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries has been disqualified from participating in studies involving the Utah Product Candidates, and to the Knowledge of Utah, no such administrative action to disqualify such clinical investigators, researchers or clinical staff has been threatened or is pending.
(f) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of Utah, any contract manufacturer with respect to any Utah Product Candidate is the subject of any pending or, to the Knowledge of Utah, threatened investigation in respect of its business or products by the FDA pursuant to its Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities Final Policy set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) and any amendments thereto. To the Knowledge of Utah, neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries and no
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contract manufacturer with respect to any Utah Product Candidate has committed any acts, made any statement, or failed to make any statement, in each case in respect of its business or products that would violate FDAs Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities Final Policy, and any amendments thereto. None of Utah, any of its Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of Utah, any contract manufacturer with respect to any Utah Product Candidate, or any of their respective officers, employees or agents has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that could result in a material debarment or exclusion under (i) 21 U.S.C. Section 335a or (ii) any similar applicable Law. To the Knowledge of Utah, no material debarment or exclusionary claims, actions, proceedings or investigations in respect of their business or products are pending or threatened against Utah, any of its Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of the Utah, any contract manufacturer with respect to any Utah Product Candidate, or any of its officers, employees or agents.
(g) All manufacturing operations conducted by, or to the Knowledge of Utah, for the benefit of, Utah or its Subsidiaries in connection with any Utah Product Candidate, since January 1, 2018, have been and are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with applicable Laws, including the FDAs standards for current good manufacturing practices, including applicable requirements contained in 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211, and the respective counterparts thereof promulgated by Governmental Authorities in countries outside the United States.
(h) No laboratory or manufacturing site owned by Utah or its Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of Utah, no manufacturing site of a contract manufacturer or laboratory, with respect to any Utah Product Candidate, (i) is subject to a Drug Regulatory Agency shutdown or import or export prohibition or (ii) has received any Form FDA 483, notice of violation, warning letter, untitled letter, or similar correspondence or notice from the FDA or other Governmental Authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any applicable Law, in each case, that have not been complied with or closed to the satisfaction of the relevant Governmental Authority, and, to the Knowledge of Utah, neither the FDA nor any other Governmental Authority is considering such action.
4.15 Legal Proceedings; Orders.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 4.15 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, there is no pending Legal Proceeding and, to the Knowledge of Utah, no Person has threatened in writing to commence any Legal Proceeding: (i) that involves Utah or any of its Subsidiaries or any Utah Associate (in his or her capacity as such) or any of the material assets owned or used by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) There is no Order to which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the material assets owned or used by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. To the Knowledge of Utah, no officer or other Key Employee of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Order that prohibits such officer or employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the business of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries or to any material assets owned or used by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries.
(a) Each of Utah and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed all income Tax Returns and all other material Tax Returns that were required to be filed by or with respect
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to it under applicable Law. All such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all material respects and have been prepared in material compliance with all applicable Law. Subject to exceptions as would not be material, no claim has ever been made by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where Utah or any of its Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that Utah or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(b) All material amounts of Taxes due and owing by Utah and each of its Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid. The unpaid Taxes of Utah and each of its Subsidiaries for periods (or portions thereof) ending on or prior to the date of the Utah Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet do not materially exceed the accruals for current Taxes set forth on the Utah Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet. Since the date of the Utah Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material Liability for Taxes outside the Ordinary Course of Business or otherwise inconsistent with past custom and practice.
(c) Each of Utah and each of its Subsidiaries has (i) withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental Authority all material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other third party.
(d) There are no Encumbrances for material Taxes (other Encumbrances described in clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances) upon any of the assets of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) No deficiencies for a material amount of Taxes with respect to Utah or any of its Subsidiaries have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any Governmental Authority in writing that have not been timely paid in full. There are no pending (or, based on written notice, threatened) material audits, examinations assessments or other actions for or relating to any liability in respect of Taxes of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has waived any statute of limitations in respect of material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a material Tax assessment or deficiency.
(f) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or similar agreement (including indemnity arrangements), other than Ordinary Course Agreements.
(g) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which is Utah). Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material Liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than Utah and Merger Subs) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by Contract (other than an Ordinary Course Agreement) or otherwise.
(h) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has distributed stock of another Person, or had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 of the Code or Section 361 of the Code.
(i) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any transaction identified as a reportable transaction for purposes of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.6011-4(b)(2) or 301.6111-2(b)(2).
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(j) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in, or use of improper, method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) prepaid amount, advance payments or deferred revenue received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date other than in respect of such amounts reflected in the Utah Balance Sheet or received in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the Utah Balance Sheet; or (v) intercompany transaction or excess loss amount described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law).
(k) Section 4.16(k) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule sets forth the entity classification of Utah and each of its Subsidiaries for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has made an election or taken any other action to change its federal and state income tax classification from such classification.
(l) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware of any facts or has knowingly taken or agreed to take any action, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(m) The membership interests in each of the First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub is directly and wholly owned by Utah, and each of First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub is, and has been since formation, disregarded as an entity (within the meaning of Section 301.7701-3 of the Treasury Regulations) separate from Utah for United States federal income tax purposes.
4.17 Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 4.17(a) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule sets forth, for each current Utah Associate who is an employee of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, such employees name, employer, title, hire date, location, whether full- or part-time, whether active or on leave (and, if on leave, the expected return), whether exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, annual salary and wage rate, most recent annual bonus received and current annual bonus opportunity. Section 4.17(a) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule separately sets forth, for each current Utah Associate who is an individual independent contractor engaged by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, such contractors name, duties and rate of compensation. No Key Employee has indicated to Utah or any of its Subsidiaries that he or she intends to resign or retire as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise.
(b) The employment of Utahs employees is terminable by Utah at will. Utah has made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, disclosure materials, policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of Utah Associates to the extent currently effective and material.
(c) Utah is not a party to, bound by the terms of, and does not have a duty to bargain under, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization representing any of its employees, and there are no labor organizations representing or, to the Knowledge of Utah, purporting to represent or seeking to represent any employees of Utah.
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(d) Section 4.17(d) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule lists all Utah Employee Plans (other than employment arrangements which are terminable at will without any contractual obligation on the part of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries to make any severance, termination, change in control or similar payment and that are substantively identical to the employment arrangements made available to the Company).
(e) Each Utah Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter with respect to such qualified status from the IRS. To the Knowledge of Utah, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Utah Employee Plan or the exempt status of any related trust.
(f) Each Utah Employee Plan has been established, maintained and operated in compliance, in all material respects, with its terms all applicable Law, including, without limitation, the Code, ERISA and the Affordable Care Act. No Legal Proceeding (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or, to the Knowledge of Utah, threatened with respect to any Utah Employee Plan. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Utah Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the terms of the applicable Utah Employee Plan and applicable Law.
(g) Neither Utah nor any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has, in the past six (6) years, maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to (i) any employee benefit plan that is or was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (v) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither Utah nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has ever incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA.
(h) No Utah Employee Plan provides for medical or other welfare benefits to any service provider beyond termination of service or retirement, other than (1) pursuant to COBRA or an analogous state law requirement or (2) continuation coverage through the end of the month in which such termination or retirement occurs. Utah does not sponsor or maintain any self-funded medical or long-term disability benefit plan.
(i) No Utah Employee Plan is subject to any law of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States.
(j) Each Utah Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) (each, a 409A Plan) has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable guidance thereunder. No payment to be made under any 409A Plan is or, when made in accordance with the terms of the 409A Plan, will be subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code.
(k) Utah is in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination,
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harassment, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, and hours of work, and in each case, with respect to the employees of Utah: (i) has withheld and reported all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the Ordinary Course of Business). There are no actions, suits, claims or administrative matters pending or, to the Knowledge of Utah, threatened or reasonably anticipated against Utah relating to any employee, independent contractor, director, employment agreement or Utah Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). To the Knowledge of Utah, there are no pending or threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or actions against Utah, any Utah trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary under any workers compensation policy or long-term disability policy. Utah is not a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state, or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices.
(l) Utah has no material liability with respect to any misclassification within the past four (4) years of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. Utah has not taken any action which would constitute a plant closing or mass layoff within the meaning of the WARN Act or similar state or local law, issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff required by the WARN Act or similar state or local law (nor has Utah been under any requirement or obligation to issue any such notification), or incurred any liability or obligation under WARN or any similar state or local law that remains unsatisfied.
(m) There has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, affecting Utah. No event has occurred within the past six months, and no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute.
(n) Utah is not, nor has Utah been, engaged in any unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. There is no Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of Utah, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety or discrimination matter involving any Utah Associate, including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints.
(o) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which Utah or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any of its employees for excise taxes paid pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, Section 4999 or Section 409A of the Code.
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(p) Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract that as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the shareholder approval of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, could (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) (i) result in the payment of any parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code or (ii) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting, payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or other service provider of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.18 Environmental Matters. Since January 1, 2018, Utah and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession by Utah of all permits and other Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, except for any failure to be in compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in an Utah Material Adverse Effect. Neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has received since January 1, 2018, any written notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise), whether from a Governmental Authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that Utah or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with any Environmental Law, and, to the Knowledge of Utah, there are no circumstances that may prevent or interfere with Utahs or any of its Subsidiaries compliance with any Environmental Law in the future, except where such failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have an Utah Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of Utah: (i) no current or prior owner of any property leased or controlled by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries has received since January 1, 2018, any written notice or other communication relating to property owned or leased at any time by Utah or any of its Subsidiaries, whether from a Governmental Authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that such current or prior owner or Utah or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with or violated any Environmental Law relating to such property and (ii) neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability under any Environmental Law.
4.19 Insurance. Utah has made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets, liabilities and operations of Utah and its Subsidiaries (including Merger Subs). Each of such insurance policies is in full force and effect and Utah and its Subsidiaries (including Merger Subs) are in compliance in all material respects with the terms thereof. Other than customary end of policy notifications from insurance carriers, since January 1, 2018, neither Utah nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible: (i) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy or (ii) refusal or denial of any coverage, reservation of rights or rejection of any material claim under any insurance policy. Each of Utah and its Subsidiaries (including Merger Subs) has provided timely written notice to the appropriate insurance carrier(s) of each Legal Proceeding pending against Utah or such Subsidiary for which Utah or such Subsidiary has insurance coverage, and no such carrier has issued a denial of coverage or a reservation of rights with respect to any such Legal Proceeding, or informed Utah or any of its Subsidiaries of its intent to do so.
4.20 Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth in the Utah SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement, since the date of Utahs last proxy statement filed in 2020 with the SEC, no event has occurred that would be required to be reported by Utah pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. Section 4.20 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule identifies each Person who is (or who may be deemed to be) an Affiliate of Utah as of the date of this Agreement.
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4.21 No Financial Advisors. Except as set forth on Section 4.21 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders fee, opinion fee, success fee, transaction fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Utah.
4.22 Valid Issuance; No Bad Actor. The Utah Capital Stock to be issued in the First Merger will, when issued in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. To the Knowledge of Utah as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing, no bad actor disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the Securities Act (a Disqualifying Event) is applicable to Utah or, to Utahs Knowledge, any Utah Covered Person, except for a Disqualifying Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii-iv) or (d)(3) of the Securities Act is applicable.
4.23 Privacy and Data Security. Utah and its Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable Privacy Laws and the applicable terms of any Utah Contracts relating to privacy, security, collection or use of Personal Information of any individuals (including clinical trial participants, patients, patient family members, caregivers or advocates, physicians and other health care professionals, clinical trial investigators, researchers, pharmacists) that interact with Utah or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the operation of Utahs and its Subsidiaries business, except for such noncompliance as has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Utah Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of Utah, Utah has implemented and maintains reasonable Privacy Policies and has complied with its Privacy Policies, except for such noncompliance as has not to the Knowledge of the Utah had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Utah Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of Utah, as of the date hereof, no claims have been asserted or threatened against Utah by any Person alleging a violation of Privacy Laws, Privacy Policies and/or the applicable terms of any Utah Contracts relating to privacy, security, collection or use of Personal Information of any individuals. To the Knowledge of Utah, there have been no data security incidents, personal data breaches or other adverse events or incidents related to Personal Information or Utah data in the custody or control of Utah or any service provider acting on behalf of Utah, in each case where such incident, breach or event would result in a notification obligation to any Person under applicable law or pursuant to the terms of any Utah Contract.
4.24 No Other Representations or Warranties. Utah hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any other person on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or with respect to any other information provided to Utah, Merger Subs or stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, and (subject to the express representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3 (in each case as qualified and limited by the Company Disclosure Schedule)) none of Utah, Merger Subs or any of their respective Representatives, stockholders or members, has relied on any such information (including the accuracy or completeness thereof).
Section 5. Agreements of the Parties.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the Closing Date, Utah shall prepare and file with the SEC a proxy statement relating to the Utah Stockholder Meeting to be held in connection with the Conversion Proposal and Charter Amendment Proposal (together with
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any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the Proxy Statement). Utah shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause the Proxy Statement to comply with applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and (ii) respond promptly to any comments or requests of the SEC or its staff related to the Proxy Statement.
(b) Utah covenants and agrees that the Proxy Statement (and the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith) will (i) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the DGCL, and (ii) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) Utah shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Utahs stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement has been filed with the SEC and either (i) the SEC has indicated that it does not intend to review the Proxy Statement or that its review of the Proxy Statement has been completed or (ii) at least ten (10) days shall have passed since the Proxy Statement was filed with the SEC without receiving any correspondence from the SEC commenting upon, or indicating that it intends to review, the Proxy Statement, all in compliance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the DGCL. If Utah, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or the Company become aware of any event or information that, pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, as the case may be, then such Party, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other Parties thereof and shall cooperate with such other Parties in Utah filing such amendment or supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to the Utah stockholders.
(a) Utah shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Utah Common Stock to consider and vote to approve the Conversion Proposal and Charter Amendment Proposal pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (collectively, the Utah Stockholder Matters and such meeting, the Utah Stockholder Meeting). The Utah Stockholder Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the date that the definitive Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC, and in any event no later than forty-five (45) days after such date. Utah shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Utah Stockholder Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Utah Stockholder Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Utah Stockholder Meeting is scheduled, Utah reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Utah Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Utah Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Utah Stockholder Meeting, Utah may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Utah Stockholder Meeting as long as the date of the Utah Stockholder Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of 30 days in connection with any postponements or adjournments.
(b) Utah agrees that (i) the Utah Board shall recommend that the holders of Utah Common Stock vote to approve the Utah Stockholder Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the timeframe set forth in Section 5.2(a) above and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the
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Utah Board recommends that Utahs stockholders vote to approve the Utah Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Utah Board being referred to as the Utah Board Recommendation).
5.3 Utah Options. Prior to the Closing, the Utah Board shall have adopted appropriate resolutions and taken all other actions necessary and appropriate to provide that the vesting and exercisability of each unexpired, unexercised and unvested Utah Option shall be accelerated in full effective as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time.
5.4 Employee Benefits. Utah shall comply with the terms of any employment, severance, retention, change of control, or similar agreement specified on Section 4.17(c) of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, subject to the provisions of such agreements.
5.5 Utah Restricted Stock Units. Prior to the Closing, the Utah Board shall have adopted appropriate resolutions and taken all other actions necessary and appropriate to provide that (i) the vesting of each outstanding and unvested Utah Restricted Stock Unit shall be accelerated in full effective as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time, contingent on the occurrence of the Closing and (ii) for each outstanding and unsettled Utah Restricted Stock Unit (including any Utah Restricted Stock Units accelerated under Section 5.5(i) above) the holder thereof shall receive, immediately prior to the First Effective Time a number of shares of Utah Common Stock equal to the number of vested and unsettled shares underlying such Utah Restricted Stock Units. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the tax withholding obligations for each holder receiving shares of Utah Common Stock in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be satisfied by Utah withholding from issuance that number of shares of Utah Common Stock calculated by multiplying the maximum statutory withholding rate for such holder in connection with such issuance by the number of shares of Utah Common Stock to be issued in accordance with the preceding sentence, and rounding up to the nearest whole share and remitting such withholding in cash to the appropriate taxing authorities.
5.6 Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
(a) From the First Effective Time through the sixth anniversary of the date on which the First Effective Time occurs, each of Utah and the Surviving Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof, or who becomes prior to the First Effective Time, a director or officer of Utah or the Company, respectively (the D&O Indemnified Parties), against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, fines and reasonable fees, costs and expenses, including attorneys fees and disbursements (collectively, Costs), incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to the fact that the D&O Indemnified Party is or was a director or officer of Utah or of the Company, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the First Effective Time, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL and the DLLCA. Each D&O Indemnified Party will be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation from each of Utah and the Surviving Company, jointly and severally, upon receipt by Utah or the Surviving Company from the D&O Indemnified Party of a request therefor; provided that any such person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to Utah, to the extent then required by the DGCL and the DLLCA, to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. Without otherwise limiting the D&O Indemnified Parties rights with regards to counsel, following the First Effective Time, the D&O Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to continue to retain Goodwin Procter LLP or such other counsel selected by the D&O Indemnified Parties.
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(b) The provisions of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Utah with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers of Utah that are presently set forth in the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Utah shall not be amended, modified or repealed for a period of six years from the First Effective Time in a manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the First Effective Time, were officers or directors of Utah, unless such modification is required by applicable Law. The certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company shall contain, and Utah shall cause the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company to so contain, provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers as those presently set forth in the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Utah.
(c) From and after the First Effective Time, (i) the Surviving Company shall fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the Company to its D&O Indemnified Parties as of immediately prior to the Closing pursuant to any indemnification provisions under the Companys Organizational Documents and pursuant to any indemnification agreements between the Company and such D&O Indemnified Parties, with respect to claims arising out of matters occurring at or prior to the First Effective Time and (ii) Utah shall fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of Utah to its D&O Indemnified Parties as of immediately prior to the Closing pursuant to any indemnification provisions under Utahs Organizational Documents and pursuant to any indemnification agreements between Utah and such D&O Indemnified Parties, with respect to claims arising out of matters occurring at or prior to the First Effective Time.
(d) From and after the First Effective Time, Utah shall maintain directors and officers liability insurance policies, with an effective date as of the Closing Date, on commercially available terms and conditions and with coverage limits customary for U.S. public companies similarly situated to Utah.
(e) From and after the First Effective Time, Utah shall pay all expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, that are incurred by the persons referred to in this Section 5.6 in connection with their enforcement of the rights provided to such persons in this Section 5.6.
(f) The provisions of this Section 5.6 are intended to be in addition to the rights otherwise available to the current and former officers and directors of Utah and the Company by Law, charter, statute, bylaw or agreement, and shall operate for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Parties, their heirs and their Representatives.
(g) In the event Utah or the Surviving Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Utah or the Surviving Company, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 5.6. Utah shall cause the Surviving Company to perform all of the obligations of the Surviving Company under this Section 5.6.
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(a) Each of Utah and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts (and cause its Affiliates) to (i) cause the First Merger and Second Merger, taken together, to constitute an integrated transaction described in Rev. Rul. 2001-46, 2001-2 C.B. 321 that qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and (ii) not take any actions, or fail to take or cause to be taken any action, which action or failure to act would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the First Merger and Second Merger, taken together, from constituting an integrated transaction described in Rev. Rul. 2001-46, 2001-2 C.B. 321 that qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The Parties shall not file any U.S. federal, state or local Tax Return in a manner that is inconsistent with the treatment of the Merger as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code for U.S. federal, state income and other relevant Tax purposes, and shall not take any inconsistent position during the course of any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes, in each case, unless otherwise required by a determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.
(b) All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, excise, recording, registration value added and other such similar Taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest) that become payable in connection with or by reason of the execution of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, Transfer Taxes) shall be borne and paid by Utah. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, Utah shall timely file any Tax Return or other document with respect to such Taxes or fees (and the Company shall reasonably cooperate with respect thereto as necessary).
(c) At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Utah a certificate pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1445-2(c) and 1.897-2(h), together with a form of notice to the IRS in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h), in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Utah; provided, that Utahs only remedy for the Companys failure to provide such form or certificate will be to withhold from the payments to be made pursuant to this Agreement any required withholding Tax under Section 1445 of the Code, and the Companys failure to provide any such form or certificate will not be deemed to be a failure of the conditions set forth in Section 7 to have been met.
5.8 Legends. Utah shall be entitled to place appropriate legends on the book entries and/or certificates evidencing any shares of Utah Capital Stock to be received in the First Merger by equityholders of the Company who may be considered affiliates of Utah for purposes of Rules 144 and 145 under the Securities Act reflecting the restrictions set forth in Rules 144 and 145 and to issue appropriate stop transfer instructions to the transfer agent for Utah Capital Stock.
5.9 Officers and Directors. Until successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with applicable Law, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts and take all necessary action so that the Persons listed on Section 5.9 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule are elected or appointed, as applicable, to the positions of officers, directors and managers of Utah and the Surviving Company, as set forth therein, to serve in such positions effective as of the First Effective Time. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to have each of the Persons that will serve as directors and officers of the Utah following the Closing to execute and deliver a Lock-Up Agreement prior to Closing.
5.10 Termination of Certain Agreements and Rights. Except as set forth on Section 5.10 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule, each of Utah and the Company shall cause any member or stockholder agreements, voting agreements, registration rights agreements, co-sale agreements and any other similar Contracts between either Utah or the Company and any holders
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of Utah Common Stock or Company Membership Interests, respectively, including any such Contract granting any Person investor rights, rights of first refusal, registration rights or director registration rights (collectively, the Investor Agreements), to be terminated immediately prior to the First Effective Time, without any liability being imposed on the part of Utah or the Surviving Company.
5.11 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the First Effective Time, Utah shall take all such steps as may be required to cause any acquisitions of Utah Common Stock and any options to purchase Utah Common Stock in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, by each individual who is reasonably expected to become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Utah, to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
5.12 Allocation Certificate. The Company will prepare and deliver to Utah prior to the Closing a certificate signed by the Company Manager in a form reasonably acceptable to Utah setting forth (as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time) (a) each holder of Company Membership Interests, (b) such holders name and address, (c) the number or percentage and type of Company Membership Interests held as of the Closing Date for each such holder and (d) the number of shares of Utah Common Stock to be issued to such holder pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Company Membership Interests held by such holder as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time (the Allocation Certificate).
5.13 Wind Down Activities. Following the Closing, Utah shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to continue the wind down activities of Utah associated with the termination of its research and development activities set forth on Section 5.13 of the Utah Disclosure Schedule.
5.14 Obligations of Merger Subs. Utah will take all action necessary to cause Merger Subs to perform their obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Each Party.
The obligations of each Party to effect the Merger and otherwise consummate the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the written waiver by each of the Parties, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
6.1 No Restraints. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order preventing the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction and remain in effect and there shall not be any Law which has the effect of making the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions illegal.
6.2 Member Approval. The Company shall have obtained the Required Company Member Vote.
6.3 Listing. The approval of the listing of the additional shares of Utah Common Stock on Nasdaq shall have been obtained and the shares of Utah Common Stock to be issued in the First Merger pursuant to this Agreement shall have been approved for listing (subject to official notice of issuance) on Nasdaq.
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6.4 Utah Financing. The Securities Purchase Agreement shall be in full force and effect and cash proceeds of not less than the Concurrent Investment Amount shall have been received by Utah, or will be received by Utah substantially simultaneously with the Closing, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement.
Section 7. Closing Deliveries of the Company.
The obligations of Utah and Merger Subs to effect the Merger and otherwise consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Closing are subject to Utah receiving the following documents, each of which shall be in full force and effect, or the written waiver by Utah of delivery:
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The Company Member Written Consent executed by the members of the Company shall be in full force and effect; |
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The Company Lock-Up Agreements; |
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The Company Valuation Schedule; and |
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The Allocation Certificate. |
Section 8. Closing Deliveries of Utah.
The obligations of the Company to effect the Merger and otherwise consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Closing are subject to the Company receiving the following documents, each of which shall be in full force and effect, or the written waiver by the Company of delivery:
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a copy of the Certificate of Designation, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; |
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the Utah Net Cash Schedule; and |
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written resignations in forms satisfactory to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date and effective as of the Closing executed by the officers and directors of Utah who are not to continue as officers or directors of Utah pursuant to Section 5.9 hereof. |
Section 9. Miscellaneous Provisions.
9.1 Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company, Utah and Merger Subs contained in this Agreement or any certificate or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate at the First Effective Time, and only the covenants that by their terms survive the First Effective Time and this Section 9 shall survive the First Effective Time.
9.2 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended with the approval of the respective boards of directors of the Company, Merger Subs and Utah at any time (whether before or after the adoption and approval of this Agreement by the Companys members or before or after obtaining the Required Utah Stockholder Vote); provided, however, that after any such
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approval of this Agreement by a Partys stockholders or members, no amendment shall be made which by Law requires further approval of such stockholders or members without the further approval of such stockholders or members. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Company, Merger Subs and Utah.
(a) Any provision hereof may be waived by the waiving Party solely on such Partys own behalf, without the consent of any other Party. No failure on the part of any Party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Party in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy.
(b) No Party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
9.4 Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Electronic Transmission or Facsimile. This Agreement and the other schedules, exhibits, certificates, instruments and agreements referred to in this Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; provided, however, that the Confidentiality Agreement shall not be superseded and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by all Parties by facsimile or electronic transmission in .PDF format shall be sufficient to bind the Parties to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws. In any action or proceeding between any of the Parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions, each of the Parties: (a) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, (b) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in accordance with clause (a) of this Section 9.5, (c) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding in such courts, (d) waives any objection that such courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any Party, (e) agrees that service of process upon such Party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 9.7 of this Agreement and (f) irrevocably and unconditionally waives the right to trial by jury.
9.6 Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of a Partys rights or
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obligations hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempted assignment or delegation of this Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by such Party without the other Partys prior written consent shall be void and of no effect.
9.7 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly delivered and received hereunder (a) one Business Day after being sent for next Business Day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable international overnight courier service, (b) upon delivery in the case of delivery by hand or (c) on the date delivered in the place of delivery if sent by email or facsimile (with a written or electronic confirmation of delivery) prior to 6:00 p.m. New York City time, otherwise on the next succeeding Business Day, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth below:
if to Utah or Merger Subs:
Unum Therapeutics Inc.
200 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 3100
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
Attention: Charles Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer
Email: [Redacted]
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Attention: Kingsley L. Taft, Danielle M. Lauzon, Andrew H. Goodman
Email: ktaft@goodwinlaw.com, dlauzon@goodwinlaw.com, agoodman@goodwinlaw.com
if to the Company:
Kiq LLC
2001 Market Street, Suite 2500
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Attention: Peter Harwin, Managing Member
Email: [Redacted]
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
555 Mission St., 30th floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: Ryan Murr, Chris Trester
Email: RMurr@gibsondunn.com; CTrester@gibsondunn.com
9.8 Cooperation. Each Party agrees to cooperate fully with the other Party and to execute and deliver such further documents, certificates, agreements and instruments and to take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the other Party to evidence or reflect the Contemplated Transactions and to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.
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9.9 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the Parties agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.
9.10 Other Remedies; Specific Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms (including failing to take such actions as are required of it hereunder to consummate this Agreement) or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity, and each of the Parties waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other Party with respect thereto. Each of the Parties further agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief on the basis that any other Party has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity.
9.11 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the Parties and the D&O Indemnified Parties to the extent of their respective rights pursuant to Section 5.6) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.
UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC. | ||
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/s/ Charles Wilson |
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Charles Wilson, Ph.D. |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and President |
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UTAH MERGER SUB 1 LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Charles Wilson |
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Name: |
Charles Wilson, Ph.D. |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and President |
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UTAH MERGER SUB 2 LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Charles Wilson |
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Name: |
Charles Wilson, Ph.D. |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and President |
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KIQ LLC | ||
BY: FAIRMOUNT FUNDS MANAGEMENT LLC | ||
ITS: MANAGER | ||
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/s/ Peter Harwin |
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Peter Harwin |
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Managing Member |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF UTAH STOCKHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT
UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
SUPPORT AGREEMENT
THIS SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of July 6, 2020, is made by and among Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (Utah), Kiq LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), and the undersigned holder (Stockholder) of shares of capital stock (the Shares) of Utah.
WHEREAS, Utah, Utah Merger Sub 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Utah (Merger Sub 1), Utah Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Utah (Merger Sub 2), and the Company, have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated of even date herewith (the Merger Agreement), providing for the merger of Merger Sub 1 with and into the Company (the First Merger) and the merger of the Company with and into Merger Sub 2 (the Second Merger and, together with the First Merger, the Merger);
WHEREAS, Stockholder beneficially owns and has sole or shared voting power with respect to the number of Shares, and holds Utah Options and/or Utah Restricted Stock Units to acquire the number of Shares indicated opposite Stockholders name on Schedule 1 attached hereto;
WHEREAS, as an inducement and a condition to the willingness of Utah, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 and the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement, and in consideration of the substantial expenses incurred and to be incurred by them in connection therewith, Stockholder has agreed to enter into and perform this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, all capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of, and as a condition to, Utah, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 and the Companys entering into the Merger Agreement and proceeding with the transactions contemplated thereby, and in consideration of the substantial expenses incurred and to be incurred by them in connection therewith, Stockholder, Utah and the Company agree as follows:
1. Agreement to Vote Shares. Stockholder agrees that, prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 2 below), at any meeting of the stockholders of Utah or any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in connection with any written consent of the stockholders of Utah, with respect to the Conversion Proposal (defined below) or the Charter Amendment Proposal (defined below), Stockholder shall:
(a) appear at such meeting or otherwise cause the Shares[ and any New Shares (as defined in Section 3 below)]1 to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum;
(b) from and after the date hereof until the Expiration Date, vote (or cause to be voted), or deliver a written consent (or cause a written consent to be delivered) covering all of the Shares and any New Shares that Stockholder shall be entitled to so vote: (i) in favor of (A) the approval of the conversion of the Utah Preferred Stock into shares of Utah Common Stock in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(a) (the Conversion Proposal) and (B) the approval of an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of Utah to authorize sufficient shares of Utah Common Stock for the conversion of the Utah Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement (the Charter Amendment Proposal) and any matter that could reasonably be expected to facilitate the Conversion Proposal and the Charter Amendment Proposal; (ii) against any proposal to remove the limitation initially set at the discretion of holders of Utah Preferred Stock between 4.9% and 19.9% of the number of shares of Utah Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Utah Common Stock upon conversion (the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) restricting such holders from beneficially owning a number of shares of Utah Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation or any agreement, transaction or other matter that is intended to, or would reasonably be expected to, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or materially and adversely affect the consummation of the Conversion Proposal or Charter Amendment Proposal; and (iii) to approve any proposal to adjourn or postpone the meeting to a later date, if there are not sufficient votes for the approval of the Conversion Proposal or Charter Amendment Proposal on the date on which such meeting is held. Stockholder shall not take or commit or agree to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing.
2. Expiration Date. As used in this Agreement, the term Expiration Date shall mean the earlier to occur of (a) 90 days from the date of this Agreement, (b) the effective time of the approval of the Conversion Proposal and Charter Amendment Proposal or (c) upon mutual written agreement of the parties to terminate this Agreement.
3. Additional Purchases. Stockholder agrees that any shares of capital stock or other equity securities of Utah that Stockholder purchases or with respect to which Stockholder otherwise acquires sole or shared voting power (including any proxy) after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Expiration Date, whether by the exercise of any Utah Options, settlement of Utah Restricted Stock Units or otherwise, including, without limitation, by gift, succession, in the event of a stock split or as a dividend or distribution of any Shares (New Shares), shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as if they constituted the Shares.
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4. Share Transfers. [From and after the date hereof until the Expiration Date, Stockholder shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) sell, assign, transfer, tender, or otherwise dispose of (including, without limitation, by the creation of any Liens (as defined in Section 4(c) below)) any Shares or any New Shares acquired, (b) deposit any Shares or New Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or similar arrangement with respect to such Shares or New Shares or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto (other than this Agreement), (c) enter into any Contract, option, commitment or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the direct or indirect sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of (including, without limitation, by the creation of any Liens) any Shares or New Shares, or (d) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing or disabling Stockholder from performing Stockholders obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stockholder may make (1) transfers by will or by operation of Law or other transfers for estate-planning purposes, in which case this Agreement shall bind the transferee, (2) with respect to Stockholders Utah Options which expire on or prior to the Expiration Date, transfers, sale, or other disposition of Shares to Utah as payment for the (i) exercise price of Stockholders Utah Options and (ii) taxes applicable to the exercise of Stockholders Utah Options, (3) with respect to Stockholders Utah Restricted Stock Units, (i) transfers for the net settlement of Stockholders Utah Restricted Stock Units settled in Shares (to pay any tax withholding obligations) or (ii) transfers for receipt upon settlement of Stockholders Utah Restricted Stock Units, and the sale of a sufficient number of such Shares acquired upon settlement of such securities as would generate sales proceeds sufficient to pay the aggregate taxes payable by Stockholder as a result of such settlement, (4) if Stockholder is a partnership or limited liability company, a transfer to one or more partners or members of Stockholder or to an Affiliated corporation, trust or other Entity under common control with Stockholder, or if Stockholder is a trust, a transfer to a beneficiary, provided that in each such case the applicable transferee has signed a voting agreement in substantially the form hereof, (5) transfers to another holder of the capital stock of the Company that has signed a voting agreement in substantially the form hereof, and (6) transfers, sales or other dispositions as the Company may otherwise agree in writing in its sole discretion. If any voluntary or involuntary transfer of any Shares covered hereby shall occur (including a transfer or disposition permitted by Section 4(1) through Section 4(6), sale by a Stockholders trustee in bankruptcy, or a sale to a purchaser at any creditors or court sale), the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Shares subject to all of the restrictions, Liabilities and rights under this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding that such transferee is not a Stockholder and has not executed a counterpart hereof or joinder hereto.]2
5. Representations and Warranties of Stockholder. Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Utah and the Company as follows:
(a) If Stockholder is an Entity: (i) Stockholder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, organized or constituted, (ii) Stockholder has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform Stockholders obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, performance of Stockholders obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by Stockholder have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Stockholder and no other proceedings on
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the part of Stockholder are necessary to authorize this Agreement, or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. If Stockholder is an individual, Stockholder has the legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform Stockholders obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of Stockholder and, to Stockholders knowledge and assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and Utah, constitutes a valid and binding agreement with respect to Stockholder, enforceable against Stockholder in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity whether applied in a court of Law or a court of equity and by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar Laws affecting creditors rights and remedies generally;
(c) Stockholder beneficially owns the number of Shares indicated opposite Stockholders name on Schedule 1, and will own any New Shares, free and clear of any liens, claims, charges or other encumbrances or restrictions of any kind whatsoever (Liens), and has sole or shared, and otherwise unrestricted, voting power with respect to such Shares or New Shares and none of the Shares or New Shares is subject to any voting trust or other agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the voting of the Shares or the New Shares, except as contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) to the knowledge of Stockholder, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Stockholder does not, and the performance by Stockholder of his, her or its obligations hereunder and the compliance by Stockholder with any provisions hereof will not, violate or conflict with, result in a material breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of any Liens on any Shares or New Shares pursuant to, any agreement, instrument, note, bond, mortgage, Contract, lease, license, permit or other obligation or any order, arbitration award, judgment or decree to which Stockholder is a party or by which Stockholder is bound, or any Law, statute, rule or regulation to which Stockholder is subject or, in the event that Stockholder is a corporation, partnership, trust or other Entity, any bylaw or other Organizational Document of Stockholder; except for any of the foregoing as would not reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the performance by Stockholder of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect;
(e) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Stockholder does not, and the performance of this Agreement by Stockholder does not and will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority or regulatory authority by Stockholder except for applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, and except where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not prevent or delay the performance by Stockholder of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect;
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(f) no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary is entitled to a fee or commission from Utah or the Company in respect of this Agreement based upon any Contract made by or on behalf of Stockholder; and
(g) as of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Stockholder, threatened against Stockholder that would reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the performance by Stockholder of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
6. Irrevocable Proxy. Subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 6, by execution of this Agreement, Stockholder does hereby appoint the Company and any of its designees with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as Stockholders true and lawful attorney and irrevocable proxy, to the fullest extent of Stockholders rights with respect to the Shares, to vote and exercise all voting and related rights, including the right to sign Stockholders name (solely in its capacity as a stockholder) to any stockholder consent, if Stockholder is unable to perform or otherwise does not perform his, her or its obligations under this Agreement, with respect to such Shares solely with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1 hereof. Stockholder intends this proxy to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest hereunder until the Expiration Date, hereby revokes any proxy previously granted by Stockholder with respect to the Shares and represents that none of such previously-granted proxies are irrevocable. The irrevocably proxy and power of attorney granted herein shall survive the death or incapacity of Stockholder and the obligations of Stockholder shall be binding on Stockholders heirs, personal representatives, successors, transferees and assigns. Stockholder hereby agrees not to grant any subsequent powers of attorney or proxies with respect to any Shares with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1 until after the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this irrevocable proxy shall automatically terminate upon the Expiration Date.
7. Other Remedies; Specific Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be deemed cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof without the need of posting bond in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity.
8. Directors and Officers. This Agreement shall apply to Stockholder solely in Stockholders capacity as a stockholder of Utah and/or holder of Utah Options and/or Utah Restricted Stock Units and not in Stockholders capacity as a director, officer or employee of Utah or any of its Subsidiaries or in Stockholders capacity as a trustee or fiduciary of any employee benefit plan or trust. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall (or require Stockholder to attempt to) limit or restrict a director and/or officer of Utah in the exercise of his or her fiduciary duties as a director and/or officer of Utah or in his or her capacity as a trustee or fiduciary of any employee benefit plan or trust or prevent or be construed to create any obligation on the part of any director and/or officer of Utah or any trustee or fiduciary of any employee benefit plan or trust from taking any action in his or her capacity as such director, officer, trustee and/or fiduciary.
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9. No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in the Company any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Shares. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Shares shall remain vested in and belong to Stockholder, and the Company does not have authority to manage, direct, superintend, restrict, regulate, govern, or administer any of the policies or operations of Utah or exercise any power or authority to direct Stockholder in the voting of any of the Shares, except as otherwise provided herein.
10. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and shall have no further force or effect as of the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; provided, however, nothing set forth in this Section 10 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall relieve any party from liability for any fraud or for any willful and material breach of this Agreement prior to termination hereof.
11. Further Assurances. Stockholder shall, from time to time, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional or further consents, documents and other instruments as the Company or Utah may reasonably request for the purpose of effectively carrying out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions.
12. Disclosure. Stockholder hereby agrees that Utah and the Company may publish and disclose in any registration statement, any prospectus filed with any regulatory authority in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and any related documents filed with such regulatory authority and as otherwise required by Law, Stockholders identity and ownership of Shares and the nature of Stockholders commitments, arrangements and understandings under this Agreement and may further file this Agreement as an exhibit to any registration statement or prospectus or in any other filing made by Utah or the Company as required by Law or the terms of the Merger Agreement, including with the SEC or other regulatory authority, relating to the Contemplated Transactions, all subject to prior review and an opportunity to comment by Stockholders counsel. Prior to the Closing, Stockholder shall not, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its representatives not to, directly or indirectly, make any press release, public announcement or other public communication that criticizes or disparages this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions, without the prior written consent of Utah and the Company, provided that the foregoing shall not limit or affect any actions taken by Stockholder (or any affiliated officer or director of Stockholder) that would be permitted to be taken by Stockholder, Utah or the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not effect any actions of Stockholder the prohibition of which would be prohibited under applicable Law.
13. Notice. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery), by facsimile transmission (providing confirmation of transmission) or by electronic transmission (providing confirmation of transmission) to the Company or Utah, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 9.7 of the Merger Agreement and to Stockholder at his, her or its address or email address (providing confirmation of transmission) set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice).
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14. Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.
15. Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of a partys rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such party without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, and any attempted assignment or delegation of this Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by such party without the other partys prior written consent shall be void and of no effect. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
16. No Waivers. No waivers of any breach of this Agreement extended by the Company or Utah to Stockholder shall be construed as a waiver of any rights or remedies of the Company or Utah, as applicable, with respect to any other stockholder of Utah who has executed an agreement substantially in the form of this Agreement with respect to Shares held or subsequently held by such stockholder or with respect to any subsequent breach of Stockholder or any other stockholder of Utah. No waiver of any provisions hereof by any party shall be deemed a waiver of any other provisions hereof by any such party, nor shall any such waiver be deemed a continuing waiver of any provision hereof by such party.
17. Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the state of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of Laws. In any action or Legal Proceeding between any of the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement, each of the parties: (i) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware or to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or Legal Proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in accordance with clause (i) of this Section 17, (iii) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or Legal Proceeding in such courts, (iv) waives any objection that such courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party, and (v) agrees that service of process upon such party in any such action or Legal Proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 13 of this Agreement.
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18. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY.
19. No Agreement Until Executed. Irrespective of negotiations among the parties or the exchanging of drafts of this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute or be deemed to evidence a Contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding between the parties hereto unless and until (a) the Utah Board has approved, for purposes of any applicable anti-takeover Laws and regulations and any applicable provision of the certificate of incorporation of Utah, the Merger Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, (b) the Merger Agreement is executed by all parties thereto, and (c) this Agreement is executed by all parties hereto.
20. Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Facsimile. This Agreement and the other agreements referred to in this Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by all parties by facsimile or electronic transmission via .pdf shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
21. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or modified, and no provisions hereof may be modified or waived, except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each party hereto; provided, however, that the rights or obligations of any Stockholder may be waived, amended or otherwise modified in a writing signed by Utah, the Company and Stockholder.
22. Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Merger Agreement or any other agreement contemplated by the Merger Agreement to which a party hereto is a party, each party hereto shall bear its own expenses in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
23. Voluntary Execution of Agreement. This Agreement is executed voluntarily and without any duress or undue influence on the part or behalf of the parties. Each of the parties hereby acknowledges, represents and warrants that (i) it has read and fully understood this Agreement and the implications and consequences thereof; (ii) it has been represented in the preparation, negotiation, and execution of this Agreement by legal counsel of its own choice, or it has made a voluntary and informed decision to decline to seek such counsel; and (iii) it is fully aware of the legal and binding effect of this Agreement.
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24. Construction.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include masculine and feminine genders.
(b) The parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) As used in this Agreement, the words include and including, and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation.
(d) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to Sections, and Schedules are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement and Schedules to this Agreement, respectively.
(e) The underlined headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
July 6, 2020
Unum Therapeutics Inc.
200 Cambridge Park, Suite 3100
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned signatory of this lock-up agreement (this Lock-Up Agreement) understands that Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (Utah), has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 6, 2020 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement) with Utah Merger Sub 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Utah, Utah Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Utah, and Kiq LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement.
As a condition and inducement to each of the parties to enter into the Merger Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees that, subject to the exceptions set forth herein, without the prior written consent of Utah and, solely prior to the Closing, the Company, the undersigned will not, during the period commencing upon the Closing and ending on the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date (the Restricted Period):
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offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Utah Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Utah Common Stock (including without limitation, Utah Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and securities of Utah which may be issued upon exercise of an option to purchase Utah Common Stock or warrant or settlement of an Utah Restricted Stock Unit) that are currently or hereafter owned by the undersigned (collectively, the Undersigneds Shares), or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, grant, transfer or disposition; |
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enter into any swap, short sale, hedge or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Undersigneds Shares regardless of whether any such transaction described in clause (i) above or this clause (ii) is to be settled by delivery of Utah Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; or |
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make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Utah Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Utah Common Stock (other than such rights set forth in the Merger Agreement). |
The restrictions and obligations contemplated by this Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to:
(a) transfers of the Undersigneds Shares:
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if the undersigned is a natural person, (A) to any person related to the undersigned by blood or adoption who is an immediate family member of the undersigned, or by marriage or domestic partnership (a Family Member), or to a trust formed for the benefit of the undersigned or any of the undersigneds Family Members, (B) to the undersigneds estate, following the death of the undersigned, by will, intestacy or other operation of Law, (C) as a bona fide gift or a charitable contribution, (D) by operation of Law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement or (E) to any partnership, corporation or limited liability company which is controlled by the undersigned and/or by any such Family Member(s); |
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if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership or other Entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, or other Entity that is an affiliate (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of the undersigned, including investment funds or other entities under common control or management with the undersigned, (B) as a distribution or dividend to equity holders, current or former general or limited partners, members or managers (or to the estates of any of the foregoing), as applicable, of the undersigned (including upon the liquidation and dissolution of the undersigned pursuant to a plan of liquidation approved by the undersigneds equity holders), (C) as a bona fide gift or a charitable contribution or (D) transfers or dispositions not involving a change in beneficial ownership; or |
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provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to this clause (a), such transfer is not for value and each donee, heir, beneficiary or other transferee or distributee shall sign and deliver to Utah a lock-up agreement in the form of this Lock-Up Agreement with respect to the shares of Utah Common Stock or such other securities that have been so transferred or distributed;
(b) the exercise of an option to purchase Utah Common Stock (including a net or cashless exercise of an option to purchase Utah Common Stock), and any related transfer of shares of Utah Common Stock to Utah for the purpose of paying the exercise price of such options or for paying taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of such options; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the underlying shares of Utah Common Stock shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement;
(c) the disposition (including a forfeiture or repurchase) to Utah of any shares of restricted stock granted pursuant to the terms of any employee benefit plan or restricted stock purchase agreement;
(d) transfers to Utah in connection with the net settlement of any restricted stock unit or other equity award that represents the right to receive in the future shares of Utah Common Stock settled in Utah Common Stock to pay any tax withholding obligations; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the underlying shares of Utah Common Stock shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement;
(e) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Utah Common Stock; provided that such plan does not provide for any transfers of Utah Common Stock during the Restricted Period;
(f) transfers by the undersigned of shares of Utah Common Stock purchased by the undersigned on the open market or in a public offering by Utah, in each case following the Closing Date;
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(g) pursuant to a bona-fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of Utah capital stock involving a change of control of Utah, provided that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Undersigneds Shares shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Lock-Up Agreement; or
(h) pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency;
and provided, further, that, with respect to each of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, no filing by any party (including any donor, donee, transferor, transferee, distributor or distributee) under Section 16 of the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or disposition during the Restricted Period (other than (i) any exit filings or public announcements that may be required under applicable federal and state securities Laws or (ii) in respect of a required filing under the Exchange Act in connection with the exercise of an option to purchase Utah Common Stock or in connection with the net settlement of any restricted stock unit or other equity award that represents the right to receive in the future shares of Utah Common Stock settled in Utah Common Stock that would otherwise expire during the Restricted Period, provided that reasonable notice shall be provided to Utah prior to any such filing).
Any attempted transfer in violation of this Lock-Up Agreement will be of no effect and null and void, regardless of whether the purported transferee has any actual or constructive knowledge of the transfer restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement, and will not be recorded on the share register of Utah. In furtherance of the foregoing, the undersigned agrees that Utah and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement. Utah may cause the legend set forth below, or a legend substantially equivalent thereto, to be placed upon any certificate(s) or other documents, ledgers or instruments evidencing the undersigneds ownership of Utah Common Stock:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO AND MAY ONLY BE TRANSFERRED IN COMPLIANCE WITH A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that if the Merger Agreement is terminated for any reason, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement. The undersigned understands that Utah and the Company are proceeding with the Contemplated Transactions in reliance upon this Lock-Up Agreement.
Any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon Utah or the Company will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or equity, and the exercise by Utah or the Company of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The undersigned agrees that irreparable damage would occur to Utah and/or the Company in the event that any provision of this Lock-Up Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that Utah and the Company shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Lock-Up Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which Utah or the Company is entitled at Law or in equity, and the undersigned waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of Utah or the Company with respect thereto.
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In the event that any holder of Utah securities that are subject to a substantially similar agreement entered into by such holder, other than the undersigned, is permitted by Utah to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of shares of Utah Common Stock for value other than as permitted by this or a substantially similar agreement entered into by such holder, the same percentage of shares of Utah Common Stock held by the undersigned shall be immediately and fully released on the same terms from any remaining restrictions set forth herein (the Pro-Rata Release); provided, however, that such Pro-Rata Release shall not be applied unless and until permission has been granted by Utah to an equity holder or equity holders to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of all or a portion of such equity holders shares of Utah Common Stock in an aggregate amount in excess of 1% of the number of shares of Utah Common Stock originally subject to a substantially similar agreement.
Upon the release of any of the Undersigneds Shares from this Lock-Up Agreement, Utah will cooperate with the undersigned to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Undersigned Shares without the restrictive legend above or the withdrawal of any stop transfer instructions.
This Lock-Up Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the state of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of Laws principles thereof.
This Lock-Up Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Lock-Up Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by Utah, the Company and the undersigned by facsimile or electronic transmission in .pdf format shall be sufficient to bind such parties to the terms and conditions of this Lock-Up Agreement.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CVR AGREEMENT
FORM OF
CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of [], 2020, is entered into by and among Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and [Rights Agent], a national banking association, as Rights Agent (as defined herein).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, Utah Merger Sub 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (First Merger Sub), Utah Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (Second Merger Sub and together with First Merger Sub, Merger Subs), and Kiq, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Kiq), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 6, 2020 (the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which (i) First Merger Sub will merge with and into Kiq (the First Merger), with Kiq surviving the First Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, Kiq will merger with and into Second Merger Sub (the Second Merger and together with the First Merger, the Merger), with Second Merger Sub surviving the Second Merger;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, the Company has agreed to provide to the Holders (as defined herein) contingent value rights as hereinafter described;
WHEREAS, the parties have done all things reasonably necessary to make the contingent value rights, when issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement and hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company and to make this Agreement a valid and binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the consummation of the transactions referred to above, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement. The following terms have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
Acting Holders means, at the time of determination, the Holders of more than 25% of the outstanding CVRs, as reflected on the CVR Register.
Assignee has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5.
Calendar Quarter means the successive periods of three (3) consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, for so long as this Agreement is in effect; provided, however that (a) the first Calendar Quarter shall commence on the date of this Agreement and shall end on the first September 30 thereafter, and (b) the last Calendar Quarter shall commence on the first day after the full Calendar Quarter immediately preceding the effective date of the termination or expiration of this Agreement and shall end on the effective date of the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Common Stock means the common stock, $0.001 par value, of the Company.
CVR means a contingent contractual right of Holders to receive CVR Payments pursuant to the Merger Agreement and this Agreement.
CVR Cash Payment means a cash payment equal to the Net Proceeds received by the Company in a given Calendar Quarter ending on or after March 31, 2021.
CVR Payment means any CVR Cash Payment or CVR Share Payment; provided that the Company, in its reasonable discretion as resolved by the Companys Board of Directors, may withhold up to 10% of any CVR Payment to provide for the satisfaction of (i) indemnity obligations under any Disposition Agreement in excess of any escrow fund established therein, in each case to the extent not already deducted as Permitted Deductions and (ii) any Loss arising out of any third-party claims, demands, actions, or other proceedings relating to or in connection with any Potentially Transferable Assets during the CVR Term; provided, further, that any such withheld Net Proceeds shall be distributed (net of any Permitted Deductions satisfied therefrom) to the Holders no later than three (3) years following the date such Net Proceeds would have otherwise been distributed to the Holders in the CVR Payment from which such Net Proceeds were otherwise deducted.
CVR Payment Amount means with respect to each CVR Payment and each Holder, an amount equal to such CVR Payment divided by the total number of CVRs and then multiplied by the total number of CVRs held by such Holder as reflected on the CVR Register.
CVR Payment Period means a period equal to a Calendar Quarter ending at any time after the effective date of a Disposition Agreement.
CVR Payment Statement means, for a given CVR Payment Period during the CVR Term, a written statement of the Company, signed on behalf of the Company setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the applicable CVR Payment for such CVR Payment Period.
CVR Register has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
CVR Share Payment means a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient determined by dividing (i) the Net Proceeds received by the Company in a given Calendar Quarter ending on or prior to December 31, 2020 by (ii) the closing price of a share of Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (or such other Nasdaq market on which the Common Stock then trades) on the Closing Date.
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CVR Term means the period beginning on the Closing and ending upon the third anniversary of this Agreement.
Disposition means the sale, license, transfer or disposition of any Potentially Transferable Asset (including any such sale or disposition of equity securities in any Subsidiary established by the Company to hold any right, title or interest in or to any Potentially Transferable Asset), in each case during the Disposition Period.
Disposition Agreement means a definitive written agreement providing for a transaction or series of transactions between the Company or its Affiliates and any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Company regarding a Disposition.
Disposition Period means the period beginning on the execution date of the Merger Agreement and ending on December 31, 2020.
Gross Proceeds means, without duplication, the sum of all cash consideration or marketable securities actually received by the Company or its Affiliates during the CVR Term in consideration for a Disposition pursuant to a Disposition Agreement. The value of any marketable securities (whether debt or equity) shall be equal to the volume weighted average of their closing market prices for the five (5) trading days ending the day prior to the date of payment to, or receipt by, the Company or its relevant Affiliate.
Holder means, at the relevant time, a Person in whose name CVRs are registered in the CVR Register.
Loss has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(g).
Net Proceeds means, for any CVR Payment Period, Gross Proceeds minus Permitted Deductions, all as calculated, to the extent in accordance with GAAP, in a manner consistent with the Companys accounting practices and the most recently filed annual audited financial statements with the SEC, except as otherwise set forth herein. For clarity, to the extent Permitted Deductions exceed Gross Proceeds for any CVR Payment Period, any excess Permitted Deductions shall be applied against Gross Proceeds in subsequent CVR Payment Periods.
Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company, in their respective official capacities.
Party means the Company or the Rights Agent.
Permitted Deductions means the sum of:
(a) any applicable Tax (including any applicable value added or sales taxes) imposed on Gross Proceeds and payable by the Company or any of its Affiliates (regardless of whether the due date for such Taxes arises during or after the Disposition Period) and, without duplication, any income or other similar Taxes payable by the Company or any of its Affiliates that would not have been incurred by the Company or any of its Affiliates but for the Gross
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Proceeds; provided that, for purposes of calculating income Taxes incurred by the Company or its Affiliates in respect of the Gross Proceeds, any such income Taxes shall be computed based on the gain recognized by the Company or its Affiliates from the Disposition after reduction for any net operating loss carryforwards or other Tax attributes of the Company or its Affiliates as of the Closing Date that are available to offset such gain after taking into account any limits of the usability of such attributes, including under Section 382 of the Code as determined by the Companys tax advisers (and for the sake of clarity such income taxes shall be calculated without taking into account any net operating losses or other tax attributes generated by the Company or its Affiliates after the Closing Dates);
(b) any expenses incurred by the Company or any of its Affiliates in respect of its performance of this Agreement following the Closing Date or in respect of its performance of any Contract in connection with any Potentially Transferable Asset, including any costs related to the prosecution, maintenance or enforcement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of intellectual property rights (but excluding any costs related to a breach of this Agreement, including costs incurred in litigation in respect of the same);
(c) any expenses incurred or accrued by the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with the negotiation, entry into and closing of any Disposition of any Potentially Transferable Asset, including any brokerage fee, finders fee, opinion fee, success fee, transaction fee, service fee or other fee, commission or expense owed to any broker, finder, investment bank, auditor, accountant, counsel, advisor or other third party in relation thereto;
(d) any Losses incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Company or any of its Affiliates arising out of any third-party claims, demands, actions, or other proceedings relating to or in connection with any Disposition, including indemnification obligations of the Company or any of its Affiliates set forth in any Disposition Agreement;
(e) any proceeds in consideration for a Disposition pursuant to a Disposition Agreement included in the final determination of Utah Net Cash in accordance with the Merger Agreement;
(f) any Liabilities borne by the Company or any of its Affiliates pursuant to Contracts related to Potentially Transferable Assets, including costs arising from the termination thereof; and
(g) any Liabilities existing or incurred during the CVR Term that would have been required to be included in the calculation of Utah Net Cash to the extent not taken account in the calculation of Utah Net Cash.
Permitted Transfer means a transfer of CVRs (a) upon death of a Holder by will or intestacy; (b) pursuant to a court order; (c) by operation of law (including by consolidation or merger) or without consideration in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or termination of any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity; (d) in the case of CVRs held in book-entry or other similar nominee form, from a nominee to a beneficial owner and, if applicable, through an intermediary, to the extent allowable by DTC; or (e) as provided in Section 2.6.
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Potentially Transferable Assets means the tangible and intangible assets primarily used in or primarily related to the Companys Bolt-On Chimeric Receptor (BOXR) technology, Antibody-Coupled T cell Receptor (ACTR) technology, Autologous Cell Therapy Industrial Automation (ACTIA) technology or Cell On-site Processing (COPR) technology.
Rights Agent means the Rights Agent named in the first paragraph of this Agreement, until a successor Rights Agent will have become the Rights Agent pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter Rights Agent will mean such successor Rights Agent.
Special Committee has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
ARTICLE 2
CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS
Section 2.1 Holders of CVRs; Appointment of Rights Agent.
(a) The CVRs represent the rights of Holders to receive CVR Cash Payments or CVR Share Payments pursuant to this Agreement. The initial Holders will be the holders of Common Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. One CVR will be issued with respect to each share of Common Stock that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those shares of Common Stock issued upon settlement of Utah Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Section 6.7 of the Merger Agreement).
(b) the Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as Rights Agent for the Company in accordance with the express terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment.
Section 2.2 Non-transferable.
The CVRs may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or in any other manner transferred or disposed of, in whole or in part, other than through a Permitted Transfer. The CVRs will not be listed on any quotation system or traded on any securities exchange.
Section 2.3 No Certificate; Registration; Registration of Transfer; Change of Address.
(a) The CVRs will be issued in book-entry form only and will not be evidenced by a certificate or other instrument.
(b) The Rights Agent shall create and maintain a register (the CVR Register) for the purpose of registering CVRs and Permitted Transfers. The CVR Register will be created, and CVRs will be distributed, pursuant to written instructions to the Rights Agent from the Acting Holders. The CVR Register will initially show one position for Cede & Co. representing shares of Common Stock held by DTC on behalf of the street holders of the shares of Common Stock held by such holders as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. The Rights Agent will have no responsibility whatsoever directly to the street name holders with respect to transfers of CVRs. With respect to any payments or issuances to be made under
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Section 2.4 below, the Rights Agent will accomplish the payment to any former street name holders of shares Common Stock by sending one lump-sum payment or issuance to DTC. The Rights Agent will have no responsibilities whatsoever with regard to the distribution of payments or shares of Common Stock by DTC to such street name holders.
(c) Subject to the restrictions on transferability set forth in Section 2.2, every request made to transfer a CVR must be in writing and accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Rights Agent pursuant to its guidelines, including a guaranty of signature by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, duly executed by the Holder thereof, the Holders attorney duly authorized in writing, the Holders personal representative or the Holders survivor, and setting forth in reasonable detail the circumstances relating to the transfer. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Rights Agent shall, subject to its reasonable determination that the transfer instrument is in proper form and the transfer otherwise complies with the other terms and conditions of this Agreement (including the provisions of Section 2.2), register the transfer of the CVRs in the CVR Register. The Company and Rights Agent may require evidence of payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp, documentary, registration, or other Tax or governmental charge that is imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer (or evidence that such Taxes and charges are not applicable). The Rights Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any action under any section of this Agreement that requires the payment by a Holder of a CVR of applicable taxes or charges unless and until the Rights Agent is satisfied that all such taxes or charges have been paid. All duly transferred CVRs registered in the CVR Register will be the valid obligations of the Company and will entitle the transferee to the same benefits and rights under this Agreement as those held immediately prior to the transfer by the transferor. No transfer of a CVR will be valid until registered in the CVR Register.
(d) A Holder may make a written request to the Rights Agent to change such Holders address of record in the CVR Register. The written request must be duly executed by the Holder. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Rights Agent shall, subject to its reasonable determination that the transfer instrument is in proper form, promptly record the change of address in the CVR Register. The Acting Holders may make a written request to the Rights Agent for a list containing the names, addresses and number of CVRs of the Holders that are registered in the CVR Register. Upon receipt of such written request from the Acting Holders, the Rights Agent shall promptly deliver a copy of such list to the Acting Holders.
(e) Acting Holders the Company will provide written instructions to the Rights Agent for the distribution of CVRs to holders of Common Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the Record Time). Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Companys prompt confirmation of the Effective Time, the Rights Agent shall effect the distribution of the CVRs, less any applicable tax withholding, to each holder of Common Stock as of the Record Time by the mailing of a statement of holding reflecting such CVRs.
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Section 2.4 Payment Procedures.
(a) No later than forty-five (45) days following the end of each Calendar Quarter that ends on or prior to December 31, 2020, commencing with the first CVR Payment Period in which the Company or its Affiliates receives Gross Proceeds, the Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent a CVR Payment Statement for such CVR Payment Period. Concurrent with the delivery of each CVR Payment Statement, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will make appropriate arrangements with the Rights Agent for shares of Common Stock represented by book-entry shares to be issued as the CVR Share Payment. Upon receipt of the book-entry shares referred to in the foregoing sentence, the Rights Agent shall promptly (and in any event, within ten (10) Business Days) distribute to each Holder by book-entry an amount of shares of Common Stock equal to such Holders CVR Payment Amount; provided that to the extent the foregoing would result in a Holder receiving a fractional share of Common Stock, such Holder shall forfeit such fractional share. The Rights Agent shall promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a CVR Payment Statement under this Section 2.4(a), send each Holder at its registered address a copy of such statement. For the avoidance of doubt the Company shall have no further liability in respect of the relevant CVR Share Payment upon delivery instructions to the Rights Agents of such CVR Share Payment in accordance with this Section 2.4(a) and the satisfaction of each of the Company obligations set forth in this Section 2.4(a).
(b) No later than forty-five (45) days following the end of each Calendar Quarter during the CVR Term beginning with the Calendar Quarter ending on March 31, 2021, commencing with the first CVR Payment Period in which the Company or its Affiliates receives Gross Proceeds, the Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent a CVR Payment Statement for the such CVR Payment Period. Concurrent with the delivery of each CVR Payment Statement, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall pay the Rights Agent in U.S. dollars an amount equal to one-hundred percent (100%) of the Net Proceeds (if any) (subject to the proviso in the definition of the term CVR Payment) for the applicable CVR Payment Period. Such amount of Net Proceeds will be transferred by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Rights Agent not less than twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date of the applicable payment. Upon receipt of the wire transfer referred to in the foregoing sentence, the Rights Agent shall promptly (and in any event, within ten (10) Business Days) pay, by check mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the address each Holder set forth in the CVR Register at such time or by other method of deliver as specified by the applicable Holder in writing to the Rights Agent, an amount equal to such Holders CVR Payment Amount. The Rights Agent shall promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a CVR Payment Statement under this Section 2.4(b), send each Holder at its registered address a copy of such statement. For the avoidance of doubt the Company shall have no further liability in respect of the relevant CVR Cash Payment upon delivery of such CVR Cash Payment in accordance with this Section 2.4(b) and the satisfaction of each of the Companys obligations set forth in this Section 2.4(b).
(c) The Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, or cause the Rights Agent to deduct and withhold, any tax or similar governmental charge or levy, that is required to be deducted or withheld under applicable law from any amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement (Withholding Taxes). To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Company or the Rights Agent, as the case may be, and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made. The Rights Agent shall solicit from each Holder an IRS Form W-9 or applicable IRS Form W-8 at
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such time or times as is necessary to permit any payment under this Agreement to be made without U.S. federal backup withholding. In the event the Company becomes aware that a payment under this Agreement is subject to Withholding Taxes (other than U.S. federal backup withholding), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide written notice to the Rights Agent and the Rights Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide written notice of such Withholding Taxes to the applicable Holders and the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts cooperate with one another to minimize taxes required by applicable law to be withheld or deducted from any payments made under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that notice has been provided to an applicable Holder pursuant to this Section 2.4(c), no further notice shall be required to be given for any future payments of such Withholding Tax.
(d) Any portion of a CVR Payment that remains undistributed to the Holders six (6) months after the applicable Calendar Quarter end (including by means of uncashed checks or invalid addresses on the CVR Register) will be delivered by the Rights Agent to the Company or a person nominated in writing by the Company (with written notice thereof from the Company to the Rights Agent), and any Holder will thereafter look only to the Company for payment of such CVR Payment (which shall be without interest).
(e) If any CVR Payment (or portion thereof) remains unclaimed by a Holder two (2) years after the applicable Calendar Quarter end (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which such CVR Payment would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority), such CVR Payment (or portion thereof) will, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Company and will be transferred to the Company or a person nominated in writing by the Company (with written notice thereof from the Company to the Rights Agent), free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto, and no consideration or compensation shall be payable therefor. Neither the Company nor the Rights Agent will be liable to any Person in respect of a CVR Payment delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar legal requirement under applicable Law. In addition to and not in limitation of any other indemnity obligation herein, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Rights Agent with respect to any liability, penalty, cost or expense the Rights Agent may incur or be subject to in connection with transferring such property to the Company, a public office or a person nominated in writing by the Company.
Section 2.5 No Voting, Dividends or Interest; No Equity or Ownership Interest.
(a) Except for those associated with an actual CVR Share Payment, if and when issued, the CVRs will not have any voting or dividend rights, and interest will not accrue on any amounts payable in respect of CVRs to any Holder.
(b) Except for those associated with an actual CVR Share Payment, if and when issued, the CVRs will not represent any equity or ownership interest in the Company or in any constituent company to the Merger. It is hereby acknowledged and agreed that a CVR shall not constitute a security of the Company.
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(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon any Holder, by virtue of the CVRs, any rights or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever as a stockholder or member of the Company or any of its subsidiaries either at law or in equity. The rights of any Holder and the obligations of the Company and its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors and controlling Persons are contract rights limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement.
(d) It is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the CVRs and the possibility of any payment hereunder with respect thereto are highly speculative and subject to numerous factors outside of the Companys control, and there is no assurance that Holders will receive any payments under this Agreement or in connection with the CVRs. Each Holder acknowledges that it is highly possible that no Disposition will occur prior to the expiration of the Disposition Period and that there will not be any Gross Proceeds that may be the subject of a CVR Payment Amount. It is further acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor its Affiliates owe, by virtue of their obligations under this Agreement, a fiduciary duty or any implied duties to the Holders and the parties hereto intend solely the express provisions of this Agreement to govern their contractual relationship with respect to the CVRs. It is acknowledged and agreed that this Section 2.5(d) is an essential and material term of this Agreement.
Section 2.6 Ability to Abandon CVR.
A Holder may at any time, at such Holders option, abandon all of such Holders remaining rights represented by CVRs by transferring such CVR to the Company or a Person nominated in writing by the Company (with written notice thereof from the Company to the Rights Agent) without consideration in compensation therefor, and such rights will be cancelled, with the Rights Agent being promptly notified in writing by the Company of such transfer and cancellation. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prohibit the Company or its Affiliates from offering to acquire or acquiring CVRs, in private transactions or otherwise, for consideration in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE 3
THE RIGHTS AGENT
Section 3.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The Rights Agent will not have any liability for any actions taken or not taken in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent such liability arises as a result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of the Rights Agent (in each case as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of court of competent jurisdiction). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any liability of the Rights Agent under this Agreement will be limited to the amount of annual fees paid by the Company to the Rights Agent in connection with this Agreement (but not including reimbursable expenses and other charges). Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event will the Rights Agent be liable for special, punitive, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damages of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, lost profits), even if the Rights Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damages, and regardless of the form of action.
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(b) The Rights Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility in the case of the receipt of any written demand from any Holder with respect to any action or default by any person or entity, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or to make any demand upon the Company or Kiq. The Rights Agent may (but shall not be required to) enforce all rights of action under this Agreement and any related claim, action, suit, audit, investigation or proceeding instituted by the Rights Agent may be brought in its name as the Rights Agent and any recovery in connection therewith will be for the proportionate benefit of all the Holders, as their respective rights or interests may appear on the CVR Register.
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Rights Agent.
(a) The Rights Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Agreement against the Rights Agent.
(b) The Rights Agent may rely and will be protected by the Company in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order or other paper or document believed by it in the absence of bad faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by or on behalf of the Company.
(c) Whenever the Rights Agent deems it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, the Rights Agent may (i) rely upon an Officers Certificate, which certificate shall be full authorization and protection to the Rights Agent, and the Rights Agent shall, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) on its part, and (ii) incur no liability and be held harmless by the Company for or in respect of any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such Officers Certificate.
(d) The Rights Agent may engage and consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel will, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct (in each case, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) on the part of the Rights Agent, be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or not taken by the Rights Agent in reliance thereon.
(e) Any permissive rights of the Rights Agent hereunder will not be construed as a duty.
(f) The Rights Agent will not be required to give any note or surety in respect of the execution of its powers or otherwise under this Agreement.
(g) The Company agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold the Rights Agent harmless from and against, any loss, liability, damage, judgment, fine, penalty, cost or expense (each, a Loss) suffered or incurred by the Rights Agent and arising out of or in connection with the Rights Agents performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including the reasonable and documented costs and expenses of defending the Rights Agent
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against any claims, charges, demands, actions or suits arising out of or in connection in connection with the execution, acceptance, administration, exercise and performance of its duties under this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability arising therefrom, directly or indirectly, or enforcing its rights hereunder, except to the extent such Loss has been determined by a final non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the Rights Agents gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; provided that this Section 3.2(g) shall not apply with respect to income, receipt, franchise or similar Taxes.
(h) The Company agrees (i) to pay the fees of the Rights Agent in connection with the Rights Agents performance of its obligations hereunder, as agreed upon in writing by the Rights Agent and the Company on or prior to the date of this Agreement, and (ii) to reimburse the Rights Agent for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses and other disbursements incurred in the preparation, delivery, negotiation, amendment, administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder, including all stamp and transfer Taxes (and excluding for the avoidance of doubt, any income, receipt, franchise or similar Taxes) and governmental charges, incurred by the Rights Agent in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except that the Company will have no obligation to pay the fees of the Rights Agent or reimburse the Rights Agent for the fees of counsel in connection with any lawsuit initiated by the Rights Agent on behalf of itself or the Holders, except in the case of any suit enforcing the provisions of Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b) or Section 3.2(g), if the Company is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Rights Agent or the Holders, as applicable in such suit.
(i) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it believes that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(j) The Rights Agent shall not be subject to, nor be required to comply with, or determine if any Person has complied with, the Merger Agreement or any other agreement between or among any the Company, Kiq or Holders, even though reference thereto may be made in this Agreement, or to comply with any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
(k) In the event the Rights Agent reasonably believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Rights Agent hereunder, the Rights Agent shall, as soon as practicable, provide notice to the Company, and the Rights Agent, may, in its sole discretion, refrain from taking any action, and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the Company or any Holder or any other Person for refraining from taking such action, unless the Rights Agent receives written instructions from the Company or such Holder or other Person which eliminate such ambiguity or uncertainty to the reasonable satisfaction of the Rights Agent;
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(l) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorney or agents and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorney or agents or for any loss to the Company or Kiq resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, absent gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) in the selection and continued employment thereof.
(m) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, and all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
(n) The Rights Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company and shall not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust with any of the owners or holders of the CVRs. The Rights Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility in the case of the receipt of any written demand from any Holders with respect to any action or default by the Company, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or to make any demand upon the Company.
(o) The Rights Agent may rely on and be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon (a) any guaranty of signature by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or other comparable signature guarantee program or insurance program in addition to, or in substitution for, the foregoing; or (b) any law, act, regulation or any interpretation of the same even though such law, act, or regulation may thereafter have been altered, changed, amended or repealed.
(p) The Rights Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of its obligations relating to any registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or this Agreement, including without limitation obligations under applicable regulation or law.
(q) The obligations of the Company and the rights of the Rights Agent under this Section 3.2, Section 3.1 and Section 2.4 shall survive the expiration of the CVRs and the termination of this Agreement and the resignation, replacement or removal of the Rights Agent.
Section 3.3 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) The Rights Agent may resign at any time by written notice to the Company. Any such resignation notice shall specify the date on which such resignation will take effect (which shall be at least thirty (30) days following the date that such resignation notice is delivered), and such resignation will be effective on the earlier of (x) the date so specified and (y) the appointment of a successor Rights Agent.
(b) The Company will have the right to remove the Rights Agent at any time by written notice to the Rights Agent, specifying the date on which such removal will take effect. Such notice will be given at least thirty (30) days prior to the date so specified (or, if earlier, the appointment of the successor Rights Agent).
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(c) If the Rights Agent resigns, is removed or becomes incapable of acting, the Company will promptly appoint a qualified successor Rights Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company fails to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent, then the incumbent Rights Agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. The successor Rights Agent so appointed will, upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with this Section 3.3(c) and Section 3.4, become the Rights Agent for all purposes hereunder.
(d) The Company will give notice to the Holders of each resignation or removal of the Rights Agent and each appointment of a successor Rights Agent in accordance with Section 7.2. Each notice will include the name and address of the successor Rights Agent. If the Company fails to send such notice within ten (10) Business Days after acceptance of appointment by a successor Rights Agent, the successor Rights Agent will cause the notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.3, unless consented to in writing by the Acting Holders, the Company will not appoint as a successor Rights Agent any Person that is not a stock transfer agent of national reputation or the corporate trust department of a commercial bank.
(f) The Rights Agent will reasonably cooperate with the Company and any successor Rights Agent in connection with the transition of the duties and responsibilities of the Rights Agent to the successor Rights Agent, including the transfer of all relevant data, including the CVR Register, to the successor Rights Agent, but such predecessor Rights Agent shall not be required to make any additional expenditure or assume any additional liability in connection with the foregoing.
Section 3.4 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
Every successor Rights Agent appointed hereunder will, at or prior to such appointment, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the resigning or removed Rights Agent an instrument accepting such appointment and a counterpart of this Agreement, and such successor Rights Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, will become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the Rights Agent; provided that upon the request of the Company or the successor Rights Agent, such resigning or removed Rights Agent will execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Rights Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of such resigning or removed Rights Agent.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 List of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Rights Agent, in such form as the Company receives from the Companys transfer agent (or other agent performing similar services for the Company), the names and addresses of the Holders within fifteen (15) Business Days following the Closing Date.
Section 4.2 CVR Committee; Efforts.
(a) The Companys Board has delegated to a special committee of the Companys Board of Directors (the Special Committee) the sole responsibility, authority and discretion during the Disposition Period with respect to (i) managing the Potentially Transferable Assets, and (ii) conducting any sale process (including engagement of advisors) with respect to a Disposition during the Disposition Period. The Special Committee shall also be empowered with the authority to authorize and direct any officer of the Company to negotiate, execute and deliver a definitive written agreement with respect to an Disposition Agreement in the name and on behalf of the Company; provided, however, that no Disposition Agreement shall be entered into without the approval of the Companys Board of Directors.
(b) The delegation of responsibility and authority to the Special Committee set forth in Section 4.2(a) shall not be revoked or modified at any time during the Disposition Period. The Special Committee and the Companys Board of Directors shall not owe fiduciary duties to the Holders (in their capacity as such) and shall not have any liability to the Holders for any actions taken or not taken in connection with the matters set forth herein. No provision of this Agreement shall require the Special Committee or any members thereof to expend or risk its, his or her own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any duties hereunder or in the exercise of any rights or powers.
(c) The Holders shall be intended third-party beneficiaries of the provisions of this Agreement and shall be entitled to specifically enforce the terms hereof; provided, that under no circumstances shall the rights of Holders as third-party beneficiaries pursuant to this Section 4 be enforceable by such Holders or any other Person acting for or on their behalf other than the Special Committee. The Special Committee has the sole power and authority to act on behalf of the Holders in enforcing any of their rights hereunder.
(d) During the Disposition Period, if and to the extent the Special Committee authorizes the execution and delivery of a Disposition Agreement, the Company will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to effectuate the Disposition of the Potentially Transferable Assets pursuant to such Disposition Agreement in accordance with its terms.
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall not, and shall not permit its Affiliates to: (i) amend any Disposition Agreement, or waive any right thereunder if such amendment or waiver materially and adversely affects the rights of the Holders to receive the CVR Payment Amounts hereunder, unless the Special Committee consents to each such amendment or waiver, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned; (ii) assign any Disposition Agreement without the consent of the Special Committee, unless such assignee agrees to assume all obligations under, and agrees to be bound in writing to the terms of, a Disposition Agreement and this Agreement; or (iii) intentionally take any action for the principal purpose of reducing the amount of CVR Payment Amounts payable under this Agreement.
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(f) Except as set forth in Article 3, Section 4.2(a) and Section 4.2(b), none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have any obligation or liability whatsoever to any Person relating to or in connection with any action, or failure to act, with respect to the sale of the Potentially Transferable Assets.
(g) Following the Disposition Period, the Company shall be permitted to take any action in respect of the Potentially Transferable Assets in order to satisfy any wind-down and termination Liabilities of the Potentially Transferable Assets.
Section 4.3 Prohibited Actions. Unless approved by the Special Committee, prior to the end of the Disposition Period, the Company shall not grant any lien, security interest, pledge or similar interest in any Potentially Transferable Assets or any Net Proceeds. Unless approved by the Special Committee, prior to end of the Disposition Period, the Company shall not, and shall not permit its Affiliates to, grant, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any Potentially Transferrable Assets (including any option to obtain rights) to any third party.
Section 4.4 Books and Records. Until the end of the CVR Term, the Company shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, keep true, complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to enable the Rights Agent to confirm the applicable CVR Payment Amount payable hereunder in accordance with the terms specified in this Agreement.
Section 4.5 Audits. Until the expiration of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, the Company shall keep complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the Rights Agent to confirm the accuracy of the payments due hereunder. The Rights Agent or the Acting Holders shall each have the right to cause an independent accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Company to audit such records for the sole purpose of confirming payments for a period covering not more than the date commencing with the first CVR Payment Period in which the Company or its Affiliates receives Gross Proceeds and ending on the last day of the CVR Term. The Company may require such accounting firm to execute a reasonable confidentiality agreement with the Company prior to commencing the audit. The accounting firm shall disclose to Rights Agent or the Acting Holders, as applicable, only whether the reports are correct or not and the specific details concerning any discrepancies. No other information shall be shared. Such audits may be conducted during normal business hours upon reasonable prior written notice to the Company, but no more than frequently than once per year. No accounting period of the Company shall be subject to audit more than one time by the Rights Agent or the Acting Holders, as applicable, unless after an accounting period has been audited by the Rights Agent or the Acting Holders, as applicable, the Company restates its financial results for such accounting period, in which event the Rights Agent or the Acting Holders, as applicable, may conduct a second audit of such accounting period in accordance with this Section 4.5. Adjustments (including remittances of underpayments or overpayments disclosed by such audit) shall be made by the Parties to reflect the results of such audit, which adjustments shall be paid promptly following receipt of an invoice therefor. The Rights Agent or the Acting Holders, as applicable, shall bear the full cost and expense of such audit unless such audit discloses an underpayment by the Company of twenty percent (20%) or more of the CVR Payment Amount due under this Agreement, in which case the Company shall bear the full cost and expense of such audit.
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ARTICLE 5
AMENDMENTS
Section 5.1 Amendments Without Consent of Holders or Rights Agent.
(a) The Company, at any time and from time to time, may (without the consent of any Person, other than the Rights Agent with such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) enter into one or more amendments to this Agreement for any of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the appointment of another Person as a successor Rights Agent and the assumption by any successor Rights Agent of the covenants and obligations of the Rights Agent herein in accordance with the provisions hereof;
(ii) subject to Section 6.1, to evidence the succession of another person to the Company and the assumption of any such successor of the covenants of the Company outlined herein in a transaction contemplated by Section 6.1;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as the Company and the Rights Agent will consider to be for the protection and benefit of the Holders; provided that in each case, such provisions do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders;
(iv) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision in this Agreement, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement; provided that, in each case, such provisions do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders;
(v) as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the CVRs are not subject to registration under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any applicable state securities or blue sky laws;
(vi) as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the Company is not required to produce a prospectus or an admission document in order to comply with applicable Law;
(vii) to cancel the CVRs (i) in the event that any Holder has abandoned its rights in accordance with Section 2.6, (ii) in order to give effect to the provisions of Section 2.7 or (iii) following a transfer of such CVRs to the Company or its Affiliates in accordance with Section 2.2 or Section 2.3;
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(viii) as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the Company complies with applicable Law; or
(ix) to effect any other amendment to this Agreement for the purpose of adding, eliminating or changing any provisions of this Agreements, provided that, in each case, such additions, eliminations or changes do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders.
(b) Promptly after the execution by the Company of any amendment pursuant to this Section 5.1, the Company will (or will cause the Rights Agent to) notify the Holders in general terms of the substance of such amendment in accordance with Section 7.2.
Section 5.2 Amendments with Consent of Holders.
(a) In addition to any amendments to this Agreement that may be made by the Company without the consent of any Holder pursuant to Section 5.1, with the consent of the Acting Holders (whether evidenced in a writing or taken at a meeting of the Holders), the Company and the Rights Agent may enter into one or more amendments to this Agreement for the purpose of adding, eliminating or amending any provisions of this Agreement, even if such addition, elimination or amendment is adverse to the interests of the Holders.
(b) Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Rights Agent of any amendment pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.2, the Company will (or will cause the Rights Agent to) notify the Holders in general terms of the substance of such amendment in accordance with Section 7.2.
Section 5.3 Effect of Amendments.
Upon the execution of any amendment under this Article 5, this Agreement will be modified in accordance therewith, such amendment will form a part of this Agreement for all purposes and every Holder will be bound thereby. Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company which states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 5, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights Agent shall not be required to execute any supplement or amendment to this Agreement that it has determined would adversely affect its own rights, duties, obligations or immunities under this Agreement. No supplement or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective unless duly executed by the Rights Agent.
ARTICLE 6
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 6.1 The Company May Not Consolidate, Etc.
During the CVR Term, the Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
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(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or that leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (the Surviving Person) shall expressly assume payment of amounts on all CVRs (when and as due hereunder) and the performance of every duty and covenant of this Agreement on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; and
(b) The Company has delivered to the Rights Agent an Officers Certificate, stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease complies with this Article 6 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 6.2 Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of or merger by the Company with or into any other Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 6.1, the Surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement with the same effect as if the Surviving Person had been named as the Company herein.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Notices to Rights Agent and to the Company.
All notices, requests and other communications (each, a Notice) to any party hereunder shall be in writing. Such Notice shall be deemed given (a) on the date of delivery, if delivered in person, by FedEx or other internationally recognized overnight courier service or, (except with respect to any Person other than the Rights Agent), by e-mail (upon confirmation of receipt) prior to 5:00 p.m. in the time zone of the receiving party or on the next Business Day, if delivered after 5:00 p.m. in the time zone of the receiving party or (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch, if delivered by FedEx or by other internationally recognized overnight courier service (upon proof of delivery), addressed as follows:
if to the Rights Agent, to:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
150 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
Email: []
if to the Company, to:
Unum Therapeutics Inc.
200 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 3100
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
Email: []
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with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:
[]
Attention: []
Email: []
or to such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other parties hereto.
Section 7.2 Notice to Holders.
All Notices required to be given to the Holders will be given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at such Holders address as set forth in the CVR Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the sending of such Notice, if any, and will be deemed given on the date of mailing. In any case where notice to the Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such Notice, nor any defect in any Notice so mailed, to any particular Holder will affect the sufficiency of such Notice with respect to other Holders.
Section 7.3 Entire Agreement.
As between the Company and the Rights Agent, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, notwithstanding the reference to any other agreement herein, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
Section 7.4 Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.
Any Person into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the stock transfer or other shareholder services business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such Person would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 3.3. The purchase of all or substantially all of the Rights Agents assets employed in the performance of transfer agent activities shall be deemed a merger or consolidation for purposes of this Section 7.4.
Section 7.5 Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement will be binding upon, and will be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the Holders, the Company and the Rights Agent and their respective successors and assigns. Except for assignments pursuant to Section 7.4, the Rights Agent may not assign this Agreement without the Companys prior written consent. Subject to Section 5.1(a)(ii) and Article 6 hereof, the Company may assign, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any other party, any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to one or more of its
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Affiliates or to any Person with whom the Company is merged or consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Company shall be a party (each, an Assignee); provided, that in connection with any assignment to an Assignee, the Company shall agree to remain liable for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder (to the extent the Company exists following such assignment). The Company or an Assignee may not otherwise assign this Agreement without the prior consent of the Acting Holders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Any attempted assignment of this Agreement in violation of this Section 7.5 will be void ab initio and of no effect.
Section 7.6 Benefits of Agreement; Action by Acting Holders.
Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, will give to any Person (other than the Company, the Rights Agent, the Holders and their respective permitted successors and assigns hereunder) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent, the Holders and their permitted successors and assigns. The Holders will have no rights hereunder except as are expressly set forth herein. Except for the rights of the Rights Agent set forth herein, the Acting Holders will have the sole right, on behalf of all Holders, by virtue of or under any provision of this Agreement, to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity with respect to this Agreement, and no individual Holder or other group of Holders will be entitled to exercise such rights.
Section 7.7 Governing Law.
This Agreement and the CVRs will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state.
Section 7.8 Jurisdiction.
In any action or proceeding between any of the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, each of the parties hereto: (a) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware, County of New Castle, or, if under applicable Law exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the Federal courts, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (and appellate courts thereof); (b) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in accordance with clause (a) of this Section 7.8; (c) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding in such courts; (d) waives any objection that such courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any Party; and (e) agrees that service of process upon such Party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 of this Agreement.
Section 7.9 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES
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THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATION OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.9.
Section 7.10 Severability Clause.
In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application of any such provision to any Person or set of circumstances, is for any reason determined to be invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement, and the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is determined to be invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable, will not be impaired or otherwise affected and will continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law. Upon such a determination, the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible; provided, however, that if an excluded provision shall affect the rights, immunities, liabilities, duties or obligations of the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent shall be entitled to resign immediately upon written Notice to the Company.
Section 7.11 Counterparts; Effectiveness.
This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement or any counterpart may be executed and delivered by facsimile copies or delivered by electronic communications by portable document format (.pdf), each of which shall be deemed an original. This Agreement will become effective when each party hereto will have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto, this Agreement will have no effect and no party will have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any oral or written agreement or any other communication).
Section 7.12 Termination.
This Agreement will automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect and, except as provided in Section 3.2, the parties hereto will have no further liability hereunder, and the CVRs will expire without any consideration or compensation therefor, upon the expiration of the CVR Term. The termination of this Agreement will not affect or limit the right of Holders to receive the CVR Payments under Section 2.4 to the extent earned prior to the termination of this Agreement, and the provisions applicable thereto will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement until such CVR Payments have been made, if applicable.
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Section 7.13 Force Majeure.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, none of the Rights Agent, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including acts of God, pandemics (including COVID-19), terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunctions of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war or civil unrest.
Section 7.14 Construction.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: singular terms will include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender will include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender will include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender will include the masculine and feminine genders.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the words include and including, and variations thereof, will not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather will be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation.
(c) The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, will not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and will not be referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(d) Unless stated otherwise, Article and Section followed by a number or letter mean and refer to the specified Article or Section of this Agreement. The term Agreement and any reference in this Agreement to this Agreement or any other agreement or document includes, and is a reference to, this Agreement or such other agreement or document as it may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or novated and includes all schedules to it.
(e) A period of time is to be computed as beginning on the day following the event that began the period and ending at 4:30 p.m. on the last day of the period, if the last day of the period is a Business Day, or at 4:30 p.m. on the next Business Day if the last day of the period is not a Business Day.
(f) Any reference in this Agreement to a date or time shall be deemed to be such date or time in New York City, United States, unless otherwise specified. The parties hereto and the Company have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and the Company and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Person by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
(g) All references herein to $ are to United States Dollars.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF PREFERENCES,
RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS
OF
SERIES A NON-VOTING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
THE UNDERSIGNED DOES HEREBY CERTIFY, on behalf of Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors), in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), at a meeting duly called and held on July 5, 2020, which resolution provides for the creation of a series of the Corporations Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, which is designated as Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, with the preferences, rights and limitations set forth therein relating to dividends, conversion, redemption, dissolution and distribution of assets of the Corporation.
WHEREAS: the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (the Certificate of Incorporation), provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 10,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share (the Preferred Stock), issuable from time to time in one or more series.
RESOLVED: that, pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, (i) a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation be, and hereby is authorized by the Board of Directors, (ii) the Board of Directors hereby authorizes the issuance of 164,000 shares of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of (a) the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 6, 2020, by and among the Corporation and the initial Holders (as defined below) (the Purchase Agreement) and (b) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 6, 2020, by and among the Corporation, Utah Merger Sub 1 LLC, Utah Merger Sub 2 LLC and Kiq Bio, LLC and (iii) the Board of Directors hereby fixes the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such shares of Preferred Stock, in addition to any provisions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation that are applicable to the Preferred Stock of all classes and series, as follows:
TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK
1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
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 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Business Day means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to stay at home, shelter-in-place, non-essential employee or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally are open for use by customers on such day.
Buy-In shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.4.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Stock means the Corporations common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
Conversion Shares means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Holder means a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
Person means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
2. Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as the Corporations Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series A Preferred Stock) and the number of shares so designated shall be 164,000. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall initially be issued and maintained in the form of securities held in book-entry form and the Depository Trust Company (DTC) or its nominee shall initially be the sole registered holder of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
3. Dividends. Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, dividends on shares of the Series A Preferred Stock (on an as-if-converted-to-Common-Stock basis, without regard to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) equal to and in the same form, and in the same manner, as dividends (other than dividends on shares of the Common Stock payable in the form of Common Stock) actually paid on shares of the Common Stock when, as and if such dividends (other than dividends payable in the form of Common Stock) are paid on shares of the Common Stock. Other than as set forth in the previous sentence, no other dividends shall be paid on shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and the Corporation shall pay no dividends (other than dividends payable in the form of Common Stock) on shares of the Common Stock unless it simultaneously complies with the previous sentence.
4. Voting Rights.
4.1 Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by the DGCL, the Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock: (i) alter or change adversely
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the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series A Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, amend or repeal any provision of, or add any provision to, the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Corporation, or file any articles of amendment, certificate of designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of any series of Preferred Stock, if such action would adversely alter or change the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of, or restrictions provided for the benefit of the Series A Preferred Stock, regardless of whether any of the foregoing actions shall be by means of amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or by merger, consolidation or otherwise, (ii) issue further shares of Series A Preferred Stock or increase or decrease (other than by conversion) the number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock, (iii) prior to the Stockholder Approval (as defined below) or at any time while at least 40% of the originally issues Series A Preferred Stock remains issued and outstanding, consummate either: (A) any Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) or (B) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity or any stock sale to, or other business combination in which the stockholders of the Corporation immediately before such transaction do not hold at least a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation immediately after such transaction or (iv) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing. Holders of shares of Common Stock acquired upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the same voting rights as each other holder of Common Stock except that such holders may not vote such shares upon the proposal for Stockholder Approval in accordance with Rule 5635 of the listing rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
4.2 Any vote required or permitted under Section 4.1 may be taken at a meeting of the Holders or through the execution of an action by written consent in lieu of such meeting, provided that the consent is executed by Holders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
5. Rank; Liquidation.
5.1 The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank on parity with the Common Stock as to distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
5.2 Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a Liquidation), each Holder shall be entitled to receive out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Corporation the same amount that a holder of Common Stock would receive if the Preferred Stock were fully converted (disregarding for such purpose any Beneficial Ownership Limitations) to Common Stock which amounts shall be paid pari passu with all holders of Common Stock, plus an additional amount equal to any dividends declared but unpaid to such shares. For the avoidance of any doubt, a Fundamental Transaction shall not be deemed a Liquidation unless the Corporation expressly declares that such Fundamental Transaction shall be treated as if it were a Liquidation.
6. Conversion.
6.1 Conversion at Option of Holder. Subject to Section 6.4.3, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time following 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the date that the Corporations stockholders approve the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement (the Stockholder Approval), at the option of the Holder thereof, into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Ratio. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a Notice of Conversion), duly completed and executed. Provided the Corporations transfer agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer program, the Notice of Conversion
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may specify, at the Holders election, whether the applicable Conversion Shares shall be credited to the account of the Holders prime broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system (a DWAC Delivery). The Conversion Date, or the date on which a conversion shall be deemed effective, shall be defined as the Trading Day that the Notice of Conversion, completed and executed, is sent via email to, and received during regular business hours by, the Corporation; provided, that the original certificate(s) (if any) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion, are received by the Corporation within two (2) Trading Days thereafter. In all other cases, the Conversion Date shall be defined as the Trading Day on which the original certificate(s) (if any) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion, are received by the Corporation. The calculations set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error.
6.2 Conversion Ratio. The Conversion Ratio for each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 1,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion (the Conversion) of each share of Series A Preferred Stock (corresponding to a ratio of 1,000:1).
6.3 Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Series A Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to an attempted conversion set forth on an applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holders Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holders for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission, including any group of which the Holder is a member (the foregoing, Attribution Parties)) would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock subject to the Notice of Conversion with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Series A Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Attribution Parties, and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including any warrants) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Attribution Parties that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise similar to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Section 6.3, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission. In addition, for purposes hereof, group has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission. For purposes of this Section 6.3, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Corporations most recent periodic or annual filing with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation that is filed with the Commission, or (C) a more recent notice by the Corporation or the Corporations transfer agent to the Holder setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. Upon the written request of a Holder (which may be by email), the Corporation shall, within three (3) Trading Days thereof, confirm in writing to such Holder (which may be via email) the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to any actual conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including shares of Series A Preferred Stock, by such Holder or its Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was last publicly reported or confirmed to the Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall initially be set at the discretion of the Holder between 4.9% and 19.9% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Notice of
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Conversion (to the extent permitted pursuant to this Section 6.3). The Corporation shall be entitled to rely on representations made to it by the Holder in any Notice of Conversion regarding its Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by written notice to the Corporation, (i) which will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such written notice is delivered to the Corporation, the Holder may reset the Beneficial Ownership Limitation percentage to a higher percentage, not to exceed 19.9%, to the extent then applicable and (ii) which will be effective immediately after such notice is delivered to the Corporation, the Holder may reset the Beneficial Ownership Limitation percentage to a lower percentage. Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further amended by such Holder without first providing the minimum notice required by this Section 6.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time following notice of a Fundamental Transaction, the Holder may waive and/or change the Beneficial Ownership Limitation effective immediately upon written notice to the Corporation and may reinstitute a Beneficial Ownership Limitation at any time thereafter effective immediately upon written notice to the Corporation.
6.4 Mechanics of Conversion.
6.4.1 Delivery of Certificate or Electronic Issuance. Upon Conversion not later than two (2) Trading Days after the applicable Conversion Date, or if the Holder requests the issuance of physical certificate(s), two (2) Trading Days after receipt by the Corporation of the original certificate(s) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion (the Share Delivery Date), the Corporation shall either: (a) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder a physical certificate or certificates representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or (b) in the case of a DWAC Delivery (if so requested by the Holder), electronically transfer such Conversion Shares by crediting the account of the Holders prime broker with DTC through its DWAC system. If in the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates for the Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by or, in the case of a DWAC Delivery, such shares are not electronically delivered to or as directed by, the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the applicable Holder shall be entitled to elect to rescind such Notice of Conversion by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates for Conversion Shares or electronic receipt of such shares, as applicable, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to such Holder any original Series A Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and such Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation any Common Stock certificates or otherwise direct the return of any shares of Common Stock delivered to the Holder through the DWAC system, representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock unsuccessfully tendered for conversion to the Corporation.
6.4.2 Obligation Absolute. Subject to Section 6.3 hereof and subject to Holders right to rescind a Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 6.4.1 above, the Corporations obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares. Subject to Section 6.3 hereof and subject to Holders right to rescind a Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 6.4.1 above, in the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of its Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Series A Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained by the
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Corporation, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the value of the Conversion Shares into which would be converted the Series A Preferred Stock which is subject to such injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall, subject to Section 6.3 hereof and subject to Holders right to rescind a Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 6.4.1 above, issue Conversion Shares upon a properly noticed conversion.
6.4.3 Cash Settlement. If, at any time after the earlier of Stockholder Approval or six months after the initial issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such certificate or certificates, or electronically deliver (or cause its transfer agent to electronically deliver) such shares in the case of a DWAC Delivery, pursuant to Section 6.4.1 on or prior to the third (3rd) Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Corporation), then, unless the Holder has rescinded the applicable Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 6.4.1 above, the Corporation shall, at the request of the Holder, pay an amount equal to the Fair Value (defined below) of such undelivered shares, with such payment to be made within two Business Days from the date of request by the Holder, whereupon the Corporations obligations to deliver such shares underlying the Notice of Conversion shall be extinguished. For purposes of this Section 6.4.3, the Fair Value of shares shall be fixed with reference to the last reported closing stock price on the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Corporation. For the avoidance of doubt, the cash settlement provisions set forth in this Section 6.4.3 shall be available irrespective of the reason for the Corporations failure to timely deliver Conversion Shares (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Corporation), including due to limitations set forth in Section 6.4.6, the lack of obtaining Stockholder Approval, or due to applicable stock exchange rules.
6.4.4 Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder the applicable certificate or certificates or to effect a DWAC Delivery, as applicable, by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6.4.1 (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Corporation), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holders brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a Buy-In), then the Corporation shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount by which (x) such Holders total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock submitted for conversion or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6.4.1. For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Corporation written notice, within three (3) Trading Days after the occurrence of a Buy-In, indicating the amounts payable to such Holder in respect of such Buy-In together with applicable confirmations and other
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evidence reasonably requested by the Corporation. Nothing herein shall limit a Holders right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporations failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof or the cash settlement remedy set forth in Section 6.4.3; provided, however, that the Holder shall not be entitled to both (i) require the reissuance of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock submitted for conversion for which such conversion was not timely honored and (ii) receive the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6.4.1.
6.4.5 Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Corporation covenants that at all times after the Corporations stockholders approve an amendment to the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to be a number of shares sufficient to be reserved for the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, it will reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments of Section 7) upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
6.4.6 Limitation on Conversion. In the event that any Holder elects to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock into Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6.1, the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock can then be converted upon such exercise pursuant to this Certificate of Designations shall not exceed the maximum number of unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock which the Corporation may issue under the Certificate of Incorporation at any given time.
6.4.7 Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the holder would otherwise be entitled, the Corporation shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the closing price of a share of Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market on such date. Whether or not fractional shares would be issuable upon such conversion shall be determined on the basis of the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the holder is at the time converting into Common Stock and the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion.
6.4.8 Transfer Taxes. The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the registered Holder(s) of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.
6.5 Status as Stockholder. Upon each Conversion Date, (i) the shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted shall be deemed converted into shares of Common Stock and (ii) the Holders rights as a holder of such converted shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease and terminate, excepting only the right to receive certificates for such shares of Common Stock and to any remedies provided herein or otherwise available at law or in equity to such Holder because of a failure by the Corporation to comply with the terms of this Certificate of Designation. In all cases, the Holder shall retain all of its rights and remedies for the Corporations failure to convert Series A Preferred Stock. In no event shall the Series A Preferred Stock convert into shares of Common Stock prior to the Stockholder Approval.
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7. Certain Adjustments.
7.1 Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at any time while this Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon conversion of this Series A Preferred Stock) with respect to the then outstanding shares of Common Stock; (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares; or (C) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then the Conversion Ratio shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) outstanding immediately after such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation). Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination.
7.2 Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, (A) the Corporation effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person or any stock sale to, or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, share exchange or scheme of arrangement) with or into another Person (other than such a transaction in which the Corporation is the surviving or continuing entity and its Common Stock is not exchanged for or converted into other securities, cash or property), (B) the Corporation effects any sale, lease, transfer or exclusive license of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which more than 50% of the Common Stock not held by the Corporation or such Person is exchanged for or converted into other securities, cash or property, or (D) the Corporation effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant (other than as a result of a dividend, subdivision or combination covered by Section 7.1 above) to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a Fundamental Transaction), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Series A Preferred Stock the Holders shall have the right to receive, in lieu of the right to receive Conversion Shares, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of Common Stock (the Alternate Consideration). For purposes of any such subsequent conversion, the determination of the Conversion Ratio shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Corporation shall adjust the Conversion Ratio in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holders shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Series A Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new certificate of designations with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred
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stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement to which the Corporation is a party and pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 7.2 and insuring that this Series A Preferred Stock (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction. The Corporation shall cause to be delivered to each Holder, at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Corporation, written notice of any Fundamental Transaction at least 20 calendar days prior to the date on which such Fundamental Transaction is expected to become effective or close. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Corporations disposition of certain assets relating to the Corporations Bolt-On Chimeric Receptor shall not constitute a Fundamental Transaction.
7.3 Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding.
8. Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise deal in such shares to the extent otherwise permitted hereby and by law, nor shall the foregoing limit the Holders rights under Section 6.4.3.
9. Transfer. A Holder may transfer such shares of Series A Preferred Stock in whole, or in part, together with the accompanying rights set forth herein, held by such holder without the consent of the Corporation; provided that such transfer is in compliance with applicable securities laws. The Corporation shall in good faith (i) do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and (ii) execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, in each case, as any holder of Series A Preferred Stock may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Section 9.
10. Series A Preferred Stock Register. The Corporation shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice to the Holders in accordance with Section 11), a register for the Series A Preferred Stock, in which the Corporation shall record (i) the name, address, electronic mail address and facsimile number of each holder in whose name the shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been issued and (ii) the name, address, electronic mail address and facsimile number of each transferee of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation may treat the person in whose name any share of Series A Preferred Stock is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes. The Corporation shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection by any holder of Series A Preferred Stock or his, her or its legal representatives.
11. Notices. Any notice required or permitted by the provisions of this Certificate of Designations to be given to a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the post office address last shown on the records of the Corporation, or given by electronic communication in compliance with the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and shall be deemed sent upon such mailing or electronic transmission.
12. Lost or Mutilated Series A Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holders Series A Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
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13. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision hereof is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, then such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or otherwise adversely affecting the remaining provisions hereof.
14. Status of Converted Series A Preferred Stock. If any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted or redeemed by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series A Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Unum Therapeutics Inc. has caused this Certificate of Designations, Number, Voting Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock to be duly executed by its Chief Executive Officer this 6th day of July, 2020.
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ANNEX A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF
SERIES A NON-VOTING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK)
The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to convert the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock indicated below, [represented by stock certificate No(s). ] [represented in book-entry form], into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), of Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), as of the date written below. If securities are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Capitalized terms utilized but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in that certain Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock (the Certificate of Designations) filed by the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 6, 2020.
As of the date hereof, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the undersigned Holder (together with such Holders Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holders for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission, including any group of which the Holder is a member (the foregoing, Attribution Parties)), including the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock subject to this Notice of Conversion, but excluding the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Series A Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Attribution Parties, and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including any warrants) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Attribution Parties that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise similar to the limitation contained in Section 6.3 of the Certificate of Designations, is %. For purposes hereof, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission. In addition, for purposes hereof, group has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission.
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Exhibit 3.1
UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF PREFERENCES,
RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS
OF
SERIES A NON-VOTING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
THE UNDERSIGNED DOES HEREBY CERTIFY, on behalf of Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors), in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), at a meeting duly called and held on July 5, 2020, which resolution provides for the creation of a series of the Corporations Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, which is designated as Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, with the preferences, rights and limitations set forth therein relating to dividends, conversion, redemption, dissolution and distribution of assets of the Corporation.
WHEREAS: the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (the Certificate of Incorporation), provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 10,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share (the Preferred Stock), issuable from time to time in one or more series.
RESOLVED: that, pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, (i) a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation be, and hereby is authorized by the Board of Directors, (ii) the Board of Directors hereby authorizes the issuance of 164,000 shares of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of (a) the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 6, 2020, by and among the Corporation and the initial Holders (as defined below) (the Purchase Agreement) and (b) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 6, 2020, by and among the Corporation, Utah Merger Sub 1 LLC, Utah Merger Sub 2 LLC and Kiq Bio, LLC and (iii) the Board of Directors hereby fixes the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such shares of Preferred Stock, in addition to any provisions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation that are applicable to the Preferred Stock of all classes and series, as follows:
TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK
1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
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 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Business Day means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to stay at home, shelter-in-place, non-essential employee or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally are open for use by customers on such day.
Buy-In shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.4.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Stock means the Corporations common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
Conversion Shares means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Holder means a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
Person means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
2. Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as the Corporations Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series A Preferred Stock) and the number of shares so designated shall be 164,000. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall initially be issued and maintained in the form of securities held in book-entry form and the Depository Trust Company (DTC) or its nominee shall initially be the sole registered holder of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
3. Dividends. Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, dividends on shares of the Series A Preferred Stock (on an as-if-converted-to-Common-Stock basis, without regard to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) equal to and in the same form, and in the same manner, as dividends (other than dividends on shares of the Common Stock payable in the form of Common Stock) actually paid on shares of the Common Stock when, as and if such dividends (other than dividends payable in the form of Common Stock) are paid on shares of the Common Stock. Other than as set forth in the previous sentence, no other dividends shall be paid on shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and the Corporation shall pay no dividends (other than dividends payable in the form of Common Stock) on shares of the Common Stock unless it simultaneously complies with the previous sentence.
4. Voting Rights.
4.1 Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by the DGCL, the Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock: (i) alter or change adversely
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the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series A Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, amend or repeal any provision of, or add any provision to, the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Corporation, or file any articles of amendment, certificate of designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of any series of Preferred Stock, if such action would adversely alter or change the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of, or restrictions provided for the benefit of the Series A Preferred Stock, regardless of whether any of the foregoing actions shall be by means of amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or by merger, consolidation or otherwise, (ii) issue further shares of Series A Preferred Stock or increase or decrease (other than by conversion) the number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock, (iii) prior to the Stockholder Approval (as defined below) or at any time while at least 40% of the originally issues Series A Preferred Stock remains issued and outstanding, consummate either: (A) any Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) or (B) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity or any stock sale to, or other business combination in which the stockholders of the Corporation immediately before such transaction do not hold at least a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation immediately after such transaction or (iv) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing. Holders of shares of Common Stock acquired upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the same voting rights as each other holder of Common Stock except that such holders may not vote such shares upon the proposal for Stockholder Approval in accordance with Rule 5635 of the listing rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
4.2 Any vote required or permitted under Section 4.1 may be taken at a meeting of the Holders or through the execution of an action by written consent in lieu of such meeting, provided that the consent is executed by Holders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
5. Rank; Liquidation.
5.1 The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank on parity with the Common Stock as to distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
5.2 Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a Liquidation), each Holder shall be entitled to receive out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Corporation the same amount that a holder of Common Stock would receive if the Preferred Stock were fully converted (disregarding for such purpose any Beneficial Ownership Limitations) to Common Stock which amounts shall be paid pari passu with all holders of Common Stock, plus an additional amount equal to any dividends declared but unpaid to such shares. For the avoidance of any doubt, a Fundamental Transaction shall not be deemed a Liquidation unless the Corporation expressly declares that such Fundamental Transaction shall be treated as if it were a Liquidation.
6. Conversion.
6.1 Conversion at Option of Holder. Subject to Section 6.4.3, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time following 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the date that the Corporations stockholders approve the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement (the Stockholder Approval), at the option of the Holder thereof, into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Ratio. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a Notice of Conversion), duly completed and executed. Provided the Corporations transfer agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer program, the Notice of Conversion
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may specify, at the Holders election, whether the applicable Conversion Shares shall be credited to the account of the Holders prime broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system (a DWAC Delivery). The Conversion Date, or the date on which a conversion shall be deemed effective, shall be defined as the Trading Day that the Notice of Conversion, completed and executed, is sent via email to, and received during regular business hours by, the Corporation; provided, that the original certificate(s) (if any) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion, are received by the Corporation within two (2) Trading Days thereafter. In all other cases, the Conversion Date shall be defined as the Trading Day on which the original certificate(s) (if any) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion, are received by the Corporation. The calculations set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error.
6.2 Conversion Ratio. The Conversion Ratio for each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 1,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion (the Conversion) of each share of Series A Preferred Stock (corresponding to a ratio of 1,000:1).
6.3 Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Series A Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to an attempted conversion set forth on an applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holders Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holders for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission, including any group of which the Holder is a member (the foregoing, Attribution Parties)) would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock subject to the Notice of Conversion with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Series A Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Attribution Parties, and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including any warrants) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Attribution Parties that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise similar to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Section 6.3, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission. In addition, for purposes hereof, group has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission. For purposes of this Section 6.3, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Corporations most recent periodic or annual filing with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation that is filed with the Commission, or (C) a more recent notice by the Corporation or the Corporations transfer agent to the Holder setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. Upon the written request of a Holder (which may be by email), the Corporation shall, within three (3) Trading Days thereof, confirm in writing to such Holder (which may be via email) the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to any actual conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including shares of Series A Preferred Stock, by such Holder or its Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was last publicly reported or confirmed to the Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall initially be set at the discretion of the Holder between 4.9% and 19.9% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Notice of
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Conversion (to the extent permitted pursuant to this Section 6.3). The Corporation shall be entitled to rely on representations made to it by the Holder in any Notice of Conversion regarding its Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by written notice to the Corporation, (i) which will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such written notice is delivered to the Corporation, the Holder may reset the Beneficial Ownership Limitation percentage to a higher percentage, not to exceed 19.9%, to the extent then applicable and (ii) which will be effective immediately after such notice is delivered to the Corporation, the Holder may reset the Beneficial Ownership Limitation percentage to a lower percentage. Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further amended by such Holder without first providing the minimum notice required by this Section 6.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time following notice of a Fundamental Transaction, the Holder may waive and/or change the Beneficial Ownership Limitation effective immediately upon written notice to the Corporation and may reinstitute a Beneficial Ownership Limitation at any time thereafter effective immediately upon written notice to the Corporation.
6.4 Mechanics of Conversion.
6.4.1 Delivery of Certificate or Electronic Issuance. Upon Conversion not later than two (2) Trading Days after the applicable Conversion Date, or if the Holder requests the issuance of physical certificate(s), two (2) Trading Days after receipt by the Corporation of the original certificate(s) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion (the Share Delivery Date), the Corporation shall either: (a) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder a physical certificate or certificates representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or (b) in the case of a DWAC Delivery (if so requested by the Holder), electronically transfer such Conversion Shares by crediting the account of the Holders prime broker with DTC through its DWAC system. If in the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates for the Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by or, in the case of a DWAC Delivery, such shares are not electronically delivered to or as directed by, the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the applicable Holder shall be entitled to elect to rescind such Notice of Conversion by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates for Conversion Shares or electronic receipt of such shares, as applicable, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to such Holder any original Series A Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and such Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation any Common Stock certificates or otherwise direct the return of any shares of Common Stock delivered to the Holder through the DWAC system, representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock unsuccessfully tendered for conversion to the Corporation.
6.4.2 Obligation Absolute. Subject to Section 6.3 hereof and subject to Holders right to rescind a Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 6.4.1 above, the Corporations obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares. Subject to Section 6.3 hereof and subject to Holders right to rescind a Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 6.4.1 above, in the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of its Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Series A Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained by the
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Corporation, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the value of the Conversion Shares into which would be converted the Series A Preferred Stock which is subject to such injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall, subject to Section 6.3 hereof and subject to Holders right to rescind a Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 6.4.1 above, issue Conversion Shares upon a properly noticed conversion.
6.4.3 Cash Settlement. If, at any time after the earlier of Stockholder Approval or six months after the initial issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such certificate or certificates, or electronically deliver (or cause its transfer agent to electronically deliver) such shares in the case of a DWAC Delivery, pursuant to Section 6.4.1 on or prior to the third (3rd) Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Corporation), then, unless the Holder has rescinded the applicable Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 6.4.1 above, the Corporation shall, at the request of the Holder, pay an amount equal to the Fair Value (defined below) of such undelivered shares, with such payment to be made within two Business Days from the date of request by the Holder, whereupon the Corporations obligations to deliver such shares underlying the Notice of Conversion shall be extinguished. For purposes of this Section 6.4.3, the Fair Value of shares shall be fixed with reference to the last reported closing stock price on the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Corporation. For the avoidance of doubt, the cash settlement provisions set forth in this Section 6.4.3 shall be available irrespective of the reason for the Corporations failure to timely deliver Conversion Shares (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Corporation), including due to limitations set forth in Section 6.4.6, the lack of obtaining Stockholder Approval, or due to applicable stock exchange rules.
6.4.4 Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder the applicable certificate or certificates or to effect a DWAC Delivery, as applicable, by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6.4.1 (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Corporation), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holders brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a Buy-In), then the Corporation shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount by which (x) such Holders total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock submitted for conversion or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6.4.1. For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Corporation written notice, within three (3) Trading Days after the occurrence of a Buy-In, indicating the amounts payable to such Holder in respect of such Buy-In together with applicable confirmations and other
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evidence reasonably requested by the Corporation. Nothing herein shall limit a Holders right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporations failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof or the cash settlement remedy set forth in Section 6.4.3; provided, however, that the Holder shall not be entitled to both (i) require the reissuance of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock submitted for conversion for which such conversion was not timely honored and (ii) receive the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6.4.1.
6.4.5 Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Corporation covenants that at all times after the Corporations stockholders approve an amendment to the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to be a number of shares sufficient to be reserved for the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, it will reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments of Section 7) upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
6.4.6 Limitation on Conversion. In the event that any Holder elects to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock into Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6.1, the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock can then be converted upon such exercise pursuant to this Certificate of Designations shall not exceed the maximum number of unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock which the Corporation may issue under the Certificate of Incorporation at any given time.
6.4.7 Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the holder would otherwise be entitled, the Corporation shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the closing price of a share of Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market on such date. Whether or not fractional shares would be issuable upon such conversion shall be determined on the basis of the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the holder is at the time converting into Common Stock and the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion.
6.4.8 Transfer Taxes. The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the registered Holder(s) of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.
6.5 Status as Stockholder. Upon each Conversion Date, (i) the shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted shall be deemed converted into shares of Common Stock and (ii) the Holders rights as a holder of such converted shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease and terminate, excepting only the right to receive certificates for such shares of Common Stock and to any remedies provided herein or otherwise available at law or in equity to such Holder because of a failure by
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the Corporation to comply with the terms of this Certificate of Designation. In all cases, the Holder shall retain all of its rights and remedies for the Corporations failure to convert Series A Preferred Stock. In no event shall the Series A Preferred Stock convert into shares of Common Stock prior to the Stockholder Approval.
7. Certain Adjustments.
7.1 Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at any time while this Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon conversion of this Series A Preferred Stock) with respect to the then outstanding shares of Common Stock; (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares; or (C) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then the Conversion Ratio shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) outstanding immediately after such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation). Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination.
7.2 Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, (A) the Corporation effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person or any stock sale to, or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, share exchange or scheme of arrangement) with or into another Person (other than such a transaction in which the Corporation is the surviving or continuing entity and its Common Stock is not exchanged for or converted into other securities, cash or property), (B) the Corporation effects any sale, lease, transfer or exclusive license of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which more than 50% of the Common Stock not held by the Corporation or such Person is exchanged for or converted into other securities, cash or property, or (D) the Corporation effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant (other than as a result of a dividend, subdivision or combination covered by Section 7.1 above) to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a Fundamental Transaction), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Series A Preferred Stock the Holders shall have the right to receive, in lieu of the right to receive Conversion Shares, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of Common Stock (the Alternate Consideration). For purposes of any such subsequent conversion, the determination of the Conversion Ratio shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Corporation shall adjust the Conversion Ratio in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holders shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Series A Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new certificate of designations with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred
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stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement to which the Corporation is a party and pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 7.2 and insuring that this Series A Preferred Stock (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction. The Corporation shall cause to be delivered to each Holder, at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Corporation, written notice of any Fundamental Transaction at least 20 calendar days prior to the date on which such Fundamental Transaction is expected to become effective or close. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Corporations disposition of certain assets relating to the Corporations Bolt-On Chimeric Receptor shall not constitute a Fundamental Transaction.
7.3 Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding.
8. Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise deal in such shares to the extent otherwise permitted hereby and by law, nor shall the foregoing limit the Holders rights under Section 6.4.3.
9. Transfer. A Holder may transfer such shares of Series A Preferred Stock in whole, or in part, together with the accompanying rights set forth herein, held by such holder without the consent of the Corporation; provided that such transfer is in compliance with applicable securities laws. The Corporation shall in good faith (i) do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and (ii) execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, in each case, as any holder of Series A Preferred Stock may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Section 9.
10. Series A Preferred Stock Register. The Corporation shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice to the Holders in accordance with Section 11), a register for the Series A Preferred Stock, in which the Corporation shall record (i) the name, address, electronic mail address and facsimile number of each holder in whose name the shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been issued and (ii) the name, address, electronic mail address and facsimile number of each transferee of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation may treat the person in whose name any share of Series A Preferred Stock is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes. The Corporation shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection by any holder of Series A Preferred Stock or his, her or its legal representatives.
11. Notices. Any notice required or permitted by the provisions of this Certificate of Designations to be given to a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the post office address last shown on the records of the Corporation, or given by electronic communication in compliance with the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and shall be deemed sent upon such mailing or electronic transmission.
12. Lost or Mutilated Series A Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holders Series A Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
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13. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision hereof is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, then such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or otherwise adversely affecting the remaining provisions hereof.
14. Status of Converted Series A Preferred Stock. If any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted or redeemed by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series A Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Unum Therapeutics Inc. has caused this Certificate of Designations, Number, Voting Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock to be duly executed by its Chief Executive Officer this 6th day of July, 2020.
UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Charles Wilson |
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Name: | Charles Wilson, Ph.D. | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President |
ANNEX A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF
SERIES A NON-VOTING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK)
The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to convert the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock indicated below, [represented by stock certificate No(s). ] [represented in book-entry form], into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), of Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), as of the date written below. If securities are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Capitalized terms utilized but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in that certain Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock (the Certificate of Designations) filed by the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 6, 2020.
As of the date hereof, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the undersigned Holder (together with such Holders Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holders for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission, including any group of which the Holder is a member (the foregoing, Attribution Parties)), including the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock subject to this Notice of Conversion, but excluding the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Series A Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Attribution Parties, and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including any warrants) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Attribution Parties that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise similar to the limitation contained in Section 6.3 of the Certificate of Designations, is %. For purposes hereof, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission. In addition, for purposes hereof, group has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission.
CONVERSION CALCULATIONS:
Date to Effect Conversion: | ___________________________ | |||
Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion: | ___________________________ | |||
Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be Converted: | ___________________________ | |||
Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: | ___________________________ | |||
Address for delivery of physical certificates: | ___________________________ | |||
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For DWAC Delivery, please provide the following:
Broker no: ______________________
Account no: _____________________
[HOLDER] | ||
By: |
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Title: |
Exhibit 3.2
AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
(the Corporation)
Section 8 of Article VI of the Amended and Restated By-laws of Unum Therapeutics Inc. (the By-laws), is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
SECTION 8. Exclusive Jurisdiction. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate or By-laws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts shall be the sole and exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 8.
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
CERTAIN INFORMATION IDENTIFIED BY BRACKETED ASTERISKS ([* * *]) HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of July 6, 2020, by and among Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and each purchaser identified on Annex A hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a Purchaser and collectively, the Purchasers).
RECITALS
A. The Company and each Purchaser is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (Regulation D) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act.
B. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, an aggregate of 118,637 shares (the Securities) of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock) of the Company, having the designation, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions as specified in the Certificate of Designations, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Certificate of Designations), which will be convertible into shares (the Conversion Shares) of the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share (Common Stock), in accordance with the terms set forth in the Certificate of Designations.
C. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designations, the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be subject to receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval (as defined therein).
D. The Company has engaged Jefferies LLC as its exclusive placement agent (the Placement Agent) for the offering of the Securities on a best efforts basis.
E. Prior to the Closing: (i) the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Registration Rights Agreement), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Conversion Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable state securities laws and (ii) the Company shall file with the Delaware Secretary of State the Certificate of Designations, duly executed by an officer of the Company.
F. Concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company is entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, Utah Merger Sub 1 LLC (the First Merger Sub), Utah Merger Sub 2 LLC (the Second Merger Sub), and Kiq, LLC (Kiq), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H attached hereto (the Merger Agreement), the Company and Kiq intend to effect a merger of First Merger Sub with and into the Company (the First Merger) in accordance with this Merger Agreement. Upon consummation of the First Merger, the First Merger Sub will cease to exist and Kiq will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Immediately following the First Merger and as part of the same overall transaction as the First Merger, Kiq will merge with and into Second Merger Sub (the Second Merger and, together with the First Merger, the Merger), with Second Merger Sub being the surviving entity of the Second Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
Acquiring Person has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.
Action means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened in writing against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective properties or any officer, director or employee of the Company or any subsidiary acting in his or her capacity as an officer, director or employee before or by any U.S. federal, state, county, local or non-U.S. court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company.
Business Day means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
Certificate of Designations has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Closing means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
Closing Date means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 5.1 and 5.2 hereof are satisfied or waived, as the case may be, or such other date as the parties may agree.
Commission has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Company has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Company Counsel means Goodwin Procter LLP, with offices at 100 Northern Ave, Boston, MA 02210.
Company Deliverables has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
Companys Knowledge means with respect to any statement made to the Companys Knowledge, that the statement is based upon the actual knowledge of the executive officers or directors of the Company having responsibility for the matter or matters that are the subject of the statement. With respect to any matters relating to Intellectual Property, such awareness or reasonable expectation to have knowledge does not require any such individual to conduct or have conducted or obtain or have obtained any freedom to operate opinions of counsel or any Intellectual Property rights clearance searches.
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Contract means, with respect to any Person, any written agreement, contract, subcontract, lease (whether for real or personal property), mortgage, license, or other legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its assets are bound or affected under applicable Law.
Control (including the terms controlling, controlled by or under common control with) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Effect means any effect, change, event, circumstance or development.
Effective Date means the date on which the initial Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
Employee Plan means any Employee Plan that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) sponsors, maintains, administers, or contributes to, or (ii) provides benefits under or through, or (iii) has any obligation to contribute to or provide benefits under or through, or (iv) with respect to which have any liability, or (v) utilizes to provide benefits to or otherwise cover any current or former employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or their spouses, dependents, or beneficiaries).
Encumbrance means any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, lease, exclusive license, option, easement, reservation, servitude, adverse title, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community property interest or restriction or encumbrance of any nature (including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
Environmental Laws has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(cc).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Governmental Authority means any: (a) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature, (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, supra-national or other government, (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, bureau, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal, and for the avoidance of doubt, any taxing authority) or (d) self-regulatory organization (including Nasdaq).
Intellectual Property Rights has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(n).
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions means, with respect to the Company, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in substantially the form of Exhibit D, executed by the Company and delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Transfer Agent.
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Law means any federal, state, national, supra-national, foreign, local or municipal or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority (including under the authority of Nasdaq or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).
Material Adverse Change has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(j).
Material Adverse Effect means any Effect, individually or together with any other Effect, that has had, has, or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company or its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that Effects arising or resulting from the following shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect: (a) the announcement or disclosure of the sale of the Securities or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) the taking of any action, or the failure to take any action, by the Company that is required to comply with the terms of this Agreement, (c) any natural disaster or epidemics, pandemics or other force majeure events, or any act or threat of terrorism or war, any armed hostilities or terrorist activities (including any escalation or general worsening of any of the foregoing) anywhere in the world or any governmental or other response or reaction to any of the foregoing, (d) any change in GAAP or applicable Law or the interpretation thereof, (e) general economic or political conditions or conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate or (f) any change in the cash position of the Company and its subsidiaries which results from operations in the ordinary course of business; except in each case with respect to clauses (c), (d) and (e), to the extent disproportionately affecting the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate.
Nasdaq means The Nasdaq Stock Market.
New York Courts means the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
Outside Date means the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement.
Person means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Placement Agent has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Press Release has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
Principal Trading Market means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, shall be the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Proceeding means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
Purchase Price has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
Purchaser or Purchasers has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Purchaser Deliverables has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
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Registration Rights Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Registrable Securities has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Registration Statement means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Registrable Securities.
Regulation D has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Required Approvals has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(e).
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
SEC Reports has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g).
Secretarys Certificate has the meaning set forth in 2.3(a)(vii).
Securities has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Securities Act has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Series A Preferred Stock has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any other class of securities into which the Series A Preferred Stock may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.
Short Sales include, without limitation, (i) all short sales as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, put equivalent positions (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and (ii) sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or non-U.S. regulated brokers (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).
Subscription Amount means, with respect to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Securities purchased hereunder as indicated on Annex A opposite such Purchasers name, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
Subsidiary means any subsidiary of the Company, and shall, where applicable, include any subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
Trading Affiliate has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(h).
Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
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Transaction Documents means this Agreement, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions and any other documents or agreements explicitly contemplated hereunder.
Transfer Agent means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the current transfer agent of the Company, or any successor transfer agent for the Company.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Purchase and Sale. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company will issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers will purchase, severally and not jointly, the number of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser under the heading Number of Securities Purchased on Annex A attached hereto for an aggregate purchase price of $104,400,000 (the Purchase Price).
2.2 Closing.
(a) Closing. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article V, the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities (the Closing) shall take place remotely via exchange of executed documents and funds on the third (3rd) Business Day after the date hereof, or at such other time and place as the Company may designate by notice to the Purchasers (such date and time being referred to herein as the Closing Date).
(b) Payment. On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company the Subscription Amount via wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company or by other means approved by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date. At the Closing, following the receipt by the Company of the entire portion of the Subscription Amount payable by a Purchaser, the Company shall deliver to such Purchaser copies of (a) a certificate evidencing the number of Securities set forth opposite such Purchasers name on Annex A, registered in the name of such Purchaser and bearing the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) (the original of such certificate to be delivered to such Purchaser as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date but in no event more than three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date) and (b) a certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware evidencing the filing of the Certificate of Designations substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
2.3 Closing Deliverables.
(a) On or prior to the Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following (the Company Deliverables):
(i) this Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(ii) evidence of the issuance of the Securities in the name of the Purchasers by book entry on the stock ledger of the Company (or, if the Securities are to be represented in certificated form, a certificate representing the Securities in the name of such Purchaser as set forth on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire included as Exhibit C hereto (the Stock Certificate)).
(iii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, executed by such counsel and addressed to the Purchasers and the Placement Agent;
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(iv) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(v) duly executed Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions acknowledged in writing by the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing a number of Securities equal to such Purchasers Subscription Amount divided by the Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(vi) the Company shall have filed with Nasdaq a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares for the listing of the Securities and the Conversion Shares and shall have received confirmation from Nasdaq that it has completed its review of such form with no objections to the transactions contemplated herein.
(vii) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company (the Secretarys Certificate), dated as of the Closing Date, (a) certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities and the Conversion Shares, (b) certifying the current versions of the certificate of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws of the Company and (c) certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E;
(viii) the Compliance Certificate referred to in Section 5.1(h);
(ix) a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as of a date within three (3) Business Days of the Closing Date;
(x) a certificate evidencing the Companys qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, as of a date within three (3) Business Days of the Closing Date; and
(xi) a certified copy of the Certificate of Designations, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(b) On or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following (the Purchaser Deliverables):
(i) this Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) its Subscription Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, in the amount set forth in the Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount) column opposite each Purchasers name in the table set forth on Annex A by wire transfer to the Company;
(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;
(iv) a fully completed and duly executed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B to the Registration Rights Agreement; and
(v) a fully completed and duly executed Stock Certificate Questionnaire in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as previously disclosed in the SEC Reports (as defined below), the Company hereby represents and warrants the following as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date) to each of the Purchasers and to the Placement Agent:
(a) Due Organization; Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is a corporation or limited liability company duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has all necessary corporate power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted, (ii) to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is bound. All of the Companys Subsidiaries are wholly owned by the Company. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is licensed and qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction), under the Laws of all jurisdictions where the nature of its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted requires such licensing or qualification other than in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified individually or in the aggregate would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into the Transaction Documents and, subject to receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Subject to the receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, all corporate action on the part of the Company, its directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities and the Conversion Shares contemplated herein has been taken. Each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed and delivered by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, examinership, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by the Company under the Transaction Documents (including, subject to the Company obtaining Requisite Stockholder Approval, the issuance of Conversion Shares upon the conversion of the Securities), the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Securities and the reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares) do not and will not (a) conflict with, result in the breach or violation of, or constitute (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) a violation of, or default under, (i) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or under any lease, license, franchise, permit, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected, (ii) the Companys restated certificate of incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the Certificate of Incorporation), the Companys bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the Bylaws), or the equivalent document with respect to any of the Companys Subsidiaries, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof, or (iii) subject to the Requisite
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Stockholder Approval, any statute or law, judgment, decree, rule, regulation, ordinance or order of any court or governmental or regulatory body (including the Nasdaq), governmental agency, arbitration panel or authority applicable to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Except for any Current Report on Form 8-K, Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D to be filed by the Company in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby, any required filing with the Nasdaq and the Required Stockholder Approval and the registration statement required to be filed by the Registration Rights Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to give any notice to, or make any filings with, or obtain any authorization, consent, or approval of any government or governmental agency in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Purchasers in Section 3.2, no consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration, qualification or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, self-regulatory organization, stock exchange or market (including Nasdaq), or other governmental body is required for the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the valid issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold pursuant to the Transaction Documents (including, subject to the Company obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the issuance of Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Securities) other than such as have been or will be made or obtained, or for any securities filings required to be made under federal or state securities laws applicable to the offering of the Securities or the issuance of Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Securities (other than the Requisite Stockholder Approval and filings that have been made, or will be made, pursuant to the rules and regulations of Nasdaq). The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to this Section 3.1(d).
(e) Issuance of the Securities. The issuance of the Securities has been duly authorized and the Securities, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of any Encumbrances, preemptive rights or restrictions (other than as provided in this Agreement or any restrictions on transfer generally imposed under applicable securities laws). Subject to receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Conversion Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and shall be free and clear of any encumbrances, preemptive rights or restrictions (other than as provided in this Agreement or any restrictions on transfer generally imposed under applicable securities laws). Upon receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Company shall have reserved such number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to enable the full conversion of all of the Securities.
(f) Capitalization.
(i) As of July 2, 2020 (the Capitalization Date), the authorized capital stock of the Company consisted of (i) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Preferred Stock), none of which were issued and outstanding and (ii) 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock, 31,195,114 shares of which were issued and outstanding. The Preferred Stock and the Common Stock are collectively referred to herein as the Capital Stock. All of the issued and shares of Capital Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable and are free of any Encumbrances. As of the Capitalization Date, the Company has reserved 8,676,700 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Companys 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the 2015 Plan) and the Companys 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the 2018 Plan and, together with the 2015 Plan, the Stock Plans), of which 1,843,809 shares have been issued and are currently outstanding, 1,970,154 shares have been reserved for issuance upon exercise or settlement of Company options and restricted stock units,
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as applicable, granted under the Stock Plans and 4,862,737 shares remain available for future issuance pursuant to the Stock plans. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved 921,211 shares of Common Stock for future issuance pursuant to the Companys Employee Stock Purchase Plan (of which 90,184 shares have been issued and are currently outstanding). As of the date hereof, the Company has declared a distribution of one contingent value right for each outstanding share of Common Stock as of immediately prior to the closing of the Merger, representing the right to receive contingent payments, payable in cash or Common Stock, upon the occurrence of certain events relating to the sale of the Companys non-cash assets (the CVRs).. After giving effect to the Merger and the issuance of the Securities, the Company will have 164,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock authorized, 163,324 of which will be issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding share capital of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable. None of the outstanding shares of the Company were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement or in the Merger Agreement, as of the date hereof there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights), agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character, whether or not contingent, relating to the issued or unissued Capital Stock of the Company or obligating the Company to issue or sell any share of Capital Stock of, or other equity interest in, the Company.
(ii) Effective as of the consummation of the Merger, Kiq will be a wholly- owned subsidiary of the Company.
(g) SEC Reports; Disclosure Materials. The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the Commission under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since January 1, 2018 (the SEC Reports). As of the time it was filed with the Commission (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), each of the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (as the case may be) and as of the time they were filed, none of the SEC Reports contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(h) Financial Statements. As of their respective filing dates, the financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Reports (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the published rules and regulations of the Commission applicable thereto, (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the Commission, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that are not reasonably expected to be material in amount) applied on a consistent basis unless otherwise noted therein throughout the periods indicated and (iii) fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods covered thereby. Other than as expressly disclosed in the SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, there has been no material change in the Companys accounting methods or principles that would be required to be disclosed in the Companys financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Except as set forth in the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, the Company has not incurred any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent (as to amount and nature) with past practices since the date of such financial statements, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The books of account and other financial records of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are true and complete in all material respects.
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(i) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and delivered their report with respect to the audited financial statements included in the SEC Reports, has at all times since the date of enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act been (i) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, independent with respect to the Company within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission and the Public Accounting Oversight Board thereunder.
(j) Absence of Certain Changes. Since March 31, 2020, there has been no material adverse change to, and no material adverse development in, the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Since March 31, 2020, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, other than the CVRs, (ii) sold any material assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company 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 any such creditor to do so. The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3.1(j), Insolvent means, with respect to any Person, (i) the present fair saleable value of such Persons assets is less than the amount required to pay such Persons total Indebtedness, (ii) such Person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature or (iv) such Person has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.
(k) Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, currently threatened in writing against the Company or any of its directors and officers that questions the validity of the Transaction Documents or the right of the Company to enter into the Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Companys knowledge, currently threatened in writing against the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors and officers which would have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or the Bylaws or their organizational charter or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Nasdaq and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by Nasdaq in the foreseeable future. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.
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(m) Title to Assets. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, and has good and marketable title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all tangible properties or tangible assets and equipment used or held for use in its business or operations or purported to be owned by it, including: (a) all tangible assets reflected on the Companys Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet and (b) all other tangible assets reflected in the books and records of the Company as being owned by the Company. All of such assets are owned or, in the case of leased assets, leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances.
(n) Intellectual Property Rights. Except as otherwise disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company and its Subsidiaries own, or have obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, the inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks, trade names, service names, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property described in the SEC Reports as being owned or licensed by them or which are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted (collectively, Intellectual Property) and the conduct of their respective businesses does not and will not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others. To the Companys knowledge, the operation of the business of the Company, as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted in the SEC Reports, together with the Companys use of the Companys Intellectual Property, does not conflict with, infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property of any third party. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, no actions, suits, claims or proceedings have been asserted, or, to the best of our knowledge, threatened against the Company alleging any of the foregoing or seeking to challenge, deny or restrict the operation of the business of the Company and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has not received any notice of a claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with Intellectual Property Rights of others, except for such claims that would not, individually or the in aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, any Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such challenge, except for such actions, suits, proceedings, or claims that would not, individually or the in aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the SEC Reports. None of the technology or intellectual property used by the Company in its business has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Companys knowledge, any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons.
(o) Insurance. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries are insured by recognized, financially sound and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their businesses including, but not limited to, policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and earthquakes and policies covering the Company and its subsidiaries for product liability claims and clinical trial liability claims. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able to (i) renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that could not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.
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(p) Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, since the date of the Companys last proxy statement filed in 2020 with the SEC, no event has occurred that would be required to be reported by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.
(q) Companys Accounting System. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries make and keep accurate books and records, maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Reports fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(r) Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(s) No Registration. Assuming the accuracy of each Purchasers representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
(t) Certain Fees. No person or entity will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or a Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company, other than the Placement Agent with respect to the offer and sale of the Securities (which placement agent fees are being paid by the Company). The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 3.1(t) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company shall indemnify, pay, and hold each Purchaser harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such right, interest or claim.
(u) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(v) Company Not an Investment Company. The Company is not, and will not be, immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act).
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(w) Registration Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers or as set forth in the SEC Reports, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company other than those securities which are currently registered on an effective registration statement on file with the Commission.
(x) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Companys Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. To the Companys Knowledge, it is in compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Principal Trading Market.
(y) Disclosure. The Company confirms that it has not provided, and to the Companys Knowledge, none of its officers or directors nor any other Person acting on its or their behalf has provided, and it has not authorized the Placement Agent to provide, any Purchaser or its respective agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes material, non-public information except insofar as the existence, provisions and terms of the Transaction Documents and the proposed transactions hereunder may constitute such information, all of which will be disclosed by the Company in the Press Release as contemplated by Section 4.4 hereof. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, and except with respect to the capital stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries nor, to the Companys Knowledge, any of its Affiliates or any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six (6) months, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Securities as contemplated hereby or (ii) cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable law, regulation or stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(aa) Tax Matters. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed all income Tax Returns and all other material Tax Returns that were required to be filed by or with respect to it under applicable Law. All such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all material respects and have been prepared in material compliance with all applicable Law. Subject to exceptions as would not be material, no claim has ever been made by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. All material amounts of Taxes due and owing by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid. The unpaid Taxes of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for periods (or portions thereof) ending on or prior to the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet do not materially exceed the accruals for current Taxes set forth on the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet. Since the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material Liability for Taxes outside the Ordinary Course of Business or otherwise inconsistent with past custom and practice.
(bb) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Since January 1, 2018, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession by the Company of all permits and other Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, except for any failure
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to be in compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received since January 1, 2018, any written notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise), whether from a Governmental Authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with any Environmental Law, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances that may prevent or interfere with the Companys or any of its Subsidiaries compliance with any Environmental Law in the future, except where such failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company: (i) no current or prior owner of any property leased or controlled by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received since January 1, 2018, any written notice or other communication relating to property owned or leased at any time by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether from a Governmental Authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that such current or prior owner or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with or violated any Environmental Law relating to such property and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability under any Environmental Law.
(cc) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor, to the Companys Knowledge, any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.
(dd) Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Companys Knowledge, any agent, Affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken any act in furtherance of an offer, promise, or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any non-U.S. or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or public international organization, or any political party, party official, or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the FCPA), the UK Bribery Act 2010, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, authorized, requested, or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment or benefit. The Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the Companys Knowledge, the Companys Affiliates have conducted their respective 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.
(ee) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the USA Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy 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 agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator or non-governmental authority involving the Company or its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened.
(ff) OFAC. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries nor any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, nor to the Companys Knowledge, any agent or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries is subject to any sanctions administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury or any other relevant sanctions authority; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities contemplated
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hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity for the purpose of financing the activities of any person that is the target of sanctions administered or enforced by such authorities or in connection with any country or territory that is the target of country- or territory-wide OFAC sanctions (currently, Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea, and the Crimea Region of Ukraine).
(gg) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company (or any Subsidiary) and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in SEC Reports and is not so disclosed and would have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arms length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and that the obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are several and not joint. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Purchaser or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Purchasers purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Companys decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
(ii) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation; Compliance with Regulation M. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or otherwise, and has taken no action which would directly or indirectly violate Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(jj) Clinical Data and Regulatory Compliance. The preclinical tests and clinical trials, and other studies (collectively, studies) that are described in, or the results of which are referred to in, the SEC Reports were and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with the protocols, procedures and controls designed and approved for such studies and with standard medical and scientific research procedures; each description of the results of such studies is accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly presents the data derived from such studies, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have no knowledge of any other studies the results of which are inconsistent with, or otherwise call into question, the results described or referred to in the SEC Reports; the Company and its Subsidiaries have made all such filings and obtained all such approvals as may be required by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any committee thereof or from any other U.S. or non-U.S. government or drug or medical device regulatory agency, or health care facility Institutional Review Board (collectively, the Regulatory Agencies); neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of, or correspondence from, any Regulatory Agency requiring the termination, suspension or modification of any clinical trials that are described or referred to in the SEC Reports; and the Company and its Subsidiaries have each operated and currently are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the Regulatory Agencies.
(kk) No Additional Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.
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(ll) No Disqualification Events. No bad actor disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the Securities Act (a Disqualification Event) is applicable to the Company or, to the Companys Knowledge, any Company Covered Person (as defined below), except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(iiiv) or (d)(3), is applicable. Company Covered Person means, with respect to the Company as an issuer for purposes of Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act, any person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1). Other than the Placement Agent, the Company is not aware of any Person (other than any Company Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Placement Agent a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company and the Placement Agent as follows:
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Purchaser and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or, if such Purchaser is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable like action, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Purchaser, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including U.S. federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Purchaser, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder.
(c) Investment Intent. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are restricted securities and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to, or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state or other securities laws, provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum period of time and reserves the right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable U.S. federal, state and other securities laws. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
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Such Purchaser does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of any of the Securities (or any securities which are derivatives thereof) to or through any person or entity; such Purchaser is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered as a broker-dealer.
(d) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general advertisement.
(f) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(g) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchasers right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the SEC Reports and the Companys representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents. Such Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
(h) Certain Trading Activities. Other than with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, since the time that such Purchaser was first contacted by the Company, the Placement Agent or any other Person regarding the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the Purchaser nor any Affiliate of such Purchaser which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Purchasers investments or trading or information concerning such Purchasers investments, including in respect of the Securities, and (z) is subject to such Purchasers review or input concerning such Affiliates investments or trading (collectively, Trading Affiliates) has directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser or Trading Affiliate, effected or agreed to effect any purchases or sales of the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Companys securities). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser and/or Trading Affiliate that is, individually or collectively, a multi-managed investment bank or vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchasers or Trading Affiliates assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchasers or Trading Affiliates assets, the representation set forth above shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Other than
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to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
(i) Brokers and Finders. Other than the Placement Agent, no Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or any Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Purchaser. No Purchaser shall have any obligation with respect to any fees, or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees, in each case of the type contemplated by this Section 3.2(i) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents.
(j) Independent Investment Decision. Such Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other Purchasers business and/or legal counsel in making such decision. Such Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Securities. Such Purchaser understands that the Placement Agent has acted solely as the agent of the Company in this placement of the Securities and such Purchaser has not relied on the business or legal advice of the Placement Agent or any of its agents, counsel or Affiliates in making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none of such Persons has made any representations or warranties to such Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(k) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchasers compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
(l) No Governmental Review. Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
(m) Regulation M. Such Purchaser is aware that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of Securities and other activities with respect to the Securities by the Purchasers.
(n) Beneficial Ownership. The purchase by such Purchaser of the Securities issuable to it at the Closing will not result in such Purchaser (individually or together with any other Person with whom such Purchaser has identified, or will have identified, itself as part of a group in a public filing made with the Commission involving the Companys securities) acquiring, or obtaining the right to acquire, beneficial ownership in excess of 19.999% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or the voting power of the Company on a post transaction basis that assumes that such Closing shall have occurred. Such Purchaser does not presently intend to, alone or together with others, make a public filing with the Commission to disclose that it has (or that it together with such other Persons have) acquired, or obtained the right to
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acquire, as a result of such Closing (when added to any other securities of the Company that it or they then own or have the right to acquire), beneficial ownership in excess of 19.999% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or the voting power of the Company on a post transaction basis that assumes that each Closing shall have occurred.
(o) Residency. Such Purchasers residence (if an individual) or offices in which its investment decision with respect to the Securities was made (if an entity) are located at the address immediately below such Purchasers name on its signature page hereto.
The Company and each of the Purchasers acknowledge and agree that no party to this Agreement has made or makes any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Article III and the Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV, each Purchaser covenants that the Securities and Conversion Shares may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable U.S. state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) to the Company, (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 (provided that the Purchaser provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and, if applicable, broker representation letters) that the securities may be sold pursuant to such rule) or (iv) in connection with a bona fide pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to such transferred Securities.
(b) Legends. Certificates evidencing the Securities and any Conversion Shares shall bear, any legend as required by the blue sky laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE TO WHICH THIS CONFIRMATION RELATES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, OR UNLESS OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS. THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
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The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge, and/or grant a security interest in, some or all of the legended Securities in connection with applicable securities laws, pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in compliance with a bona fide margin loan. Such a pledge would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion shall be required in connection with a subsequent transfer or foreclosure following default by the Purchaser transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be required of such pledge, but Purchasers transferee shall promptly notify the Company of any such subsequent transfer or foreclosure. Each Purchaser acknowledges that the Company shall not be responsible for any pledges relating to, or the grant of any security interest in, any of the Securities or for any agreement, understanding or arrangement between any Purchaser and its pledgee or secured party. At the appropriate Purchasers expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder. Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, except as otherwise provided in Section 4.1(c), any Securities subject to a pledge or security interest as contemplated by this Section 4.1(b) shall continue to bear the legend set forth in this Section 4.1(b) and be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4.1(a).
(c) Removal of Legends. Upon request of the Purchaser or as contemplated under the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, upon receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such legend is no longer required under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, the Company shall promptly cause the legend to be removed from any certificate for any Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any Purchaser new certificate(s) representing the Conversion Shares that are free from all restrictive and other legends or, at the request of such Investor, via DWAC transfer to such Purchasers account.
(d) Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions). The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 4.1(d) (or instructions that are consistent therewith) will be given by the Company to its Transfer Agent in connection with this Agreement, and that the Securities and Conversion Shares shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and applicable law. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations under this Section 4.1(d) will cause irreparable harm to a Purchaser. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 4.1(d) may be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 4.1(d), that a Purchaser shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
(e) Acknowledgement. Each Purchaser hereunder acknowledges its primary responsibilities under the Securities Act and accordingly will not sell or otherwise transfer the Securities or Conversion Shares or any interest therein without complying with the requirements of the Securities Act. While the Registration Statement remains effective, each Purchaser hereunder may sell the Conversion Shares in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the Registration Statement and if it does so it
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will comply therewith and with the related prospectus delivery requirements unless an exemption therefrom is available. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that if it is notified by the Company in writing at any time that the Registration Statement registering the resale of the Conversion Shares is not effective or that the prospectus included in such Registration Statement is no longer compliant with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, the Purchaser will refrain from selling such Conversion Shares until such time as the Purchaser is notified by the Company that such Registration Statement is effective or such prospectus is compliant with Section 10 of the Securities Act, unless such Purchaser is able to, and does, sell such Conversion Shares pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act. Both the Company and its Transfer Agent, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, may rely on this Section 4.1(e) and each Purchaser hereunder will indemnify and hold harmless each of such persons from any breaches or violations of this Section 4.1(e).
4.2 Furnishing of Information. In order to enable the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144, for a period of twelve (12) months from the Closing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. During such twelve (12) month period, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144.
4.3 Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction; provided, however, that this Section 4.3 shall not limit the Companys right to issue shares of capital stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. By 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release (the Press Release) reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. On or before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second (2nd) Trading Day immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission describing the terms of the Transaction Documents (and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser or an Affiliate of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser or an Affiliate of any Purchaser in any press release or filing with the Commission (other than the Registration Statement) or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by U.S. federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or (B) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, request of the Commissions staff or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii). From and after the issuance of the Press Release, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the Press Release. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are required to be publicly disclosed by the Company as described in this Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
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4.5 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an Acquiring Person under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement or law (including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, in either case solely by virtue of receiving Securities or Conversion Shares under the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that no such Purchaser owns any equity in the Company prior to its purchase of the Securities hereunder.
4.6 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including this Agreement, or as expressly required by any applicable securities law, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information regarding the Company that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information without the express written consent of such Purchaser, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
4.7 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital and general corporate purposes.
4.8 Principal Trading Market Listing. In the time and manner required by the Principal Trading Market, the Company shall prepare and file with such Principal Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering all of the Securities and Conversion Shares and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all steps necessary to cause all of the Securities and Conversion Shares to be approved for listing on the Principal Trading Market as promptly as possible thereafter.
4.9 Form D; Blue Sky. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon the written request of any Purchaser. The Company, on or before the Closing Date, shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Purchasers under applicable securities or Blue Sky laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification) and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon the written request of any Purchaser.
4.10 Delivery of Securities After Closing. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the respective Securities purchased by each Purchaser to such Purchaser within three (3) Trading Days of the Closing Date.
4.11 Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Such Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in any transactions in the Companys securities (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Companys securities) during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of such time as (i) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as required by and described in Section 4.4 or (ii) this Agreement is terminated in full pursuant to Section 6.18. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction Documents.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4.4; provided, however, each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly with any Purchasers, that they will not enter into any Net Short Sales (as hereinafter defined) from the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earliest of (x) the Effective Date of the initial Registration Statement, (y) the twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the Closing Date or (z) the date that such Purchaser no longer holds any Securities. For purposes of this Section 4.12, a Net Short Sale by any Purchaser shall mean a sale of Common Stock by such Purchaser that is marked as a short sale and that is made at a time when there is no equivalent offsetting long position in Common Stock held by such Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a Purchaser is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchasers assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchasers assets, the representation set forth above shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Moreover, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a Purchaser has sold Securities pursuant to Rule 144 prior to the Effective Date of the initial Registration Statement and the Company has failed to deliver certificates without legends prior to the settlement date for such sale (assuming that such certificates meet the requirements set forth in Section 4.1(c) for the removal of legends), the provisions of this Section 4.12 shall not prohibit the Purchaser from entering into Net Short Sales for the purpose of delivering shares of Common Stock in settlement of such sale. Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the position that covering a short position established prior to effectiveness of a resale registration statement with shares included in such registration statement would be a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.
4.12 Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Series A Preferred Share Terms, the Company shall not effect any redesignation of the Series A Preferred Shares, and the Purchaser shall not have the right to redesignate any portion of its Series A Preferred Shares, to the extent that, after giving effect to an attempted redesignation set forth on an applicable Notice of Conversion (as defined in the Series A Preferred Share Terms) with respect to the Series A Preferred Shares, such Purchaser (together with such Purchasers Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Purchasers for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, including any group of which the Purchaser is a member) would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Purchaser and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock created by the consolidation and redesignation of the Series A Preferred Shares subject to the Notice of Conversion with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are creatable or issuable upon (i) redesignation of the remaining, unconverted Series A Preferred Shares beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Purchaser or any of its Affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4.12, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission. In addition, for purposes hereof, group has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission. For purposes of this Section 4.12, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Purchaser may rely on the number of outstanding shares
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of Common Stock as reflected in (i) the Companys most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) a more recent notice by the Company setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of a Purchaser (which may be by email), the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days of such request, confirm orally and in writing to such Purchaser (which may be by email) the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to any actual conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including Series A Preferred Shares, by such Purchaser or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was last publicly reported or confirmed to the Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall initially be 9.99% of the number of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the creation or issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Notice of Conversion (to the extent permitted pursuant to this Section 4.12). The Company shall be entitled to rely on representations made to it by the Purchaser in any Notice of Conversion regarding its Beneficial Ownership Limitation. By written notice to the Company, a Purchaser may from time to time increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other percentage not in excess of 19.9% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this Section 4.12 shall be construed, corrected and implemented in a manner so as to effectuate the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Securities in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Purchaser for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act.
4.13 Requisite Stockholder Approval. The Company shall hold a special meeting of stockholders (a Stockholder Meeting) within 90 days from the Closing (the Stockholder Meeting Deadline) for the purpose of obtaining stockholder approval of the conversion of all issued and outstanding Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules (the Requisite Stockholder Approval). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders approval of such resolution and to cause the Board of Directors of the Company to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such resolution. If the Requisite Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Stockholder Meeting Deadline, the Company shall cause an additional Stockholder Meeting to be held within 90 days from the prior meeting (the Extended Stockholder Approval Period). If the Requisite Stockholder Approval is not obtained within the Extended Stockholder Approval Period, then the Company shall convene additional stockholder meetings every 90 days thereafter until the Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained.
4.14 Conversion and Exercise Procedures. Each of the form of Notice of Conversion included in the Certificate of Designation set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to convert the Securities. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required in order for the registered holder thereof to convert the Securities. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to convert their Securities. The Company shall honor conversions of the Securities and shall deliver Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
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ARTICLE V.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Purchasers to Purchase Securities. The obligation of each Purchaser to acquire Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchasers satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Purchaser (as to itself only):
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.
(b) Performance. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.
(c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(d) Consents. The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities (including all Required Approvals), all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.
(e) Adverse Changes. Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) No Suspensions of Trading in Common Stock. The Common Stock shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market from trading on the Principal Trading Market nor shall suspension by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Trading Market.
(g) Company Deliverables. The Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(a).
(h) Compliance Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to each Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer or its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 5.1(a) and (b) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.
(i) Merger. The Merger shall have been consummated in accordance with the Merger Agreement.
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(j) Termination. This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.18 herein.
5.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to issue Securities. The Companys obligation to issue the Securities at the Closing to the Purchasers is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Purchasers in Section 3.2 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made, and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.
(b) Performance. Such Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(d) Purchasers Deliverables. Such Purchaser shall have delivered its Purchaser Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b).
(e) Merger. The Merger shall have been consummated in accordance with the Merger Agreement.
(f) Termination. This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.18 herein.
ARTICLE VI.
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Fees and Expenses. The Company and the Purchasers shall each pay the fees and expenses of their respective advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale and issuance and sale of the Securities to the Purchasers.
6.2 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules. At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Company and the Purchasers will execute and deliver to the other such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents.
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6.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via electronic mail at the e-mail address specified in this Section 6.3 prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via electronic mail at the e- mail address or facsimile number specified in this Section 6.3 on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:
If to the Company: |
Unum Therapeutics Inc.
200 Cambridge Park
Drive, Suite 3100
Telephone No.: (617) 945-5576
Attention: Charles Wilson
E-mail: charles.wilson@unumrx.com |
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With a copy to: |
Goodwin Procter LLP 100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210 Telephone No.: (617) 570-1000 Attention: Danielle Lauzon E-mail: DLauzon@goodwinlaw.com |
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If to a Purchaser: |
To the address set forth under such Purchasers name on the signature page hereof; |
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.
6.4 Amendments; Waivers; No Additional Consideration. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers of at least a majority in interest of the Securities still held by Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Purchaser to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document unless the same consideration is also offered to all Purchasers who then hold Securities.
6.5 Construction. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.
6.6 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities in compliance with the Transaction Documents and applicable law, provided such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the terms and conditions of this Agreement that apply to the Purchasers.
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6.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except the Placement Agent are an intended third party beneficiary of Article III and Article IV hereof.
6.8 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
6.9 Survival. Subject to applicable statute of limitations, the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
6.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, or by e- mail delivery of a .pdf format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.
6.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.
6.12 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.
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6.13 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities or Conversion Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent of such loss, theft or destruction and the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit of that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Transfer Agent for any losses in connection therewith or, if required by the Transfer Agent, a bond in such form and amount as is required by the Transfer Agent. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities or Conversion Shares. If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities or Conversion Shares is requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a replacement.
6.14 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation (other than in connection with any action for a temporary restraining order) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
6.15 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
6.16 Adjustments in Share Numbers and Prices. In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof and prior to the Closing, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of shares or a price per share shall be deemed to be amended to appropriately account for such event.
6.17 Independent Nature of Purchasers Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary which may have been made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser and any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Purchaser (or any other Person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statement or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action
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taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their respective counsels have chosen to communicate with the Company through Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Placement Agent. Each Purchaser acknowledges that Latham & Watkins LLP has rendered legal advice to the Placement Agents and not to such Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that each such Purchaser has relied for such matters on the advice of its own respective counsel. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser.
6.18 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the sale and purchase of the Securities abandoned at any time prior to the Closing by either the Company or any Purchaser (with respect to itself only) upon written notice to the other, if the Closing has not been consummated on or prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Outside Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.18 shall not be available to any Person whose failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such time. Nothing in this Section 6.18 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. In the event of a termination pursuant to this Section 6.18, the Company shall promptly notify all non-terminating Purchasers. Upon a termination in accordance with this Section 6.18, the Company and the terminating Purchaser(s) shall not have any further obligation or liability (including arising from such termination) to the other, and no Purchaser will have any liability to any other Purchaser under the Transaction Documents as a result therefrom.
6.19 Exculpation of the Placement Agents. Each party acknowledges that it has read the notice attached hereto as Exhibit G and hereto agrees for the express benefit of the Placement Agent, its affiliates and its representatives that:
(a) Neither the Placement Agent nor any of its affiliates or any of its representatives (1) has any duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein or in the engagement letter, dated as of July 2, 2020, between the Company and Jefferies LLC (the Engagement Letter); (2) shall be liable for any improper payment made in accordance with the information provided by the Company; (3) makes any representation or warranty, or has any responsibilities as to the validity, accuracy, value or genuineness of any information, certificates or documentation delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; or (4) shall be liable (x) 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 (y) 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 or willful misconduct.
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(b) The Placement Agent, its affiliates and its representatives shall be entitled to (1) rely on, and shall be protected in acting upon, any certificate, instrument, notice, letter or any other document or security delivered to it by or on behalf of the Company, including the representations made by the Company and the Investors herein, and (2) be indemnified by the Company for acting as the Placement Agent hereunder pursuant the indemnification provisions set forth in the Engagement Letter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Orbimed Genesis Master Fund, L.P. | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Ally Bridge MedAlpha Master Fund L.P. | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: RTW Venture Fund Limited | ||
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Aggregate Series A Preferred Shares Purchase Price (Preferred Subscription Amount): $197,750.00 | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Acorn Bioventures, L.P. | ||
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Aggregate Series A Preferred Shares Purchase Price (Preferred Subscription Amount): $10,000,000.00 | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners III, L.P. | ||
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Aggregate Series A Preferred Shares Purchase Price (Preferred Subscription Amount): $6,858,000.00 | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: VHCP Co-Investment Holdings III, LLC | ||
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Aggregate Series A Preferred Shares Purchase Price (Preferred Subscription Amount): $685,200.00 | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. | ||
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Aggregate Series A Preferred Shares Purchase Price (Preferred Subscription Amount): $5,222,800.00 | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P. | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS, L.P. | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: VHCP CO-INVESTMENT HOLDINGS II, LLC | ||
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Aggregate Series A Preferred Shares Purchase Price (Preferred Subscription Amount): $ 1,285,200.00 | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Samsara BioCapital, L.P. | ||
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Aggregate Series A Preferred Shares Purchase Price (Preferred Subscription Amount): $7,000,000.00 | ||
Number of Series A Preferred Shares to be Acquired: 7,955 | ||
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NAME OF PURCHASER: Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners II, L.P. | ||
By: VHCP Management II, LLC, its general partner |
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Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
Aggregate Series A Preferred Shares Purchase Price (Preferred Subscription Amount): $3,171,600.00 | ||
Number of Series A Preferred Shares to be Acquired: 3,604 | ||
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Annex A: Schedule of Purchasers
EXHIBITS:
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Certificate of Designations |
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement |
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Share Certificate Questionnaire |
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Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions |
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Form of Secretarys Certificate |
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Form of Officers Certificate |
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Jefferies Required Disclosure |
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Merger Agreement |
SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT C
STOCK CERTIFICATE QUESTIONNAIRE
Pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of the Agreement, please provide us with the following information:
1. | The exact name that the Securities are to be registered in (this is the name that will appear on the stock certificate(s)). You may use a nominee name if appropriate: |
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2. | The relationship between the Purchaser of the Securities and the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above: |
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3. | The mailing address, telephone and telecopy number of the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above: |
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4. | The U.S. Tax Identification Number (or, if an individual, the U.S. Social Security Number) of the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above: |
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
As of ,
[Insert Name of Transfer Agent]
[Address]
[Address]
Attn:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of , 2020 (the Agreement), by and among Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the purchasers named on the signature pages thereto (collectively, and including permitted transferees, the Holders), pursuant to which the Company is issuing to the Holders shares (the Shares) of Series A Non- Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock), which will be convertible into shares (the Conversion Shares) of the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock).
This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to you (provided that you are the transfer agent of the Company at such time and the conditions set forth in this letter are satisfied), subject to any stop transfer instructions that we may issue to you from time to time, if any, to issue shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock to or upon the order of a Holder from time to time upon delivery of an executed Notice of Effectiveness of Registration Statement, in the form attached hereto as Annex I.
You acknowledge and agree that so long as you have received (a) written confirmation from the Companys legal counsel that either (1) a registration statement covering resales of the Shares has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or (2) the Shares have been sold in conformity with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (Rule 144) or are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and (b) if applicable, a copy of such registration statement, then, unless otherwise required by law, within three (3) Trading Days of your receipt of a notice of transfer or Shares, you shall issue the certificates representing the Shares registered in the names of such Holders or transferees, as the case may be, and such certificates shall not bear any legend restricting transfer of the Shares thereby and should not be subject to any stop-transfer restriction; provided, however, that if such Shares are not registered for resale under the Securities Act or able to be sold under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, then the certificates for such Shares shall bear the following legend:
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT |
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. |
A form of written confirmation from the Companys outside legal counsel that a registration statement covering resales of the Shares has been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act is attached hereto as Annex I.
Please be advised that the Holders are relying upon this letter as an inducement to enter into the Agreement and, accordingly, each Holder is a third party beneficiary to these instructions.
Please execute this letter in the space indicated to acknowledge your agreement to act in accordance with these instructions.
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Annex I
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[Insert Name of Transfer Agent] [Address] [Address] Attn: |
Re: [Insert Name of Company]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of _______ , ___ , entered into by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein (collectively, the Purchasers) pursuant to which the Company issued to the Purchasers shares of the Companys Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the Shares). Pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreement of even date, the Company agreed to register the resale of the Shares (collectively, the Registrable Securities), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). In connection with the Companys obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on, , the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- ) (the Registration Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Purchasers as a selling stockholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the Commissions staff has advised us by telephone that the Commission has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act at [a.m.][p.m.] on _______ , ___ , and we have no knowledge, after reviewing the Commissions Stop Orders web page (http://sec.gov/litigation/stoporders.shtml), that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the Commission and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.
This letter shall serve as our standing notice to you that the Shares may be freely transferred by the Purchasers pursuant to the Registration Statement. You need not require further letters from us to effect any future legend-free issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock to the Purchasers or the transferees of the Purchasers, as the case may be, as contemplated by the Companys Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated , , provided at the time of such reissuance, the Company has not otherwise notified you that the Registration Statement is unavailable for the resale of the Registrable Securities. This letter shall serve as our standing instructions with regard to this matter.
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF SECRETARYS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned hereby certifies that Erin Schellhammer is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and that as such he is authorized to execute and deliver this certificate in the name and on behalf of the Company and in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of , , by and among the Company and the investors party thereto (the Securities Purchase Agreement), and further certifies in his official capacity, in the name and on behalf of the Company, the items set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting held on . Such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect. |
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Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, together with any and all amendments thereto currently in effect, and no action has been taken to further amend, modify or repeal such Certificate of Incorporation, the same being in full force and effect in the attached form as of the date hereof |
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Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of the Bylaws of the Company and any and all amendments thereto currently in effect, and no action has been taken to further amend, modify or repeal such Bylaws, the same being in full force and effect in the attached form as of the date hereof. |
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Each person listed below has been duly elected or appointed to the position(s) indicated opposite his name and is duly authorized to sign the Securities Purchase Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents on behalf of the Company, and the signature appearing opposite such persons name below is such persons genuine signature. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand as of this day of , .
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I, Charles Wilson, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, hereby certify that Erin Schellhammer is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of the Company and that the signature set forth above is his true signature.
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EXHIBIT A
Resolutions
EXHIBIT B
Certificate of Incorporation
EXHIBIT C
Bylaws
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), pursuant to Section 5.1(i) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of , by and among the Company and the investors signatory thereto (the Securities Purchase Agreement), hereby represents, warrants and certifies as follows (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement):
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The representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the date hereof, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date. |
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The Company has performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the date hereof. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate this day of , .
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EXHIBIT G
Jefferies Required Disclosure
On February 2, 2016, pursuant to an offer of settlement by Jefferies LLC, the SEC entered an administrative order, pursuant to its Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) initiative, finding that Jefferies LLC, in connection with its underwriting of certain municipal securities offerings, willfully violated Section 17(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The administrative order requires Jefferies LLC to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations or any future violations of Section 17(a)(2), to pay a civil penalty, and to complete certain undertakings. Jefferies LLC received waivers from the SEC of any disqualifications under Regulations A (Rule 262), D (Rule 505 and 506), and E arising from the settlement, effective as of February 2, 2016. The SEC Order is available at https://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2016/33-10030.pdf.
EXHIBIT H
Merger Agreement
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of July 6, 2020, by and among Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the several purchasers signatory hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a Purchaser and collectively, the Purchasers).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2020, between the Company and each Purchaser (the Purchase Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Purchasers agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Advice has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
Affiliate means 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 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Business Day means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
Closing has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
Closing Date has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Stock means the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
Company has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Effective Date means the date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is first declared effective by the Commission.
Effectiveness Deadline means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the Filing Deadline (or, in the event the Commission reviews and has written comments to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, the sixtieth (60th) calendar day following the Filing Deadline); provided, however, that if the Company is notified by the Commission that the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Deadline as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the
date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above; provided, further, that if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business.
Effectiveness Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Filing Deadline means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the ninetieth (90th) calendar day following the Closing Date, provided, however, that if the Filing Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the next business day on which the Commission is open for business.
Holder or Holders means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
Indemnified Party has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
Indemnifying Party has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
Initial Registration Statement means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement.
Losses has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
New Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
Person means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Principal Market means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock are primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the Closing Date, shall be the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Proceeding means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
Prospectus means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430B promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Purchaser or Purchasers has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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Registrable Securities means all of (i) the Shares and (ii) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing, provided, that the Holder has completed and delivered to the Company a Selling Shareholder Questionnaire; and provided, further, that with respect to a particular Holder, such Holders Shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) a sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in which case, only such security sold by the Holder shall cease to be a Registrable Security); (B) becoming eligible for resale by the Holder under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required thereunder and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, pursuant to a written opinion letter of counsel for the Company to such effect, addressed, delivered and reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent; or (c) the expiration of twelve months from the Closing Date.
Registration Statements means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation the Initial Registration Statement, the New Registration Statement and any Remainder Registration Statements), amendments and supplements to such Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statements.
Remainder Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
Rule 415 means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
Rule 424 means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
SEC Guidance means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff; provided, that any such oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests are reduced to writing by the Commission and (ii) the Securities Act.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Selling Shareholder Questionnaire means a questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B hereto, or such other form of questionnaire as may reasonably be adopted by the Company from time to time.
Series A Preferred Shares means the Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares, nominal value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
Shares means the shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares as designated by the Board of Directors of the Company on July 5, 2020.
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Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
2. Registration.
(a) On or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities not then registered on an existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 or, if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Registrable Securities, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Securities as the Holders may reasonably specify (the Initial Registration Statement). The Initial Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is then ineligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering) subject to the provisions of Section 2(d) and shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) the Plan of Distribution section substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A (which may be modified to respond to comments, if any, provided by the Commission). Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2, in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a New Registration Statement), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or, if the Company is ineligible to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations Question 612.09. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by Registrable Securities not acquired pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (whether pursuant to registration rights or otherwise), and second by Registrable Securities represented by Shares (applied, in the case that some Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Shares held by such Holders). In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement (the Remainder Registration Statements).
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(b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable and, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, no later than the Effectiveness Deadline (including filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of (i) such time as all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been publicly sold by the Holders; (ii) the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold by non-affiliates without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144 as determined by counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and reasonably acceptable to the Companys transfer agent or (iii) the expiration of twelve months from the Closing Date (the Effectiveness Period). The Company shall request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 4:00 P.M. New York City time on a Trading Day. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which date of confirmation shall initially be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 A.M. New York City time on the first Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a final Prospectus with the Commission, as required by Rule 424(b) and shall provide the Investors with copies of the final Prospectus to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the securities covered thereby. The Company shall promptly inform each Holder in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holder is required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities.
(c) Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Shareholder Questionnaire not more than five (5) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement. At least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder other than the information contained in the Selling Shareholder Questionnaire, if any, which shall be completed and delivered to the Company promptly upon request and, in any event, within three (3) Trading Days prior to the applicable anticipated filing date. Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Shareholder Questionnaire and a response to any reasonable requests for further information as described in the previous sentence. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Shareholder Questionnaire or a request for further information, in either case, after its respective deadline, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Shareholder Questionnaire or request for further information. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the information in the Selling Shareholder Questionnaire or request for further information as described in this Section 2(c) will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.
(d) In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
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3. Registration Procedures
In connection with the Companys registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor reports), (i) furnish to each Holder copies of such Registration Statement, Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, as proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holder (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such five (5) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and approved the use of such documents) and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which a Holder reasonably objects in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing within the five (5) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period described above, as applicable.
(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its Effectiveness Period; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the Holders as Selling Stockholders but not any comments that would result in the disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of (subject to the terms of this Agreement) in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented; provided, however, that each Purchaser shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus to the Persons to whom such Purchaser sells any of the Shares (including in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act), and each Purchaser agrees to dispose of Registrable Securities in compliance with the Plan of Distribution described in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the Commission on the same day on which the Exchange Act report which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed.
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(c) Notify the Holders (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably practicable (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day: (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a review of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on any Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide to each of the Holders true and complete copies of all comments that pertain to the Holders as a Selling Stockholder or to the Plan of Distribution and all written responses thereto, but not information that the Company believes would constitute material and non-public information); and (C) with respect to each Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information that pertains to the Holders as Selling Stockholders or the Plan of Distribution; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein or any statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company reasonably believes may be material and that, in the reasonable determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided that, any and all such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law; and provided, further, that notwithstanding each Holders agreement to keep such information confidential, each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is material, non-public information.
(d) Use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as practicable.
(e) If requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that the Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commissions EDGAR system.
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(f) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(g) Cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates or book entry statements, as applicable, representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates or statements shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement and under law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may reasonably request.
(h) Following the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c), as promptly as reasonably practicable (taking into account the Companys good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its shareholders of the premature disclosure of such event), prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the affected Registration Statements or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement nor any Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(c) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(h) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus. For the avoidance of doubt, any period of time for which the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus are suspended pursuant to Section 2(c) shall be disregarded when determining the time period allotted under this Section 3(h).
(i) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of the Common Stock and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA or any state securities commission.
(j) The Company shall cooperate with any registered broker through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 as requested by any such Holder and the Company shall pay the filing fee required for the first such filing within two (2) Business Days of the request therefor.
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4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the Companys performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement (excluding any underwriting discounts and selling commissions and all legal fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Holder) shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock are then listed for trading, (B) with respect to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders) and (C) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with Section 3(j) above, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to the FINRA Rule 5110, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any underwriting, broker or similar fees or commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
5. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, Affiliates and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable attorneys fees) and expenses (collectively, Losses), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (A) such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holders proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that each Holder
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has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii)-(vi), related to the use by a Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated and defined in Section 6(d) below, to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected or (C) to the extent that any such Losses arise out of the Purchasers (or any other indemnified Persons) failure to send or give a copy of the Prospectus or supplement (as then amended or supplemented), if required, pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) to the Persons asserting an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities to such Person if such statement or omission was corrected in such Prospectus or supplement. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 5(c)) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or are based solely upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein or (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holders proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii)-(vi), to the extent related to the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an Indemnified Party), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the Indemnifying Party) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
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An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest exists if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party); provided, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 5) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within twenty (20) Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification hereunder). The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 5, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), (A) no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (B) no contribution will be made under circumstances where the maker of such contribution would not have been required to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the fault standards set forth in this Section 5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements. Except and to the extent specified in the Purchase Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in a Registration Statement other than the Registrable Securities and the Company shall not prior to the Effective Date enter into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders.
(c) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method of distribution described in the Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(iii)-(vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the Advice) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.
(e) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date hereof, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
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(f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, or waived unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding no less than a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, provided that any party may give a waiver as to itself. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger or in connection with another entity acquiring all or substantially all of the Companys assets) or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign its respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement; provided in each case that (i) the Holder agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights and related obligations under this Agreement, and for the transferee or assignee to assume such obligations, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (iii) at or before the time the Company received the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein and (iv) the transferee is an accredited investor, as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D.
(i) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by e-mail delivery of a .pdf format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such .pdf signature were the original thereof.
(j) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(k) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
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(l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their good faith reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(n) Independent Nature of Purchasers Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made independently of any other Purchaser. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Purchasers has been provided with the same Registration Rights Agreement for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Purchasers and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser.
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ANNEX A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION1
We are registering the shares of common stock of Unum Therapeutics Inc., par value of $0.001 per share, or the Common Stock, which we refer to herein as Shares, issued to the selling stockholders to permit the resale of these Shares by the holders of the Shares from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the Shares. We will, or will procure to, bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the Shares.
The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the Shares beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Shares are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agents commissions. The Shares may be sold on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, in the over-the-counter market or in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market and in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions. The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
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an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
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broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
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The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as amended, or the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, or Section 4(a)(1) under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of those provisions.
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Note to Draft: Definitions to be conformed to resale S-3. |
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling Shares to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the Shares for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal. Such commissions will be in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction will not be in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2121.01.
In connection with sales of the Shares or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Shares in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell Shares short and if such short sale shall take place after the date that this Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, the selling stockholders may deliver Shares covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge Shares to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selling stockholders have been advised that they may not use shares registered on this registration statement to cover short sales of our Common Stock made prior to the date the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, has been declared effective by the SEC.
The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Shares from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer and donate the Shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer or agents participating in the distribution of the Shares may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer or agent and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Selling Stockholders who are underwriters within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder and may be subject to certain statutory liabilities of, including but not limited to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Each selling stockholder has informed the Company that it is not a registered broker-dealer and does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Shares. Upon the Company being notified in writing by a selling stockholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of Common Stock through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such selling stockholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the
number of shares involved, (iii) the price at which such the Shares were sold, (iv) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (v) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and (vi) other facts material to the transaction. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups, which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8.0%).
Under the securities laws of some U.S. states, the Shares may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some U.S. states the Shares may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the Shares registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.
Each selling stockholder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Shares by the selling stockholder and any other participating person. To the extent applicable, Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Shares to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Shares. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the Shares and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Shares.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the Shares pursuant to the registration rights agreement, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or blue sky laws; provided, however, that each selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any and any related legal expenses incurred by it. We will indemnify the selling stockholders against certain liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreement, or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling stockholders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.
ANNEX B
SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned holder of shares of the (i) common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Unum Therapeutics Inc. (the Company) and/or (ii) Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company issued pursuant to a certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Purchasers named therein, dated as of ______________, 2020 (the Agreement), understands that the Company intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (the Resale Registration Statement) for the registration and the resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement, a holder of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling stockholder in the related prospectus or a supplement thereto (as so supplemented, the Prospectus), deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities (including pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) and be bound by the provisions of the Agreement (including certain indemnification provisions, as described below). Holders must complete and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire in order to be named as selling stockholders in the Prospectus. Holders of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire within five (5) Trading Days following the date of the Agreement (1) will not be named as selling stockholders in the Resale Registration Statement or the Prospectus and (2) may not use the Prospectus for resales of Registrable Securities.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Holders of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned holder (the Selling Stockholder) of Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item (3), unless otherwise specified in Item (3), pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement. The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands and agrees that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
QUESTIONNAIRE
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Name. |
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Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder: |
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Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held: |
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Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire): |
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Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder: |
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E-mail address of Contact Person:________________________________________________ |
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Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities Issuable Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement: |
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Type and Number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned and issued pursuant to the Agreement: |
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Number of American Depositary Shares to be registered pursuant to this Notice for resale: |
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Broker-Dealer Status: |
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Are you a broker-dealer? |
Yes ☐ No ☐
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If yes to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company? |
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If no, the Commissions staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement. |
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Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer? |
Yes ☐ No ☐
Note: If yes, provide a narrative explanation below:
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If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities? |
Yes ☐ No ☐
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If no, the Commissions staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement. |
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Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder. |
Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.
Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned:
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Relationships with the Company: |
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
State any exceptions here:
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Plan of Distribution: |
The undersigned has reviewed the form of Plan of Distribution attached as Annex A to the Registration Rights Agreement, and hereby confirms that, except as set forth below, the information contained therein regarding the undersigned and its plan of distribution is correct and complete.
State any exceptions here:
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The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the effective date of any applicable Resale Registration Statement. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand delivery, confirmed or facsimile transmission, first-class mail or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery at the address set forth below. In the absence of any such notification, the Company shall be entitled to continue to rely on the accuracy of the information in this Notice and Questionnaire.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (7) above and the inclusion of such information in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of any such Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
By signing below, the undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement. The undersigned also acknowledges that it understands that the answers to this Questionnaire are furnished for use in connection with Registration Statements filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and is advised of the following Question 239.10 of the Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations regarding short selling:
An Issuer filed a Form S-3 registration statement for a secondary offering of common stock which is not yet effective. One of the selling stockholders wanted to do a short sale of common stock against the box and cover the short sale with registered shares after the effective date. The issuer was advised that the short sale could not be made before the registration statement become effective, because the shares underlying the short sale are deemed to be sold at the time such sale is made. There would, therefore, be a violation of Section 5 if the shares were effectively sold prior to the effective date.
By returning this Questionnaire, the undersigned will be deemed to be aware of the foregoing interpretation.
I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foregoing statements (including without limitation the answers to this Questionnaire) are correct.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
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PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
[Name]
Jefferies LLC
520 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
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Exhibit 10.3
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (Agreement) is made between Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and John L. Green (the Executive).
WHEREAS, the Executive has been employed by the Company since July 25, 2018, and the Company currently employs the Executive as Vice President, Finance; and,
WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive and the Executive desires to be employed by the Company beginning on July 4, 2020 (the Effective Date) as the Companys Chief Financial Officer on the terms contained herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Employment.
(a) Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until the Date of Termination (as defined herein) (such period shall hereinafter be referred to as the Term). No provision of this Agreement shall be construed as altering the at will nature of Executives employment, and the Executives employment may be terminated at any time for any reason.
(b) Position and Duties. During the Term, the Executive shall serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and shall have such powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board), the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the CEO) or other authorized executive, provided that such duties are consistent with the Executives position or other positions that he may hold from time to time. The Executive shall devote his full working time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may serve on other boards of directors, with the approval of the CEO, or engage in religious, charitable or other community activities as long as such services and activities are disclosed to the CEO and do not materially interfere with the Executives performance of his duties to the Company as provided in this Agreement.
2. Compensation and Related Matters.
(a) Base Salary. During the Term, the Executives initial annual base salary shall be $350,000. The Executives base salary may be redetermined annually by the Board or the Compensation Committee. The base salary in effect at any given time is referred to herein as Base Salary. The Base Salary shall be payable in a manner that is consistent with the Companys usual payroll practices for senior executives.
(b) Incentive Compensation. During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to receive cash incentive compensation as determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee from time to time. The Executives target annual incentive compensation shall be 40% of his Base Salary. To earn incentive compensation, the Executive must be employed by the Company on the day such incentive compensation is paid. For 2020, the Executives target annual incentive compensation shall be (i) 30% of the Executives then effective Base Salary paid to the Executive between January 1, 2020, and the Effective Date plus (ii) 40% of the Executives then effective Base Salary paid to the Executive from the Effective Date through December 31, 2020.
(c) Expenses. The Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by him during the Term in performing services hereunder, in accordance with the policies and procedures then in effect and established by the Company for its senior executive officers.
(d) Other Benefits. During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in or receive benefits under the Companys employee benefit plans in effect from time to time, subject to the terms of such plans.
(e) Vacations. During the Term, the Executive shall be subject to the Companys vacation policy as in effect from time to time at the Company. The Executive shall also be entitled to all paid holidays given by the Company to its executives.
(f) Equity. Any options held by the Executive to purchase shares of the Companys common stock pursuant to the Companys 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (collectively, with any stock option award agreement, as amended, the Equity Documents) shall remain subject to the terms of the Equity Documents.
3. Termination. During the Term, the Executives employment hereunder may be terminated without any breach of this Agreement under the following circumstances:
(a) Death. The Executives employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.
(b) Disability. The Company may terminate the Executives employment if he is disabled and unable to perform the essential functions of the Executives then existing position or positions under this Agreement with or without reasonable accommodation for a period of 180 days (which need not be consecutive) in any 12-month period. If any question shall arise as to whether during any period the Executive is disabled so as to be unable to perform the essential functions of the Executives then existing position or positions with or without reasonable accommodation, the Executive may, and at the request of the Company shall, submit to the Company a certification in reasonable detail by a physician selected by the Company to whom the Executive or the Executives guardian has no reasonable objection as to whether the Executive is so disabled or how long such disability is expected to continue, and such certification shall for the purposes of this Agreement be conclusive of the issue. The Executive shall cooperate with any reasonable request of the physician in connection with such certification. If such question shall arise and the Executive shall fail to submit such certification, the Companys determination of such issue shall be binding on the Executive. Nothing in this Section 3(b) shall be construed to waive the Executives rights, if any, under existing law including, without limitation, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §2601 et seq. and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.
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(c) Termination by Company for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executives employment hereunder for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, Cause shall mean: (i) conduct by the Executive constituting a material act of misconduct in connection with the performance of his duties, including, without limitation, misappropriation of funds or property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates other than the occasional, customary and de minimis use of Company property for personal purposes; (ii) the commission by the Executive of any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud, or any conduct by the Executive that would reasonably be expected to result in material injury or reputational harm to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates if he were retained in his position; (iii) continued non-performance by the Executive of his duties hereunder (other than by reason of the Executives physical or mental illness, incapacity or disability) which has continued for more than 30 days following written notice of such non-performance from the CEO; (iv) a breach by the Executive of any of the Continuing Obligations (as defined in Section 7 below); (v) a material violation by the Executive of the Companys written employment policies; or (vi) failure to cooperate with a bona fide internal investigation or an investigation by regulatory or law enforcement authorities, after being instructed by the Company to cooperate, or the willful destruction of or failure to preserve documents or other materials known to be relevant to such investigation or the inducement of others to fail to cooperate or to produce documents or other materials in connection with such investigation.
(d) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate the Executives employment hereunder at any time without Cause. Any termination by the Company of the Executives employment under this Agreement which does not constitute a termination for Cause under Section 3(c) and does not result from the death or disability of the Executive under Section 3(a) or (b) shall be deemed a termination without Cause.
(e) Termination by the Executive. The Executive may terminate his employment hereunder at any time for any reason, including but not limited to Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, Good Reason shall mean that the Executive has complied with the Good Reason Process (hereinafter defined) following the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) a material diminution in the Executives responsibilities, authority or duties, including a material change in reporting relationship; (ii) a material diminution of more than 10% in the Executives Base Salary except for across-the-board salary reductions based on the Companys financial performance similarly affecting all or substantially all senior management employees of the Company; (iii) a change in the geographic location at which the Executive provides services to the Company more than 60 miles away from the current location; or (iv) the material breach of this Agreement by the Company. Good Reason Process shall mean that (i) the Executive reasonably determines in good faith that a Good Reason condition has occurred; (ii) the Executive notifies the Company in writing of the first occurrence of the Good Reason condition within 60 days of the first occurrence of such condition; (iii) the Executive cooperates in good faith with the Companys efforts, for a period not less than 30 days following such notice (the Cure Period), to remedy the condition; (iv) notwithstanding such efforts, the Good Reason condition continues to exist; and (v) the Executive terminates his employment within 60 days after the end of the Cure Period. If the Company cures the Good Reason condition during the Cure Period, Good Reason shall be deemed not to have occurred.
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(f) Notice of Termination. Except for termination as specified in Section 3(a), any termination of the Executives employment by the Company or any such termination by the Executive shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a Notice of Termination shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon.
(g) Date of Termination. Date of Termination shall mean: (i) if the Executives employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death; (ii) if the Executives employment is terminated on account of disability under Section 3(b) or by the Company for Cause under Section 3(c), the date on which the Notice of Termination is given; (iii) if the Executives employment is terminated by the Company under Section 3(d), the date on which the Notice of Termination is given or the date otherwise specified by the Company in the Notice of Termination; (iv) if the Executives employment is terminated by the Executive under Section 3(e) other than for Good Reason, 14 days after the date on which a Notice of Termination is given, and (v) if the Executives employment is terminated by the Executive under Section 3(e) for Good Reason, the date on which a Notice of Termination is given after the end of the Cure Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Executive gives a Notice of Termination to the Company, the Company may unilaterally accelerate the Date of Termination and such acceleration shall not result in a termination by the Company for purposes of this Agreement.
4. Compensation Upon Termination.
(a) Termination Generally. If the Executives employment with the Company is terminated for any reason, the Company shall pay or provide to the Executive (or to his authorized representative or estate) (i) any Base Salary earned through the Date of Termination, unpaid expense reimbursements (subject to, and in accordance with, Section 2(c) of this Agreement) and unused vacation that accrued through the Date of Termination on or before the time required by law but in no event more than 30 days after the Executives Date of Termination; and (ii) any vested benefits the Executive may have under any employee benefit plan of the Company through the Date of Termination, which vested benefits shall be paid and/or provided in accordance with the terms of such employee benefit plans (collectively, the Accrued Benefit).
(b) Termination by the Company Without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason. During the Term, if the Executives employment is terminated by the Company without Cause as provided in Section 3(d), or the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason as provided in Section 3(e), then the Company shall pay the Executive his Accrued Benefit. In addition, subject to (x) the Executive signing a separation agreement and release in a form and manner satisfactory to the Company, which shall include, without limitation, a general release of claims against the Company and all related persons and entities, a reaffirmation of all of the Executives Continuing Obligations, and, in the Companys sole discretion, a one-year post-employment noncompetition agreement, and shall provide that if the Executive breaches any of the Continuing Obligations, all payments by the Company to the Executive pursuant to this
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Section 4(b) shall immediately cease (the Separation Agreement and Release), and (y) the Separation Agreement and Release becoming irrevocable, all within 60 days after the Date of Termination (or such shorter period as set forth in the Separation Agreement and Release), which shall include a seven (7) business day revocation period:
(i) the Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum in cash in an amount equal to nine (9) months of the Executives current Base Salary; and
(ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any applicable option agreement or other stock-based award agreement, all time-based stock options and other stock-based awards subject to time-based vesting held by the Executive (including performance grants with a time-based vesting component but only if the applicable performance metric(s) have been achieved prior the Date of Termination) and which would have vested if he had remained employed for an additional nine (9) months following the Date of Termination (the Time-Based Equity Awards) shall immediately accelerate and become fully exercisable or nonforfeitable as of the later of (A) the Date of Termination or (B) the Effective Date of the Separation Agreement and Release (the Accelerated Vesting Date); provided that any termination or forfeiture of any shares that may accelerate pursuant this subsection will be delayed until the Effective Date of the Separation Agreement and Release and will only occur if the vesting pursuant to this subsection does not occur due to the absence of the Separation Agreement and Release becoming fully effective within the time period set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no additional vesting of the Time-Based Equity Awards shall occur during the period between the Executives Date of Termination and the Accelerated Vesting Date; and
(iii) if the Executive was participating in the Companys group health plan immediately prior to the Date of Termination and elects COBRA health continuation, then the Company shall pay to the Executive a monthly cash payment for nine (9) months or the Executives COBRA health continuation period, whichever ends earlier, in an amount equal to the monthly employer contribution that the Company would have made to provide health insurance to the Executive if the Executive had remained employed by the Company; and
(iv) The amounts payable under this Section 4(b) shall be paid or commence to be paid within 60 days after the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the 60-day period begins in one calendar year and ends in a second calendar year, such payments shall be paid or commence to be paid in the second calendar year by the last day of such 60-day period; provided, further, that the initial payment shall include a catch-up payment to cover amounts retroactive to the day immediately following the Date of Termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive breaches any of the provisions contained in Section 7 of this Agreement, all payments under this Section 4(b) shall immediately cease.
5. Change in Control Payment. The provisions of this Section 5 set forth certain terms of an agreement reached between the Executive and the Company regarding the Executives rights and obligations upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company.
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These provisions are intended to assure and encourage in advance the Executives continued attention and dedication to his assigned duties and his objectivity during the pendency and after the occurrence of any such event. These provisions shall apply in lieu of, and expressly supersede, the provisions of Section 4(b) regarding severance pay and benefits upon a termination of employment, if such termination of employment occurs within 12 months after the occurrence of the first event constituting a Change in Control. These provisions shall terminate and be of no further force or effect beginning 12 months after the occurrence of a Change in Control.
(a) Change in Control. During the Term, if within 12 months after a Change in Control, the Executives employment is terminated by the Company without Cause as provided in Section 3(d) or the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason as provided in Section 3(e), then, subject to (x) the signing of the Separation Agreement and Release by the Executive, which shall be defined in the same manner as set forth in Section 4(b), except that it shall provide that if the Executive breaches any of the Continuing Obligations, all payments by the Company to the Executive pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall immediately cease, and (y) the Separation Agreement and Release becoming irrevocable, all within 60 days after the Date of Termination (or such shorter period as set forth in the Separation Agreement and Release), which shall include a seven (7) business day revocation period:
(i) the Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum in cash in an amount equal to the sum of (A) 12 months of the Executives current Base Salary (or the Executives Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, if higher) plus (B) 100% percent of the Executives target bonus for the then-current year; and
(ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any applicable option agreement or other stock-based award agreement, all time-based stock options and other stock-based awards subject to time-based vesting held by the Executive (including performance grants with a time-based vesting component but only if the applicable performance metric(s) have been achieved prior the Date of Termination) shall immediately accelerate and become fully exercisable or nonforfeitable as of the Accelerated Vesting Date; provided that any termination or forfeiture of any shares that may accelerate pursuant to this subsection will be delayed until the Effective Date of the Separation Agreement and Release and will only occur if the vesting pursuant to this subsection does not occur due to the absence of the Separation Agreement and Release becoming fully effective within the time period set forth therein; and
(iii) if the Executive was participating in the Companys group health plan immediately prior to the Date of Termination and elects COBRA health continuation, then the Company shall pay to the Executive a monthly cash payment for 12 months or the Executives COBRA health continuation period, whichever ends earlier, in an amount equal to the monthly employer contribution that the Company would have made to provide health insurance to the Executive if the Executive had remained employed by the Company; and
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(iv) The amounts payable under this Section 5(a) shall be paid or commence to be paid within 60 days after the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the 60-day period begins in one calendar year and ends in a second calendar year, such payments shall be paid or commence to be paid in the second calendar year by the last day of such 60-day period; provided, further, that the initial payment shall include a catch-up payment to cover amounts retroactive to the day immediately following the Date of Termination.
(b) Additional Limitation.
(i) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that the amount of any compensation, payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, calculated in a manner consistent with Section 280G of the Code and the applicable regulations thereunder (the Aggregate Payments), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, then the Aggregate Payments shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that no portion of the Aggregate Payments would be subject to the excise tax. In such event, the Aggregate Payments shall be reduced in the following order: (A) cash payments not subject to Section 409A of the Code; (B) cash payments subject to Section 409A of the Code; (C) equity-based payments and acceleration; and (D) non-cash forms of benefits. To the extent any payment is to be made over time (e.g., in installments, etc.), then the payments shall be reduced in reverse chronological order.
(ii) The determination of the reduction provided in Section 5(b)(i) shall be made by a nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Company (the Accounting Firm), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the Date of Termination, if applicable, or at such earlier time as is reasonably requested by the Company or the Executive. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive.
(c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 5, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Change in Control shall mean any of the following:
(i) any person, as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Act) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its subsidiaries), together with all affiliates and associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Act) of such person, shall become the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an election of the Board (Voting Securities) (in such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or
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(ii) the date a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board before the date of the appointment or election; or
(iii) the consummation of (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company (or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the equity securities of the Company issuing cash or securities in the consolidation or merger (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any), or (B) any sale or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i) solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportionate number of Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person to 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, that if any person referred to in this sentence shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Securities (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction or as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company) and immediately thereafter beneficially owns 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding Voting Securities, then a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i).
6. Section 409A.
(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of the Executives separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Company determines that the Executive is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent any payment or benefit that the Executive becomes entitled to under this Agreement or otherwise on account of the Executives separation from service would be considered deferred compensation otherwise subject to the 20 percent additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A(a) of the Code as a result of the application of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such payment shall not be payable and such benefit shall not be provided until the date that is the earlier of (i) six (6) months and one (1) day after the Executives separation from service, or (ii) the Executives death. If any such delayed cash payment is otherwise payable on an installment basis, the first payment shall include a catch-up payment covering amounts that would otherwise have been paid during the six-month period but for the application of this provision, and the balance of the installments shall be payable in accordance with their original schedule.
(b) All in-kind benefits provided and expenses eligible for reimbursement under this Agreement shall be provided by the Company or incurred by the Executive during the time periods set forth in this Agreement. All reimbursements shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable, but in no event shall any reimbursement be paid after the last day of
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the taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of in-kind benefits provided or reimbursable expenses incurred in one taxable year shall not affect the in-kind benefits to be provided or the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year (except for any lifetime or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses). Such right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
(c) To the extent that any payment or benefit described in this Agreement constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, and to the extent that such payment or benefit is payable upon the Executives termination of employment, then such payments or benefits shall be payable only upon the Executives separation from service. The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).
(d) The parties intend that this Agreement will be administered in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent that any provision of this Agreement is ambiguous as to its compliance with Section 409A of the Code, the provision shall be read in such a manner so that all payments hereunder comply with Section 409A of the Code. Each payment pursuant to this Agreement or the Restrictive Covenants Agreement is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2). The parties agree that this Agreement may be amended, as reasonably requested by either party, and as may be necessary to fully comply with Section 409A of the Code and all related rules and regulations in order to preserve the payments and benefits provided hereunder without additional cost to either party.
(e) The Company makes no representation or warranty and shall have no liability to the Executive or any other person if any provisions of this Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code but do not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section.
7. Continuing Obligations.
(a) Restrictive Covenants Agreement. The Invention Assignment, Non-Disclosure, and Business Protection Agreement that Executive entered into with the Company on July 5, 2018 (the Restrictive Covenants Agreement) remains in full force and effect and Executive remains subject to the continuing obligations set forth therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the obligations in this Section 7 and those that arise in the Restrictive Covenants Agreement and any other agreement relating to confidentiality, assignment of inventions, or other restrictive covenants shall collectively be referred to as the Continuing Obligations.
(b) Third-Party Agreements and Rights. The Executive hereby confirms that the Executive is not bound by the terms of any agreement with any previous employer or other party which restricts in any way the Executives use or disclosure of information or the Executives engagement in any business. The Executive represents to the Company that the Executives execution of this Agreement, the Executives employment with the Company and the performance of the Executives proposed duties for the Company has not violated and will not violate any obligations the Executive may have to any such previous employer or other party.
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In the Executives work for the Company, the Executive has not disclosed or made use of and will not disclose or make use of any information in violation of any agreements with or rights of any such previous employer or other party, and the Executive has not brought and will not bring to the premises of the Company any copies or other tangible embodiments of non-public information belonging to or obtained from any such previous employment or other party.
(c) Litigation and Regulatory Cooperation. During and after the Executives employment, the Executive shall cooperate fully with the Company in the defense or prosecution of any claims or actions now in existence or which may be brought in the future against or on behalf of the Company which relate to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the Company. The Executives full cooperation in connection with such claims or actions shall include, but not be limited to, being available to meet with counsel to prepare for discovery or trial and to act as a witness on behalf of the Company at mutually convenient times. During and after the Executives employment, the Executive also shall cooperate fully with the Company in connection with any investigation or review of any federal, state or local regulatory authority as any such investigation or review relates to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the Company. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Executives performance of obligations pursuant to this Section 7(c).
(d) Injunction. The Executive agrees that it would be difficult to measure any damages caused to the Company which might result from any breach by the Executive of any of his Continuing Obligations, and that in any event money damages would be an inadequate remedy for any such breach. Accordingly, subject to Section 8 of this Agreement, the Executive agrees that if the Executive breaches, or proposes to breach, any portion of his Continuing Obligations, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to all other remedies that it may have, to an injunction or other appropriate equitable relief to restrain any such breach without showing or proving any actual damage to the Company.
8. Arbitration of Disputes. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof or otherwise arising out of the Executives employment or the termination of that employment (including, without limitation, any claims of unlawful employment discrimination whether based on age or otherwise) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be settled by arbitration in any forum and form agreed upon by the parties or, in the absence of such an agreement, under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in Boston, Massachusetts in accordance with the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the AAA, including, but not limited to, the rules and procedures applicable to the selection of arbitrators. In the event that any person or entity other than the Executive or the Company may be a party with regard to any such controversy or claim, such controversy or claim shall be submitted to arbitration subject to such other person or entitys agreement. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. This Section 8 shall be specifically enforceable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 8 shall not preclude either party from pursuing a court action for the sole purpose of obtaining a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction in circumstances in which such relief is appropriate; provided that any other relief shall be pursued through an arbitration proceeding pursuant to this Section 8.
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9. Consent to Jurisdiction. To the extent that any court action is permitted consistent with or to enforce Section 8 of this Agreement, the parties hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Accordingly, with respect to any such court action, the Executive (a) submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts; (b) consents to service of process; and (c) waives any other requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court, or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction or service of process.
10. Integration. This Agreement, together with the Restrictive Covenants Agreement and the Equity Documents, constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties concerning such subject matter.
11. Withholding. All payments made by the Company to the Executive under this Agreement shall be net of any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Company under applicable law.
12. Successor to the Executive. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executives personal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the Executives death after his termination of employment but prior to the completion by the Company of all payments due his under this Agreement, the Company shall continue such payments to the Executives beneficiary designated in writing to the Company prior to his death (or to his estate, if the Executive fails to make such designation).
13. Enforceability. If any portion or provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any portion or provision of any section of this Agreement) shall to any extent be declared illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such portion or provision in circumstances other than those as to which it is so declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each portion and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
14. Survival. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement and/or the termination of the Executives employment to the extent necessary to effectuate the terms contained herein.
15. Waiver. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by the waiving party. The failure of any party to require the performance of any term or obligation of this Agreement, or the waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement, shall not prevent any subsequent enforcement of such term or obligation or be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach.
16. Notices. Any notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for by this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and delivered in person or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Executive at the last address the Executive has filed in writing with the Company or, in the case of the Company, at its main offices, attention of the Board.
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17. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument signed by the Executive and by a duly authorized representative of the Company.
18. Governing Law. This is a Massachusetts contract and shall be construed under and be governed in all respects by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles of such Commonwealth. With respect to any disputes concerning federal law, such disputes shall be determined in accordance with the law as it would be interpreted and applied by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be taken to be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same document.
20. Successor to Company. The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain an assumption of this Agreement at or prior to the effectiveness of any succession shall be a material breach of this Agreement.
21. Gender Neutral. Wherever used herein, a pronoun in the masculine gender shall be considered as including the feminine gender unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective on the date and year first above written.
UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Charles Wilson, Ph.D. |
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Its: | Chief Executive Officer | |
EXECUTIVE | ||
/s/ John Green |
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John Green |
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Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment to Employment Agreement (this Amendment) is entered into and effective as of July 6, 2020, by and between Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and Charles Wilson (the Executive)
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to an Employment Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2018 (the Employment Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend certain provisions of the Employment Agreement; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Executive and the Company, the parties agree as follows:
1. Section 5(c) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 5, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Change in Control shall mean any of the following:
(i) any person, as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Act) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its subsidiaries), together with all affiliates and associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Act) of such person, shall become the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an election of the Board (Voting Securities) (in such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or
(ii) the date a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board before the date of the appointment or election; or
(iii) the consummation of (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company (or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3
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under the Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the equity securities of the Company issuing cash or securities in the consolidation or merger (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any), or (B) any sale or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i) solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportionate number of Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person to 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, that if any person referred to in this sentence shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Securities (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction or as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company) and immediately thereafter beneficially owns 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding Voting Securities, then a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i).
2. All other provisions of the Employment Agreement, including without limitation those set forth in Section 7 of the Employment Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of any right or abrogation of any obligation otherwise existing under the Employment Agreement except to the extent specifically provided for herein.
3. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Amendment, and the Employment Agreement, as amended herein, shall be governed in accordance with Sections 8 and 9 of the Employment Agreement.
4. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
UNUM THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ John Green |
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Name: | John Green | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
EXECUTIVE | ||
/s/ Charles Wilson |
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Charles Wilson, Ph.D. | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 10.5
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment to Employment Agreement (this Amendment) is entered into and effective as of July 6, 2020, by and between Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and Jessica Sachs (the Executive)
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to an Employment Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2019 (the Employment Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend certain provisions of the Employment Agreement; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Executive and the Company, the parties agree as follows:
1. Section 5(c) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 5, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Change in Control shall mean any of the following:
(i) any person, as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Act) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its subsidiaries), together with all affiliates and associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Act) of such person, shall become the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an election of the Board (Voting Securities) (in such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or
(ii) the date a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board before the date of the appointment or election; or
(iii) the consummation of (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company (or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3
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under the Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the equity securities of the Company issuing cash or securities in the consolidation or merger (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any), or (B) any sale or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i) solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportionate number of Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person to 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, that if any person referred to in this sentence shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Securities (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction or as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company) and immediately thereafter beneficially owns 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding Voting Securities, then a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i).
2. All other provisions of the Employment Agreement, including without limitation those set forth in Section 7 of the Employment Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of any right or abrogation of any obligation otherwise existing under the Employment Agreement except to the extent specifically provided for herein.
3. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Amendment, and the Employment Agreement, as amended herein, shall be governed in accordance with Sections 8 and 9 of the Employment Agreement.
4. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
UNUM THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Charles Wilson |
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Name: | Charles Wilson, Ph.D. | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
EXECUTIVE | ||
/s/ Jessica Sachs |
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Jessica Sachs | ||
Chief Medical Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Unum Therapeutics Inc. Announces Acquisition of Kiq LLC
Acquisition includes lead clinical-stage compound PLX9486,
a potent and selective KIT D816V inhibitor
Company positioned to advance best-in-class precision kinase inhibitors
Proceeds of $104.4 million to be used to advance clinical testing in mastocytosis and GIST
Conference call today at 10:30 a.m. EDT
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. and PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 6, 2020 Unum Therapeutics Inc. (Unum) (NASDAQ: UMRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for solid tumors, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Kiq LLC (Kiq), a privately held, biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of precision kinase inhibitors. Concurrent with the acquisition of Kiq, Unum entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of Series A non-voting convertible Preferred Stock (the Series A Preferred Stock) in a private placement to a group of institutional accredited investors led by Fairmount Funds Management LLC (Fairmount Funds), with participation from Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, BVF Partners L.P., Atlas Venture, Acorn Bioventures, Perceptive Advisors LLC, RTW Investments, OrbiMed, Samsara BioCapital, Logos Capital, Ally Bridge Group and Commodore Capital, as well as additional undisclosed institutional investors. The private placement is expected to result in gross proceeds to Unum of approximately $104.4 million before deducting placement agent and other offering expenses. The proceeds from the private placement will be used to advance clinical testing of PLX9486, a highly potent and selective KIT D816V inhibitor, in multiple indications and provide runway beyond 2022.
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PLX9486 will be studied as a monotherapy in patients with Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis (ASM) and Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (ISM), with the goal of demonstrating a best-in-class clinical profile. The therapy has demonstrated promising clinical activity in a Phase 1/2 trial in patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST). In a cohort of eighteen 2L+ GIST patients dosed with PLX9486 in combination with sunitinib, median progression free survival (PFS) was eleven months. Additional details from this study are planned for presentation at an upcoming medical meeting.
Worldwide rights to develop and commercialize PLX9486 were exclusively licensed by Kiq from Plexxikon Inc., a member of the Daiichi Sankyo Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Plexxikon received an upfront payment, and is eligible for additional developmental milestones and mid- to high- single-digit royalty payments.
Unum has explored a range of strategic alternatives through an orderly process to maximize shareholder value, and we believe this acquisition represents the highest-potential value creation opportunity for Unum stockholders. We are excited by Kiqs lead clinical program and the potential to build a pipeline of novel kinase inhibitors while continuing to explore strategic opportunities for our cell-based therapy programs, said Chuck Wilson, PhD, President and CEO of Unum. As the science develops, we will continue to drive forward our mission of developing novel, best-in-class therapeutics for patients with the greatest need, and we thank our Board members, past and present, along with our investors for their support and commitment.
Management and Organization
Unum management continues to be comprised of a highly experienced team, including Chuck Wilson, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jessica Sachs, MD, Chief Medical Officer, and John Green, Chief Financial Officer.
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In conjunction with the transaction, Unum Board members will include Chris Cain, Director of Research, Fairmount Funds; Karen Ferrante, MD, Medical Oncologist and former biotech executive; Peter Harwin, Managing Member, Fairmount Funds; Arlene Morris, CEO, Willow Advisors; Matthew Ros, Chief Strategy and Business Officer, Epizyme; and Chuck Wilson, PhD, President and CEO, Unum Therapeutics.
We are excited to successfully complete our review of strategic options at Unum and are pleased to announce the acquisition of Kiq, said Bruce Booth, DPhil, former Unum board chairman and partner at Atlas Venture. As Unums largest shareholder, Atlas will continue to invest in the company alongside a strong set of new investors, and we look forward to supporting the clinical progress of PLX9486 as a potential new treatment option for patients.
With PLX9486 as a cornerstone, we believe we can build a pipeline of potentially best-in-class, precision tyrosine kinase inhibitors and attract the next generation of kinase discovery expertise, said Peter Harwin, Managing Member, Fairmount Funds. We look forward to working with Unum to continue its mission of developing best-in-class therapeutics for patients with unmet medical needs.
About the Transactions
The acquisition of Kiq was structured as a stock-for-stock transaction whereby all of Kiqs outstanding equity interests were exchanged for a combination of shares of Unum common stock and shares Series A preferred stock. Concurrently with the acquisition of Kiq, Unum entered into definitive agreements for a PIPE investment with existing and new investors to raise $104.4 million in which the investors will be issued shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a price of $880 per share (or, $0.88 per share on an as-converted-to-common basis). The PIPE offering is expected to close on July 9, 2020. Subject to stockholder approval, each share of
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Series A Preferred Stock will, at the option of the holder, convert into 1,000 shares of common stock, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations set by each holder. On a pro forma basis and based upon the number of shares of Unum common stock and preferred stock issued in the acquisition and the concurrent financing, Unum equity holders immediately prior to the acquisition will own approximately 16.2% of Unum on a fully-diluted basis immediately after these transactions. The acquisition was approved by the Board of Directors of Unum and the equity holders of Kiq. The closing of the transactions was not subject to the approval of Unum stockholders.
In connection with the transactions, a non-transferrable contingent value right (a CVR) will be distributed to Unum stockholders of record as of the close of business on July 6, 2020, and prior to the issuance of any shares to Kiq or the PIPE investors. Holders of the CVR will be entitled to receive certain stock and/or cash payments from proceeds received by Unum, if any, related to the disposition of its legacy cell therapy assets for a period of three years following the closing of the transaction. The CVR is expected to be distributed to eligible stockholders approximately 30 days from the closing of the Kiq acquisition.
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. is serving as exclusive financial advisor to Unum and Goodwin Procter LLP is serving as legal counsel to Unum. Wedbush PacGrow is serving as exclusive strategic advisor to Kiq, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is serving as legal counsel to Kiq. Jefferies LLC is acting as lead placement agents for the private placement. Latham & Watkins LLP is serving as legal counsel to Jefferies LLC.
Additional details are available in an updated corporate presentation that can be found online at www.unumrx.com.
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Conference Call Details
Unum will host a conference call on July 6, 2020, at 9 a.m. EDT to discuss the acquisition. To access the call, please dial (866) 300-3411 (toll-free) or (636) 812-6658 (international) and provide the conference ID 5998637. To access the conference call recording, please dial (855) 859-2056 (toll-free) or (404) 537-3406. The archived recording will remain available for replay for 30 days. For more information on the acquisition, please visit the investor section of Unums website at www.unumrx.com.
About Unum Therapeutics
Unum Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a pipeline of novel therapies to treat cancer patients. Unums most advanced program, PLX9486, is a highly potent and selective KIT D816V inhibitor that is being developed to treat systemic mastocytosis and GIST patients. Unums cell therapy programs utilize proprietary BOXR technology to improve the functionality of engineered T cells by incorporating a bolt-on transgene to overcome resistance of the solid tumor microenvironment to T cell attack. Unum is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
Follow Unum Therapeutics on social media: @UnumRx and LinkedIn.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding: uses of proceeds; projected cash runways; future product development plans; stockholder approval of the conversion rights of the Series A Preferred Stock; and any future payouts under the CVR. The use of words such as, but not limited to, anticipate, believe, continue, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, might, plan, potential, predict, project,
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KIQ aCQUISITION July 2020 Exhibit 99.2
Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding: uses of proceeds; projected cash runways; future product development plans; stockholder approval of the conversion rights of the Series A Preferred Stock; and any future payouts under the CVR. The use of words such as, but not limited to, "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," or "would" and similar words expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, our clinical results and other future conditions. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties. No representations or warranties (expressed or implied) are made about the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements. We may not actually achieve the forecasts disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of material risks and uncertainties including but not limited to those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in Unum’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in our subsequent filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was made. Neither we, nor our affiliates, advisors or representatives, undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.
Acquisition of Kiq LLC and Financing Structured as a stock-for-stock transaction where all of Kiq’s outstanding equity interests were exchanged for a combination of shares of Unum common stock and shares of a newly created Series A non-voting convertible preferred stock Concurrent with the acquisition of Kiq, Unum entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its Series A non-voting convertible preferred stock in a private placement to a group of institutional accredited investors led by Fairmount Funds Management LLC “Fairmount” with participation from Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, BVF Partners L.P., Atlas Venture, Acorn Bioventures, Perceptive Advisor’s LLC, RTW Investments, OrbiMed, Samsara BioCapital, Logos Capital, Ally Bridge Group and Commodore Capital, as well as additional undisclosed institutional investors for a total of $104.4 million in gross proceeds On a pro forma basis and based upon the number of shares of Unum common stock and preferred stock issued in the acquisition and the concurrent financing, Unum equity holders immediately prior to the acquisition own approximately 16.2% of Unum on a fully-diluted basis Chuck Wilson to serve as President & CEO, with the potential to expand management team in the future Board of Directors include four previous Unum members with two new additional members from Fairmount Pre-transaction Unum stockholders will receive a non-tradeable CVR that will allow them to receive near-term net proceeds (if any) from the sale of Unum’s legacy cell therapies
Acquisition of Kiq LLC and Financing (cont’d) Seeking to advance best-in-class precision kinase inhibitors while pursuing strategic opportunities for cell-based therapies Focused on clinical development of PLX9486, a highly potent and selective KIT D816V inhibitor To be studied as a monotherapy in patients with Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis (ASM) and Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (ISM) with the goal of demonstrating a best-in-class clinical profile Expect to initiate clinical trials in ASM patients in the first half of 2021, followed by trials in ISM patients in the second half of 2021 Demonstrated promising clinical activity in a Phase 1/2 trial in patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) Proceeds from the private placement will be used to advance clinical testing of PLX9486, a highly potent and selective KIT D816V inhibitor, in multiple indications and provide runway beyond 2022
Vision to Build a Fully Integrated Precision Kinase Company With a Clinical Program to Anchor Efforts PLX9486, a potential best-in-class KIT D816V inhibitor, is a foundational program with promising preliminary clinical efficacy and a favorable safety profile in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) Accelerated timeline to proof-of-concept serum tryptase data in advanced systemic mastocytosis (ASM) and indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) Intent to build a fully integrated company including a discovery engine focused on creating a future pipeline of potentially best-in-class tyrosine kinase inhibitors Attractive systemic mastocytosis commercial opportunity potentially adds another, larger indication for PLX9486 to pursue beyond GIST
Lead Program PLX9486 Is a Highly Selective and Potent KIT Mutant Inhibitor with a Potentially Best-in-Class Clinical Profile Highly Selective and Potent for KIT Exon 17 / D816V 11 months median PFS shown in 18 2L+ GIST patients treated with PLX9486 in combination with sunitinib Single agent & combination activity and safety data in 50+ patients supports further clinical development KIT D816V inhibition supports future studies in mastocytosis; safety supports continued clinical development for potential broad use Selective versus other targets including wild-type KIT, PDGFRα, VEGFR2, FLT3, FMS Worldwide rights to compound were exclusively licensed to Kiq by Plexxikon Patent protection through at least 2033 Efficacy Data Safety Experience Potential Best-in-Class Profile 1 1 Does not include available patent term extension. 2 Based on a Phase 1/2 clinical trial including GIST patients conducted by Plexxikon 2
Enzyme PLX9486 c-Kit (wt) >5000* c-Kit (D816V) 1.125 FMS 602.4 KDR/VEGFR2 >5000* PDGFRα >5000* PDGFRα (D842V) 104.3 By Design, PLX9486 Has Selectivity and Potency to KIT D816V PLX9486 is Type I Inhibitor designed to selectively bind the active conformation of mutant KIT D816V Select IC50 values (nM) for PLX9486 against targets of interest *Highest concentration tested in assay IC50 in nM
PLX9486 FUTURE CLINICAL PROGRAMS Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis (ASM) Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (ISM)
Both Advanced SM and Indolent SM are Primarily Driven by D816V Mutations The most common KIT mutation in patients with systemic mastocytosis, aspartate to valine at residue 816 (D816V), lies within the activation loop domain and causes a conformational change in the enzymatic pocket of the receptor This conformational change results in ligand independent constitutive activation of KIT and leads to increased proliferation
Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis Median survival of approximately ≤3.5 years FDA approved drug, Rydapt (Midostaurin), broad spectrum TKI, challenging tolerability Indolent and Smoldering Mastocytosis Poor quality of life No approved therapies: current treatments include H1 and H2 anti-histamines, mast cell stabilizers, leukotriene inhibitors Unmet Need in ASM and ISM Neurological Headache, brain fog, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety, depression Systemic Anaphylaxis Cutaneous (skin) Flushing of the face/neck/chest, hives, skin rashes, itching with or without rash Gastrointestinal Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, bloating, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Other Cardiovascular Light-headedness, syncope (fainting), rapid heart rate, chest pain, low blood pressure, high blood pressure at reaction start, blood pressure instability Ear/Nose/Throat/Respiratory Nasal itching and congestion, throat itching and swelling, wheezing, shortness of breath Skeletal Bone/muscle pain, osteopenia, osteoporosis Gynecological Uterine cramps, bleeding Urinary Bladder irritability, frequent voiding
Encouraging Tolerability Profile as Single Agent and Supports Clinical Trials in Mastocytosis Single Agent PLX9486 (All Doses) in Advanced Cancer and GIST Patients Single agent PLX9486 human safety data in advanced cancer and GIST patients shows a promising profile for a chronic indication such as systemic mastocytosis Plan to explore a range of doses for the treatment of systemic mastocytosis Preferred Term Total (n=24) Any Grade CTCAE >3 Subjects reporting >1 AE 24 (100) 14 (58.3) Fatigue 12 (50.0) 2 (8.3) AST Increased 11 (45.8) 0 Diarrhea 10 (41.7) 0 Nausea 10 (41.7) 2 (8.3) ALT increased 8 (33.3) 0 Vomiting 8 (33.3) 3 (12.5) Anemia 7 (29.2) 3 (12.5) Blood ALP increased 7 (29.2) 0 Blood CPK increased 7 (29.2) 2 (8.3) Edema peripheral 6 (25.0) 0 Abdominal pain 5 (20.8) 1 (4.2) Decreased appetite 5 (20.8) 1 (4.2) Dyspnea 5 (20.8) 0 Hyperuricemia 5 (20.8) 3 (12.5) Abdominal distention 4 (16.7) 0 Hair color changes 4 (16.7) 0 Hypophosphatemia 4 (16.7) 1 (4.2) Pain 4 (16.7) 0 PLX121-01: All AEs reported in Part 1 >15% (Investigator Brochure)
Preliminary Plans: ASM and ISM Registration Clinical Program Design Global Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis (ASM) Program [Subject to Regulatory Feedback] Global Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (ISM) Program [Subject to Regulatory Feedback] PLX9486 Dose Finding Arms Single Arm Pivotal Study Phase 2a Dose Optimization PLX9486 Dose Finding Arms + best supportive care Placebo + best supportive care Phase 2a Dose Optimization RCT Pivotal Study ASM dose finding study will allow for early signal of activity based on serum tryptase data
PLX9486 Program: GIST
PLX9486 and Sunitinib Combination Tackle GIST Heterogeneity by Targeting Exon 13 and Exon 17 Simultaneously EX8 EX9 EX11 EX13 EX14 EX18 EX17 JM ATP Binding Activation Loop
Mutations in Exon 13 and Exon 17 are Key Drivers of Resistance Imatinib Primary mutations: Exon 9 / Exon 11 Sunitinib Regorafenib Ripretinib ORR ~60% PFS ~19 months ORR ~7% PFS ~6 months ORR ~5% PFS ~4.8 months ORR ~9% PFS ~6.3 months 1L 2L 3L 4L Avapritinib approved for PDGFRα Exon 18 mutations (~ 6% of newly diagnosed patients); single-agent avapritinib failed to show benefit in 3L GIST vs. regorafenib Resistance mutations driven by Exons 13 and 17 PLX9486 + Sunitinib combo goal is to inhibit resistance mutations and drive PFS benefit
Dual-conformation KIT Inhibition Drives Tumor Regression in Heterogeneous GIST mouse models Ex11 (W557_K558del), Ex17 (N822K) Ex13 (K642E), Ex17 (D823Y)
PLX9486 Has Completed a P1b/2a Trial in GIST with Encouraging Results Phase 1b: Advanced Solid Tumors, Primarily GIST PLX9486 Single Agent Dose Escalation (n=24) Study Objectives Safety and PK Single agent MTD/RP2D Efficacy including ORR (RECIST 1.1), DOR and PFS Phase 2a: Previously treated GIST PLX9486 + pexidartinib Dose Finding (n = 12) PLX9486 + sunitinib Dose Finding (n = 18) Study Objectives Safety and PK of combination regimens Combination MTD/RP2D Efficacy including ORR (RECIST 1.1), DOR and PFS
PLX9486 Has Completed a P1b/2a Trial in GIST with Encouraging Results 0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 Progression Free Survival (months) PFS probability (GIST Patients) Strata PLX9486 +Sunitinb 18 13 11 7 6 3 1 0 PLX9486 +Sunitinb Number at risk PLX9486 + sunitinib has shown median PFS of 11 Months in 18 2L+ GIST patients 16.66% ORR (1 CR, 2 PR) 4 patients remain on treatment Single agent median PFS of 5.8 months was shown in 13 GIST patients treated with 1000 mg total daily dose Data cutoff Q2 2020 PLX9486 + Sunitinib % Prior Treatment Prior sunitinib 72.2% ≥3 prior TKIs 66.7% ≥4 prior TKIs 50.0%
Encouraging Tolerability in Combination With Sunitinib Gives Us Confidence to Move Forward Into a Pivotal Study* Select sunitinib single agent AEs (GIST) Diarrhea — 40% Anorexia – 33% Skin discoloration – 30% Mucositis/stomatitis – 29% Preferred Term Total (n=17) Any Grade CTCAE ≥3 Subjects reporting ≥1 AE 15 (88.2) 11 (64.7) Diarrhea 10 (58.8) 1 (5.9) Nausea 9 (52.9) 1 (5.9) Anemia 8 (47.1) 4 (23.5) AST increased 8 (47.1) 0 Dysgeusia 7 (41.2) 0 Vomiting 7 (41.2) 0 ALT increased 6 (35.3) 0 Blood ALP increased 6 (35.3) 0 Decreased appetite 6 (35.3) 1 (5.9) Fatigue 6 (35.3) 2 (11.8) Hypomagnesemia 6 (35.3) 0 Hypophosphatemia 6 (35.3) 3 (17.6) Hypertension 5 (29.4) 1 (5.9) Thrombocytopenia 5 (29.4) 0 Abdominal distension 4 (23.5) 0 Abdominal pain upper 4 (23.5) 0 Dyspepsia 4 (23.5) 0 Hair color changes 4 (23.5) 0 Headache 4 (23.5) 0 Hypoalbuminemia 4 (23.5) 0 Leukopenia 4 (23.5) 1 (5.9) Neutropenia 4 (23.5) 0 Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia 4 (23.5) 0 Rash 4 (23.5) 0 All AEs in Part 2e > 20% (Investigator Brochure) * Subject to regulatory approval
Preliminary Plans: Sunitinib +/- PLX9486 Registrational Programs Phase 1b/2a data planned for presentation at an upcoming medical conference PLX9486 + sunitinib Phase III Refractory GIST (under consideration – seeking FDA feedback) Patient Population: Late line GIST Primary Endpoint: PFS Secondary Endpoints: ORR, DOR, OS PLX9486 + sunitinib Patient Population: 2nd line GIST post-imatinib failure Primary Endpoint: PFS Secondary Endpoints: ORR, DOR, OS Phase III 2nd Line GIST (under consideration – seeking FDA feedback) sunitinib pending regulatory feedback
Unum’s Lead Program PLX9486 Has Phase 2 Data and Can Rapidly Move Into 3 Mid-to-Late Stage Clinical Trials Phase 3 start in GIST in combination with sunitinib (2H’2021) Phase 2 start as single agent in Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (2H’2021) Phase 2 start as single agent in Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis (1H’2021) PLX9486 with single-agent and combination Phase 1b/2a data in 2L+ GIST Serum tryptase data will provide rapid proof of concept for ASM & ISM programs Current Upcoming trial plans pending FDA regulatory feedback
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